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NOT ENOUGH? FOLLOW MY EVERY MOVE ON TWITTER. 1/18/12
-- The Skiffy and Fanty Show
The Skiffy and Fanty Show just released
an extensive podcast interview with me about
Death's Heretic, writing, world-building, the joys of hate mail, and
more! Also, Charles A. Tan has
a positive review of
Death's Heretic up at
Bibliophile Stalker. Both might make a nice diversion today, since much of the
internet is on blackout thanks to PIPA and SOPA. (If you haven't written your
government representatives about them yet, please do so!)
Also, don't forget that next Monday is the Seattle U Bookstore signing!
1/16/12
-- Guest Essay: SF Stereotypes
I've got a new guest blog over at Apex Book Company called
"A House Divided: Science Fiction Versus Fantasy."
It's all about the stereotypes and prejudice fans of one subgenre have for the
other, and vice versa. I went out and found a bunch of folks who enjoy one but
not the other and asked them why they felt that way, and some of the answers
were
quite enlightening.
Also, if you still don't have plans for Monday, January 23rd (that's NEXT
Monday) and you're in Seattle, come to my signing at the main University
Bookstore at 7:00pm!
In somewhat less related news, yesterday was a snow day, which everyone in
Seattle knows is a spontaneous holiday. I rode a sled through a stranger's hedge
at 30 miles per hour while blowing a plastic trumpet. As far as I'm concerned,
if your snow day doesn't end with shouts of "I'm in a tree! I'M IN A TREE!" you
may need to reconsider your lifestyle. 1/11/12
-- SF Signal Interview & Signing
Charles Tan ran an extremely thorough interview with me over at SF Signal,
covering everything from fiction and RPGs to who would win in a Paizo editorial
cage match.
Check it out!
Also, if you're in Seattle on Monday, January 23rd, I'll be doing a
reading and signing at the UW Bookstore in the University District at 7:00pm.
Come say hi! 1/3/12
-- 2011 Fiction Wrap-Up
2011 was an amazing year for me. The release of Death's Heretic
(and its subsequent elevation to the #3 spot on
Barnes & Noble's Best Fantasy Releases of 2011 list)
is an obvious high point, but really, I've had a great string of good luck.
Since it's also awards season, I thought I'd list all of my fiction that hit the
streets this year. (Links point to pages where you can read or listen to that
particular story for free.)
NEW RELEASES
REPRINTS 12/30/11
-- #3 on Barnes & Noble's Best Fantasy of 2011!
I'm still reeling a bit, and unbelievably honored. You can
check out the article here. 12/15/11
-- "Ties of Silver" on PodCastle
Another podcast story? It's true! The illustrious PodCastle has just
released "Ties of Silver," which I originally published in Beast Within 2:
Predator & Prey, as a free podcast that
you can listen to here. The story is a noir
piece about a city where all werewolves and other lycanthropes are kept in a
WW2-style ghetto and forced to take tinctures of silver to control their
changing if they want to leave the reservation (a "solution" that also marks
them by turning their skin blue).
Listening to it read by someone else, I'm really happy with how it turned out,
so I hope you'll
go listen! 12/13/11
-- SF Signal Guest Essay: Building Worlds
It's time for another big ol' guest essay over on SF Signal! This time it's
Building Worlds: Using Astronomy to Create Interesting
Settings--an overview of how considerations like a planet's shape,
orbit, composition, and more can all contribute to making your setting rich and
vibrant. Intended for authors and game designers of both science fiction AND
fantasy! 12/07/11
-- StarShipSofa and Dead Robots!
I also got to spend some quality time with the writerly folks over at Dead
Robots' Society, where we chatted for an hour about writing in general and
Death's Heretic in specific, and
you can listen to that too!
I can't state enough how thankful I am for all the folks who've been helping me
out recently and spreading the word about Death's Heretic. It's
really a dream come true, in both the conventional sense and in the fact that
it's absolutely surreal. Thank you, everyone! 12/05/11
-- Review at Examiner
Josh Vogt gave Death's Heretic a glowing review over at Examiner--extra
heartening because he apparently didn't realize it was tie-in fiction when he
first picked it up! Here's an excerpt:
"Excellent writing, a fascinating character, and a solid fantasy-mystery plot... Salim is a marvelous character to be introduced to this universe through. Neila is a great counterpoint... she avoids falling into the trap of being nothing more than a pretty face for Salim to rescue every other chapter. Refreshing, that. With its intriguing protagonist, twisted magics, and unique environments, it's well worth discovering..."
Read the whole thing
over here. 12/01/11
-- Interviews, Guest Essays, and New Free Fiction!
Another few weeks of rollercoaster awesomeness in my world. The summary,
with links:
11/18/11
-- Reviews, Interviews, and
Sales!
The last few days have been insane! In short:
I've got a guest post about atheism in fantasy (and how it plays into
Death's Heretic) over at SF Signal.
Check it out and join in the conversation!
Ed Grabianowski over at Robot Viking has posted his thoughts on Death's Heretic.
Check it out!
Yes, podcasts! Three of them, in fact. In the last few weeks, I've had an
amazing string of good luck, and while I can't announce many dates yet, I've got
two stories that will be appearing in free audio form very soon, plus some
interviews!
Just this morning, Escape Pod picked up my cyberpunk drug-dealing story "Overclocking,"
originally published over at Apex Magazine. That's coming hot on the heels of
Starship Sofa announcing they'll be doing an audio version of "Faithful
Servants," my brand-new novelette prequel to Death's Heretic (the
text of which will be illustrated and serialized for free on
paizo.com starting later this month). Last but
not least, on November 17th I'll be joining my good friend John Joseph Adams and
David Kirtley as a guest host over at Geek's Guide to the Galaxy for their R. A.
Salvatore episode.
Dates and links are forthcoming. Stay tuned! 10/31/11
-- World Fantasy Report
The show was also the first place I've been able to show off
Death's Heretic, as Paizo was kind enough to put
copies in about a quarter of the guest bags. It was amazing to
see folks holding actual copies of my book, and even better to
get to sign them for people. (The photo is of David Malki!--of
Wondermark and
Machine of Death--and I workin'
our writerly mojos at the mass signing.)
Thanks again to everyone who made this convention so fantastic!
I'm inspired by all of you, and can't wait to get back to
writing... after sleeping for about eighteen hours, that is.
10/26/11
-- World Fantasy Schedule
I'm headed off to the World Fantasy Convention in San Diego! For
those of you who are also going and might want to hang out, hit
me up on Twitter or check out my appearance schedule below.
Friday @ 8:00 PM -- Room TBD -- Broken Time Blues mass signing.
Saturday @ 5:00 PM -- Pacific 2/3 -- "Who Wants to Live Forever?"
panel on Immortality with me, Elizabeth Bear, Rhiannon Held, Grá
Linnaea, and Dave Trowbridge
Saturday @ 6:00 PM -- Room TBD -- Edge Book Launch and Reading
(Broken Time Blues) 10/20/11
-- Book Cave Interview
I got a chance to do an interview over at the excellent pulp
adventure podcast Book Cave--you can
check it out here.
"What a great yarn! It grabbed me at the outset and raced
along, all of the characters coming alive but the action never
flagging. Action, mystery, planar splendors and dangers, really
memorable characters -- this one has it all."
“Strange and colorful lands, engaging characters, mystery and
action -- Sutter delivers. Watch this guy. ”
"Death’s Heretic is most certainly a killer worth catching.”
In addition, I'm also now qualified as an active member of the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and a recent
positive review of Machine of Death by The
Believer chose part of my story "Miscarriage" as the
representative sample. In short -- it's been a pretty good week
for the ol' ego.
In totally non-literary news, the musical I co-wrote and acted in last year
is finally on the web! As a present for a friend, a cast and crew of about
20 folks got together and wrote "The Science of Science," a morality play
starring said friend as a scientist struggling against a society that can't
be bothered with facts. In addition to writing about half the music (the
other half being provided by my good friend Andy Greenlee, in accordance
with a script by Michelle Burce), I got to shave off my beard and play the
lead, while another friend did a terrifyingly good job of playing the
character of me (talk about surreal!). Most of the folks involved were
taking the stage for the first time, and the result is astonishing.
Click here to watch from the beginning, or jump around to
specific songs, such as
"Science Will Save Us,"
"The
Ranger Song" (yes, it's about gaming),
"The World Is
Going To Hell,"
"Pernicious Cure,"
"What You Need is a Girl,"
"Bein' Manful," and
"Big Damn Hero." It was an incredibly awesome experience, and I
can't say how proud I am of all my friends who worked off and on for a year
to make it happen.
Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales of the Roaring '20s, has been officially
released, and I'm honored to say that my story "The Sharing" kicks it off
with a tale about aliens and downtrodden WWI pilots. There are a ton of
awesome authors in this one, and I can't wait to get my contributor copy,
but if you don't want to wait yourself, it's available right now at
Amazon.com and other fine booksellers--click the image to pick it up!
Table of Contents: The Sharing by James L. Sutter
Now that I've survived the whirlwind of awesomeness that is Gen Con, it's
time to relate some news! Not about Gen Con--though the friends, the comments
from Pathfinder fans, and the slew of ENnies all made for a completely
unforgettable show-- but rather a new story sale, a new compilation, and a new
cover!
The new story, "Guns at the Hellroad," is a gunslinger western in a
post-Rapture future, and will appear in New Heroes II from
Stone Skin/Pelgrane Press. The compilation is the ebook release of
Prodigal Sons, a collaborative
Pathfinder novella for which I wrote the first installment/framing story,
and which originally appeared alongside the Kingmaker Adventure Path. And
the cover is for Beast Within 2: Predator & Prey, which
contains my story "Ties of Silver" and is
now available from Amazon. Check it out!
You can now officially
preorder my first novel, Death's Heretic, from
Amazon! The book won't be out until November, but for just ten
bucks you can make sure that you're in the first wave of recipients! Each copy
comes with 400 pages of genuine content, including both words
and fonts! Perfect for holiday gifts, bathroom reading, or starting
stubborn campfires! Order now and the publisher will throw in characters, plot,
and setting absolutely free! In other news, I've also made the
jump to the Kindle with Jennifer Brozek's new anthology, Human Tales.
Check it out here if you're into
technology, or
here if you like killing trees. (Hey, I'm
from Seattle--trees try to kill us any time the wind blows.) Last but not
least, I also got to crash the party over at Inkpunks with a guest essay
entitled
"The Benefits of Being a Hack (Or: Why You Don't Want
to Be Ted Chiang)." They're an amazing group, and I was thrilled
to be a part of things, and to have the chance to talk about how many
authors (myself included) need to get out of their own way and just write
the damn story already. (All apologies to Mr. Chiang.)
Behold! The cover to
Death's Heretic, courtesy of award-winning illustrator Kekai Kotaki and Paizo graphic designer Andrew Vallas. Did I mention that I'm excited? I'm excited.
You can also now check out
the product page at paizo.com. (Amazon
listings coming soon!)
At long last, I'm pleased to be able to announce that my first novel,
Death's Heretic, will be released from Paizo in November 2011!
It's a dimension-hopping mystery starring Salim Ghadafar, a desert warrior
with a haunted past who's forced against his will to work as an agent of the
goddess of death. It's one part Spawn, one part Blade Runner, and one part
Dante's Divine Comedy, and I can't wait to see what people think of it! I broke the news in
this extensive podcast interview over
at Atomic Array, which also includes such excellent Pathfinder Tales
novelists as Howard Andrew Jones, Dave Gross, and Robin D. Laws.
Check it out!
It's officially the future! Paizo just released an ebook compilation
of the first 18 Pathfinder's Journals, collecting the entire Eando Kline
story arc.
The Compass Stone: The Collected Journals of Eando Kline
is a novel-length experiment in collaborative storytelling, with a host of different authors each contributing chapters to the story. I had the pleasure of editing and guiding the original series, as well as editing and introducing this collection, and wrote about a third of the
episodes. Clocking in at roughly 80,000 words (novel length), with more than 50 illustrations, this
collection is pretty darn meaty, and is available at both
paizo.com and the iBookstore.
On a personal note: Eando was the first character I ever wrote multiple
stories about, and the experience of putting together his overarching plot
and attempting to weave a dozen authors into a fun, cohesive story taught me
much about the art of crafting a novel. My chapter "Hand of the Handless"
also represents the first appearance of Kaer Maga and things like bloatmages,
sweettalkers, wormfolk, troll augurs, and all the other details that
eventually grew into the sourcebook City of Strangers.
4/06/11
And we're back! There was a bit of internet trouble there for a
while which kept me from updating, but Dan Withrow and the dudes over at
Teknet Domains worked night and day to help
figure out a decidedly weird problem. Major props to Dan! Fortunately, I
have a lot of interesting news to report. First and foremost is the fact
that
there's now a free podcast of my Machine of Death
story, "Miscarriage." It's read by Jonathan Shockley, one of
the creators of Red State Update, and it's delightfully surreal to hear him
reading my words. If you're the sort of person who likes audiobooks, check
it out--you
Next up, there are a
couple of new covers online: the anthology Broken Time Blues (formerly known
as 20spec, and in which I have a story) now has an awesome official cover,
and the free Pathfinder Chronicler fanfiction anthology (for which I wrote a
guest introduction) totally blew my mind with its excellent Eva Widermann
cover. Seriously, that's one of the best covers I've seen from a gaming
tie-in book, and for a free fan-run project to have achieved so much... it's
really impressive. Still more news on the way, but I don't think I'm
quite able to announce what I've been dying to tell everyone. Soon....
3/17/11
Just saw the cover for Jennifer Brozeck's new anthology, Human Tales,
from Dark Quest books. My story, "Holding the Line," is all about
goblins and their obsession with princesses. Once upon a time, goblins
agreed to protect humanity's young princesses from the forces of darkness.
But what happens when thousands of generations go by, and now every little
girl on Earth has a bit of princess blood in her?
In other news... well, actually, I still can't talk about the big news just
yet. But it looks like I may finally be able to spill the beans soon about a
project that's been in the works for the last year....
3/07/11
Emerald City Comicon was a blast! Thanks to everyone who came out and got a
book signed, said hi, or watched me, Aaron, and Patricia do the Dinotrain
dance (and without even calling the authorities). Special thanks to David
Malki! for inviting me out, as well as Holly, Nikki, Aaron, Jeph, Chris, and
the rest of the TopatoCo crew for adopting me for the weekend. May they
continue to reign as benevolent lords of the webcomics industry for a
thousand years.
Also, for those who love the metal, I've put all of Shadow at Morning's
releases up for free download under the Music section. It was time.
Click here to
get yourself some metal!
3/01/11
It's my birthday, and I couldn't imagine a better present than
spending this Sunday signing Machine of Death at Emerald City Comicon with folks like David Malki! (of Wondermark), Aaorn Diaz (of Dresden Codak), and KC Green (of Gunshow Comics), plus other equally fabulous MoD artists. I'll be in the TopatoCo
booth from 1-2pm, and probably for a while to either side of that (because
how could I ever want to leave?). Come say hi and let me draw in your book
as if I were an artist! It'll be great! You can read more details about the
signing here.
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Updates! The site now has a more thorough contact page, plus a bit of new content here and there.
For instance, did you know that I have a twitter account? You could be tweeting at me right now. And speaking of tweets and tweeple, editor Jaym Gates pointed me to
another nice review of Machine of Death that called out my story with a favorable mention, this time from
The Future Fire. Thanks, folks!
For anyone in Seattle this coming weekend, I'll be hanging out and
signing copies of Machine of Death at Emerald City Comicon
alongside David Malki! and a bunch of other incredibly talented folks on
Sunday afternoon. Stop by and say hi!
2/16/11
Story sale! 2011 appears to be the year of the small press where I'm
concerned--I just sold a story called "Ties of Silver" to Beast Within
2, a new anthology of non-standard lycanthrope stories from
Graveside Tales. The story is a noir piece about a government-run
lycanthrope ghetto and the choice between being a second-class citizen and
being no citizen at all.
2/06/11
Machine of Death continues to garner
excellent press, which is always exciting, but tonight I ran across a new
review from Bookgasm.com which called out my story, "Miscarriage," as the
most touching piece in the book! Needless to say, I was floored.
Click here to check out the full review.
1/31/11
Another story sale! The fine folks over at Dragon Ink House (editors Jaym Gates and Erika Holt) have picked
up one of my stories for 20Spec, an anthology of SF set in the
1920s being published by Absolute Xpress (a division of Hades Publications,
the people that do Edge SF&F/Tesseracts Books). My story is called "The
Sharing" and features a WWI pilot, an alien observer, and the dangers of
perfect communication.
Also, there's a main character in there named Tits
Montgomery. I'm still kind of surprised that detail made it through the
slush, but I couldn't be prouder.
To see some of the other fine folks included in
the ToC, click
here.
1/21/11
12/20/10
After long hours of philosophical debate, I'm now
on twitter as
@jameslsutter. I make no claims about
the significance of my tweets, but if you're someone who likes random quotes
and quips, perhaps you'd like to
check it
out and keep in touch that way?
In other news, I just yesterday finished reading
through Machine of Death, and was both humbled and honored by the
incredibly high quality of the stories in the book. To have been included
was always exciting, but now I can honestly say that it's one of the bigger
compliments I've ever received. Seriously--if you haven't already checked it
out, I highly recommend it, and you can
get it for free in several formats!
12/08/10
More nice news on Machine of Death! In
addition to being named
"Personally, I found Machine of Death a lively, self-assured, and diverse read…This is DIY publishing at its best, and a perfect example of the way in which creative, clever editors can use to their advantage the new leveling of hierarchies, existence of more accessible means of distribution, and diversity of ways to make a project visible to readers.
"But, when it comes down to it, you have to have the quality to back up the hype. You have to bring the heat, and
Machine of Death does bring the heat. Not only that — it showcases a lot of talented writers you might not have encountered before. I know I have a few more
'check out their other work' names after reading the anthology. "
11/09/10
From an awesome review of Catastrophia:
"'The Long Road to the Sea' by James L. Sutter is a beautifully written story about people who, after dying, regain life, but not all of their humanity. A tragic tale of lost love."
~Rena Hawkins, Tangent (Link)
11/01/10
Just returned from World Fantasy to the delightful
news that Machine of Death earned some extra publicity a few days ago
when it was
called out by Mr. Glenn Beck himself
on his national program as a sign of how the nefarious Left is destroying
America. It's not every day that a science fiction anthology earns the wrath
of the patron saint of radical pundits--it seems Mr. Beck was disappointed
that our book took the #1 slot on the release date of his new publishing
effort. You can read more about his comments and find links to the actual
diatribe
here.
10/27/10
VICTORY! If you missed the action, yesterday
Machine of Death succeeded in becoming the #1 best-selling book on
Amazon.com for the entire day. By leveraging the power of their
fanbases, several of the notable webcomics figures involved with the project
managed to help the book beat out John Grisham, Robert Jordan, Glenn Beck
(take that, Beck!), Jon Stewart (sorry, Jon!), and everyone else on
Amazon to take the top spot. In fact, in addition to holding the #1
spot for a day, the book's also shown remarkable staying power, and is
currently still at #3. It's really impressive to see that a book that was
turned down by numerous publishers--and for totally sensible reasons--is now
making such a huge splash. Definitely a coup for small-press indie
publishers, and I'm incredibly thankful to have been involved with the
project! http://io9.com/5676104/indie-science-fiction-anthology-incurs-the-wrath-of-glenn-beck
A number of folks, including BoingBoing, Io9,
Bookslut, and others have talked about the book, but at the moment the most
in-depth review I've found is
over here at Tor.com. Check it out!
10/22/10
It's been a big month for anthologies! First up,
and most crucial time-wise, is Machine of Death--the awesome theme
anthology from some of the biggest names on the internet, including Ryan
North, David Malki !, Matthew Bennardo, Randall Munroe, and more--is
available and tearing up the charts at Amazon.com.
But
don't buy it yet! The folks who put the anthology
together have organized a push to have everyone buy it on Tuesday,
October 26th, hopefully helping it become a #1 best-seller for a day.
With every story illustrated by a different prominent webcomic artist, this
anthology is really something special. (I was fortunate enough to draw Rene
Engstrom of Anders Loves Maria as my artist... swoon!) Check it out:
Second, Catastrophia, British publisher PS
Publishing's new post-apocalyptic anthology, is now available as well
through their website (the only way I know of for us folks in the colonies
to get it), and I'm really excited. My story in this one, "The Long Road to
the Sea," is my favorite short piece I've written to date--a sort of
post-apocalyptic zombie love story, from the zombie's point of view. Oh
yeah, and the anthology has a few names you might recognize, such as Brian
Aldiss. Unfortunately, I can't find a bigger image of the cover art, but
it's a really nice, solid hardcover--totally worth shipping it over via
pilot whale, or however such things are done. Grab it here:
More big news to come, but I'm not sure exactly
when, so for now those will have to do....
08/26/10
Before They Were Giants has been released,
and is
officially in stock at Amazon! Woo!
08/17/10
A lot's gone on since the last time I posted--City
of Strangers has come out and is getting reviewed pretty well, Paizo had
incredible success at the Ennie Awards (for which I got to write our theme
music!), and Before They Were Giants should be available in
bookstores in the next few weeks. Yet right now the big news is Machine
of Death, an anthology put together by Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics),
David Malki! (Wondermark), and Matthew Bennardo. The book--which is all
about a world where a machine cheaply and easily predicts how people will
die--has been a long time in coming (I sold them the story four years ago),
but it's finally releasing this October, and you should totally pick up a
copy! My story is called "Miscarriage," and features an illustration by Rene
Engstrom of Anders Loves Maria. Swoon!
05/20/10
The final cover for Before They Were Giants
has been unveiled! The book itself is available for preorder, and should hit
stores in July. Click the image below for details!
04/23/10
The final cover for
City of Strangers has
been revealed!
04/18/10
Well, it's finally happened. After an amazing
four-year run, Shadow at Morning has broken up. Everyone's still on
good terms, and Eric (drums) and I are already working on a new indie-rock
band tentatively named By Land or By Sea - check out or latest recordings at
www.myspace.com/jamessutter.
Though I never would have imagined as a child that
I'd end up in a hardcore metal band someday, Shadow at Morning allowed me to
fulfill my lifelong dreams of headlining Seattle's Showbox, having songs
spun on nearly every major radio station in the area, and opening for rock
legends 3 Inches of Blood. All things end, but those memories will last
forever.
Time to throw up the horns and salute a marvelous
phase of my life.
03/18/10
There's all sorts of the big news in the new year,
but the most significant is that the Pathfinder Tales Novel Line has been
officially announced. We'll be kicking off the line this August at Gen
Con, and our signed authors so far include folks like Elaine Cunningham,
Dave Gross, and Paul S. Kemp. It's going to be a huge event, and
I couldn't be happier to be captaining the line. Expect more news soon, as
well as some tracks off my in-progress solo album, but in the meantime,
there's a ton of new products to peruse in the writing section.
12/08/09
I've got a new short story up at Apex Magazine,
which you can read for free by
clicking here. The piece, titled
"Overclocking," was originally written as a response to Paizo's publisher,
Erik Mona, who claimed that cyberpunk was dead and buried. Whether or not I
won that argument is your call....
11/17/09
Lazy, lazy, lazy! Here I've been having all sorts
of interesting developments, and I haven't updated the front page in three
months. In my defense, there have been some big things afoot. The three biggest
are:
Before They Were Giants has officially
been announced. Due to hit bookstores everywhere
this July, my first personal anthology from Planet Stories takes the first
published short stories from some of the greatest living SF writers and pairs them with brand new interviews and critiques from the authors
themselves on what they know now that they wish they'd known then, how the
stories came to be, and more. For more information, you can hit
the product page at paizo.com,
but the alphabetical author list is:
I've got a new story in Apex Magazine.
Specifically, the December issue -- links will be up once it goes live.
City of Strangers has been announced.
My largest RPG project to date, this complete sourcebook details the city of
Kaer Maga in the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting, and is due to
stores in stores this June, though you can
read more and preorder it
here.
Please note that the covers shown for both BTWG
and City of Strangers are just placeholders until the actual art is
finalized.
08/18/09
Big news! On the heels of a magnificent GenCon, in
which the Pathfinder RPG released to great acclaim and sales, I've just
returned home to find an acceptance letter from British Fantasy Society
award-winner Allen Ashley, editor of the post-apocalyptic anthology Catastrophia from PS Publishing. Turns out he liked my zombie romance story, "A Long Road to the Sea," and
is buying it for his book. Victory! There's no such thing as too much
post-apocalyptic fiction, so look for it on the shelves both here and abroad in winter of 2010.
04/18/09
So two weeks ago my incredibly talented friends
gave me the most amazing surprise party of my life. Without my knowledge
(despite seemingly everyone I know being in on it), they wrote,
arranged, rehearsed, and performed a 45-minute musical with a
brilliantly impersonated me as the main character, fighting the evil Senator
Jon (see the music page for more explanation) with the help of my bandmates
and several sexy ladies, and scored the whole thing with
reinterpretations of music I've written. It was without a doubt the
coolest thing I could want for my quartercentennial, and it's all up on
YouTube - just click the poster above for the full playlist. (If you just
want to skip around, I recommend going to
"Of Loss"... Kaia,
the girl playing my jilted hippie lover, has an amazing voice. Or you could
go straight to the erotic shadow puppets in
"The Wake.")
02/10/09
New game design updates in the writing section!
12/01/08
Hey everybody! Since my former
webhosting service (StayHosted - seriously, never use those guys) ate
theneighborboy.com, I figured it was time for a redesign anyway.
May I instead present to you jameslsutter.com - now with even more
shameless self-aggrandizement!
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The release date of November 23rd fast approaches, and Death's
Heretic has already been getting some really awesome reviews
from really awesome people! Check it out:
won't
be disappointed! (Well, at least not by the reading.)
one of Amazon's best books of 2010 (Customer Favorites, Science Fiction and
Fantasy), we've also been favorably reviewed by Jeff VanderMeer over at
