So the end-of-year holidays are approaching – a busy time for everybody who sells books – and it’s time to think a little about adding some names to the Ebooks…

For those of you who’ve been (patiently!) waiting: Interim Errantry is now available in both ebook and paperback editions. You can get the ebook here at Ebooks Direct, DRM-free, or…

Today is your last chance to acquire one of our present line of DRM-free ebooks by Peter Morwood at the Ebooks Direct online bookstore. Because of the terms of Peter’s…

For those of you who’ve been waiting for the first print version: here it is. Click here for the YW: Lifeboats paperback page at Amazon.com. (ETA: here’s the ISBN info…

A lot of people have been waiting for it to turn up there… so, finally, the news you’ve been wanting to hear: Young Wizards: Lifeboats is now available on Amazon.…

For some time now we’ve been intending to move Ebooks Direct off the subdomain at dianeduane.com where it presently resides. Over the last couple/few years things have been changing in…

They say that Hal-Con is “the biggest, geekiest SF convention in Atlantic Canada, a sci-fi, fantasy and gaming convention run completely by much-too-dedicated volunteers…”, which makes it a perfect place…

When the renowned saurian Species Archivist to the Powers that Be summons young wizard Kit Rodriguez to participate in an urgent off-planet intervention intended to save many millions of lives,…

ETA: Thanks to those who set me straight on the non-mandatory side of the upgrade. I’ll take refuge in Rick’s excuse here: “I was misinformed.” As for the rest of…

Just so that people know: Chris Meadows of TeleRead has kindly asked me to come be a guest on his podcast on July 25th, at 12 noon (US) Eastern time.…

  First-pass pages have arrived. And now work begins again. Proofreading, handling editor’s notes, making semifinal changes and additions… It’s going to be a busy couple of weeks. (BTW: want…

ETA: Young Wizards: Lifeboats is out! Click here for its page at the Ebooks Direct store. When the renowned saurian Species Archivist to the Powers that Be summons young wizard…

DD: (loads default landscape) DD: (adds sphere to landscape) DD: (applies glass shader) DD: (hits “render”) Terragen:  … DD: (tears hair) I MEANT DO THE GLASS THING TO THE DAMN…

  “…What will you do next?” “Besides being King? Well, there was something else…” He looked at [Prince] Herewiss. “Since we don’t have to be running all over the place…

At last we can reveal the cover of Games Wizards Play, which will be released on February 2, 2016, and is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. (The cover artist…

The US Naval Research Laboratory announced a major breakthrough in materials science on Thursday. After decades of research and development, the NRL has created a transparent, bulletproof material that can…

This last weekend has been spent reading, working on this and that, making a lot of waffles, and attempting to deal with some thorny issues, the least important of which…

Looking for something different in Easter chocolate? How about your own custom-made laser-scanned 3D-printed chocolate death mask? Called “Eat My Face,” Bompas and Parr’s new project employs “the latest facial-scanning…

(Note: This post originally appeared on DD’s blog at Tumblr, and has been ported over here for those who don’t care to deal with Tumblr’s present T&C. [And who could…

If the above (and below) images look a little bizarre, well, they should. They’re from long-ago German editions of My Enemy, My Ally and The Romulan Way into which the…

From over at the Tumblr: freyaliesel: o.o tuebl has all of Young Wizards in the library. BEST NEWS EVER It would be if (a) I’d given them permission to have…

  Suddenly, a big deal tonight: Not being able to watch a Dr. Who Christmas Special on Christmas. (It’s recording on the Sky box at home, but we won’t be…

…or, “You’ll Burn Your Bangs / Fringe Off” So there’s this drink. It’s mulled wine augmented (a kind word) with flamed overproof spirit, usually rum. …Okay, wait. A moment’s worth…

  JD 2455550.52 / December 20th, 2010: It’s five days till Christmas, and the day before the Winter Solstice. The biggest pre-Christmas blizzard seen for decades is heading straight for…