Category Archives: Blog

A category for K. Harkness’ thoughts and announcements

The VCon Experience

I just finished VCon (Vancouver’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) today, and it was an amazing experience.  I was lucky enough to be on panels with three of the guests of honour: Mur Lafferty, John Kovalic, and Dan Wells.  They … Continue reading

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VCon: Vancouver’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, October 4-6, 2013

I will be participating in panels at VCon in Vancouver.  Check out the schedule.  There is a lot going on.  More info to be posted as I figure it out.

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The Spark, the Smile, the Work (This post originally appeared on the Supernatural Snark Blog)   There’s a scene in a wonderful movie, Topsy Turvy, that captures my favourite part of writing.  Jim Broadbent, portraying the nineteenth-century writer of light … Continue reading

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A new short story is up on Smashwords, Kobo, and Kindle for fans of City of Demons.  The story tells how Marick, the character I had the most fun writing, became a Demonbane.  The title is “Marick and the Rat … Continue reading

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Rock, Paper, Scissors Well, the second novel; Rock, Paper, Scissors, is done – until it needs to be edited, revised, rewritten or otherwise mangled.  I am searching for a literary agent to represent the novel.  I hope that is easier … Continue reading

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What to Read?

I have a hard time balancing reading and writing.  When I’m working on a story, I don’t like to read fiction at all.  Magazines are okay, non-fiction books are fine, but fiction, especially good fiction messes up the process.  It … Continue reading

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More Reviews

Reviews are still coming in.  The latest is a rather nice one from Long and Short Reviews and can be found here.

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More Blogs and a Review

Well, the blog writing continues.  Christie’s Book Review Blog is my latest, examining fear in YA novels.  The big news is that my first review has appeared at http://www.examiner.com/review/review-city-of-demons .  It is very positive, though I don’t know if I … Continue reading

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Countown to the Release Date!

City of Demons is being released on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.  I am doing a number of guest blogs and interviews on book blog and review sites, which I will list soon.  You can pre-order copies at Amazon, Barnes and … Continue reading

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City of Demons Excerpt

Tyche Books will let you download a three-chapter excerpt of my novel if you subscribe to their e-newsletter.  Since this lets you know about all the other cool books they are publishing, it’s worth trying. They have also arranged several … Continue reading

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