It’s March, which means a new monthly excerpt from The Hammer and the Blade (B&N, Amazon, Powells), the first novel of my forthcoming sword and sorcery series featuring Egil and Nix, and published by Angry Robot books.
For those just joining the fun, previous excerpts can be found here, here, here, and here. They’re all non-spoilery bits of the novel designed to give you a feel for … Read the rest
The latest Functional Nerds podcast is available. John Anealio and Patrick Hester chat with Howard Andrew Jones and me about fantasy fiction, sword and sorcery, differences between tie-in work and original world work, and money.
I had a great time and almost certainly talked way too much. If you have a listen, I hope you enjoy.… Read the rest
There’s one week left in the multi-author Crossing the Streams book giveaway. You can win books, perhaps many books. By great authors (and one hack, i.e., me). Enter here.… Read the rest
Final cover art for the The Hammer and the Blade (Amazon
I’ll also add that if you were to pre-order the novel, I’d either (a) kiss you full on the mouth, if that appeals to you, or (b) refrain from kissing you full on the mouth, if that appeals to you. Either way, a pre-order means you win.
Oh, and read excerpts here, … Read the rest
I came across this article on blurbs and blabs today and it made me wonder what effect, if any, blurbs have on potential readers. You mind helping me answer that? Has a blurb by an author you enjoy piqued your interest in another author’s work? Has a blurb influenced your decision to buy or not buy a book?
To be clear, I plan to continue asking for blurbs and giving them when asked (assuming I … Read the rest
The monthly mentions continue, by God!
So what’s new in February in the Forgotten Realms and from Angry Robot Books (no new Star Wars fiction releases this month, it seems)? Let us see.
First, we have Carpathia
It’s Titanic meets 30 Days of Night.
When the desperate survivors … Read the rest
It’s February, which means a new monthly excerpt from The Hammer and the Blade (B&N, Amazon
For those just joining the fun, previous excerpts can be found here, here, and here. They’re all about one-thousand words or so, just bits to give you a feel for the … Read the rest
Myself and a whole slew of other speculative fiction writers have gotten together to create a huge, multi-genre, multi-author book giveaway contest. We’re calling it Crossing the Streams and here’s how it works:
Each author involved is running a contest on his/her own site. The specific details vary from author to author, so the particulars of the contest I’m running may differ somewhat from the particulars on another author’s site.
But each contest has a … Read the rest
My interview with the Fangirl blog is now posted. Mostly we talk Star Wars, but we also touch on some general themes present in all my writing. Have a read if you have a moment. I had a lot of fun doing the interview (we actually did this interview by phone and Linda transcribed it; given my penchant for lawyerspeak, that must have been a Herculean task).
Anyway, I hope you enjoy.
Sit in a chair and type words that make sentences. Good luck.… Read the rest