We seem to be rolling through the last week of 2011 at a barrelling clip. I’m going hammer and tongs at a bunch of things, all at once, and some of them are really big and kind of scary. Some of them are the kinds of things where I am just taking a deep [...]
From the Magick4Terri auction: Beloved editor, artist and writer Terri Windling is in need, and we are asking for your help in a fundraising auction to assist her. This auction will combine donations from professionals and fans in an online sale to help Terri through a serious financial crisis. Terri is the creator of groundbreaking [...]
Let the merry frolic commence! Signups are now open for the 2012 Commie Pinko Writing Contest! What is the Commie Pinko, you ask? Well, it’s a writing contest I dreamed up a buncha years back, on the premise that writing contests would be a lot more fun if you actually got to read what other [...]
I’ve just gotten home from my road trip. For those of you who couldn’t make it, here’s a photo of Elizabeth, the events manager at the wondrous Charis Books, introducing my reading. The photo was taken by my lovely, talented, and stylish assistant Alysia. Apparently she also took a closeup of my fishnet-clad legs at [...]
I am a lackluster and dilatory blogger these days to be sure. My apologies, I shall endeavor to be more interesting in public where people can see me rather than doing what I have been doing, which I must admit has mostly consisted in being uninteresting in private, trying to write and do eldercare and [...]
I figure any day that begins with discovering — by following the stench — that your resident 85-year-old with dementia has hidden a dead mouse in a plastic snack baggie in a bureau drawer is only likely to get better. Following the mouse removal, anyway. (For those of you who do not live in 200-year-old [...]
Just a note to the person who found my blog by Googling “hanne blank married?” Not legally, but my partner and I have been together for 15 years. Now you know. For the people looking for porn stories about virgins, no, you won’t find those here. For the people looking for pictures of naked [...]
Tomorrow’s the big day! The new, improved, more delicious in every way Big Big Love officially goes on sale tomorrow! This link will take you to the Random House page for the book, which provides you with ordering information as well as links to all the various ebook formats available. This link, on the other hand, [...]
The new, gorgeous Big Big Love comes out in… 13 days! Here’s what I’ve scheduled so far for book events. I hope to see you at one (or more) of these. Don’t be shy, come on up and introduce yourself! All events are free and open to the public except where specified. Saturday, September 24 at [...]
Imbrium! Schroedinger and his long-suffering cat have won you a copy of the new Big Big Love. Do please send your mailing info to me at hanne at hanneblank dot com at your earliest convenience. In other news, there’s still time to order your copy of Inappropriate Crush… and there are still about 25 copies [...]