Big Oops

March 17, 2016

Alert reader Bruce Perens has written to let me know that the ebooks of Aristoi have a formatting error, in that one chapter was moved to the end of the file.  And by end, I mean end, after the “Other Books by Walter Jon Williams” section and everything. This mistake has now been corrected, and the revised file […]

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St. Urho Rides Again! (on a bar stool. on skis.)

March 15, 2016

“Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen!” Yes, another year has gone by, so on Wednesday its time to don the green and purple and celebrate St. Urho’s Day! Just so you can get an idea of the sort of mischief you can get into on St. Urho’s day, here’s a video of the celebrations from Menahga, […]

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Genres and Such

March 14, 2016

Authors Jane Lindskold and Alan Robson recently interviewed me, Pati Nagle, and John Maddox Roberts about why we’ve worked in more than one genre. Here’s Part I. And Part II.

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To MFA or Not to MFA

March 10, 2016

There’s always been a debate in the writing community over the usefulness of creative writing programs.  My own experience with creative writing courses in college wasn’t particularly positive— I don’t think the experience benefitted me as a writer, but I didn’t hate it, either. Now with the huge increase in creative writing MFA programs— 20,000 […]

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The New City

March 6, 2016

So let’s say you’ve managed to get around the barriers Amazon has placed around Metropolitan, and you’ve read it and liked it.  Which means you should check out the sequel, City on Fire, which is not only available but which has a handsome new cover, built around a striking painting by the English artist Ann Marie […]

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More Joy From Amazon

March 6, 2016

So Amazon gave me my buy button back, but now they’ve sent a message to everyone who’s bought a copy of Metropolitan: An updated version of your past Kindle purchase of Metropolitan (Metropolitan Series) by Walter Jon Williams is now available. The updated version contains the following changes: Improved formatting for readability. Significant editorial changes […]

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Amazon— May They Choke on My Vomit

March 4, 2016

So here I am running a sale on my Metropolitan ebook, as detailed a couple posts ago. And then comes a notice from Amazon Quality Control saying that they blocked my book from sale! Now what horrible quality control issue was so urgent that they had to completely block my book from sale during the […]

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Going Viral

February 29, 2016

The last few days I’ve been laid out by a virus, and I’ll probably be laid out for a while yet, so let me direct you to James Patrick Kelly’s column in Asimov’s magazine.  Jim interviews me, Carrie Vaughn, and new writer Alan Smales on the subject of series. The tag line?  “Don’t be afraid to […]

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Bright Lights, Big Sale

February 27, 2016

My Nebula-nominated novel Metropolitan is on sale for a mere 99 cents, and may be purchased at Amazon, Google Play, iBooks, Kobo, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble. If you’re interested in more about the novel and its, um, colorful history, you’re welcome to check out the series of essays I wrote about it, the Worldbuilding, the […]

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Concise History

February 25, 2016

Hey, it’s Bill Wurtz’s History of Japan!  Which is concise and funny and, so far as I know, accurate. Enjoy!

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