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Hard to believe it was September when I last added to this blog. Mostly that’s because my brain has been inside Europa. Partly it’s because I was fielding interviews and guest pieces elsewhere. In case you missed ’em…
Here’s an author interview with moi by top horror writer Iain Rob Wright.
And another interview with moi by the world-traveling Carl Slaughter with Diabolical Plots.
Loads of fun! 🙂
This week I received the greatest email in history from a fan. A few weeks ago, he attended the Terrapin Hill Farms “Family Reunion” Musical Festival in central Kentucky.
The government obviously hushed up this whole affair because it would rock the world. There would be rioting nationwide, and everyone on the planet would demand to know why Army and National Guard units were rolling through the streets. Instead we have only this beautiful email:
I didn’t see it myself but I was told by a friend that he was in our camp circle and reading stuff from my Nook in “scary campfire style.” At some point he got into Frozen Sky 2.
Again, I didn’t witness this personally, but I do know there was several people who were in our circle that night instead of sitting on the hill watching the music or dancing around the bonfire. And I am sure that there was a fairly large amount of mushrooms present, not to mention whatever else people from other camps brought in.
He was about thirty pages into FS2 when some of them freaked out. You caused several good folks to run for their lives fleeing into the woods. Later, I personally heard someone announce over a loud speaker: “The sunfish are not real! The sunfish are not real!”
LOL. What a nightmare!
Having said that, the Terrapin Hill Farms host three amazing hippie music festivals. I believe everybody should experience the one they have in September at least once in their lives. Nowhere else can you collect 1000s of people and not have a single fight happen the whole time.
So there you have it. If you’d like to be a part of the next alien invasion, you can find more about the festivals here and here.
Or of course you can go here…
This sequel is way overdue. Life has interceded, but I’ve been dying to return to the ice… dying, that is, like someone with a sunfish eating their face! Bwah ha ha.
Who likes the killer artwork by Jacob Charles Dietz? Me me me me me.
I’ll let the jacket copy speak for itself:
SUNFISH VS HUMAN
A quake in the ice nearly kills Alexis Vonderach, setting off new confrontations with the blind alien tribes of Europa. In the weeks since First Contact, her crew has learned their bizarre language… but the sunfish are as violent as their world… Betrayed is a short 200 page sequel to The Frozen Sky by the international bestselling author of Plague Year.
Bonus material includes:
* ESA maps and schematics.
* Future history of the year 2113.
* The original short story of “Interrupt.”
Please note that I went out of my way to clarify this is a short novel rather than a George R.R. Martin-sized door stopper. Why? Because as I wrote it, I realized Betrayed is a complete story unto itself and makes a fine new entry in what I’m calling “the Europa series.” That’s right. Series. I’m working on Frozen Sky 3 as we speak.
Meanwhile there are fun promos coming up on io9 and SF Signal, including two guest blogs detailing my adventures on the 21st Century writing scene. I’ll post reminders here as soon as they post there.
Because I’m a devilish SOB and this is partly the subject of one of those guest blogs, I’d also like to go on record RIGHT NOW as predicting that Frozen Sky 2: Betrayed will gather at least ten negative reader reviews from grumpy or confused individuals who’ll so cleverly use the word “betrayed” in their review titles. Why you ask again? Because snarky snarkalness is part of the E-Age.
Didn’t realize a title with the number 2 in it was a sequel? Thought the price of a cup of coffee was too high for a few hours of entertainment? Got a political axe to grind with my fictional characters in a dark sci fi future? Aha ha ha ha. Lunatic fringe, I know you’re out there.
My hope is anyone who liked the original Frozen Sky will enjoy Vonnie’s next adventure, too. Holy cheeseballs wrapped in bacon, this book was fun to write!!
It’s currently available on Kindle and Nook. Kobo and iTunes should be close behind. Smashwords is up. Oyster, Flipkart, Scribd, it’s all coming down like freaky aliens in the dark…
Jeff
jeff@jverse.com
Holy godzillas, dude! It’s hard to believe I haven’t blogged since October… but more and more, I find myself letting the social media fall to the wayside. Partly that’s because I spend all day in front of a computer, so more computer isn’t too exciting. Mostly it’s to make time for the flesh-and-blood relationships in my life. In the rare spare minutes of our busy schedules, I’d much rather talk to my wife or my friends than hang out on FB. I realize that makes me sound crazy. Like a fox. 😉
Last year was a very good year, and I hope to keep my nose to the grind throughout 2014 to make it a good year, too.
In the meantime, it looks like my guest blog for SF Signal in February made their top ten most viewed for 2013, which is fun and cool. In case you missed it, here’s “Jeff Carlson on the E-Report” discussing my early experiences with The Frozen Sky.
More recently, the good folks at Cult Pop also asked me to return for an interview re: Interrupt. 
It’s here.
As usual, I may have too much coffee, so buckle in and brace yourself for Mr. Motor Mouth. Lots of stuff pouring out of my brain in a hurry. That’s what you get in a Carlson interview, ha ha.
More soon.
Big news on the horizon!