A few new reviews came in over the weekend for my second Tale of Egil and Nix, A Discourse in Steel.  I’ve been more than a little pleased with the reception for this book, so thanks to all of you who have mentioned it and/or reviewed it.  I really appreciate.  And for those of you who haven’t yet read it, maybe these reviews will nudge you in that direction:

Ranting Dragon said, “Egil and … Read the rest

(At the outset let me say this:  While this post is about sales, I don’t think about all of this in terms of selling books, as such.  Instead I think about it in terms of being read.  True, the two are essentially congruent, but the former always seems to me an ultimately self-defeating (and kinda greasy) way to think about a writing career).

Years ago, the Technium had a piece entitled “1,000 True Fans… Read the rest

We’re one week away from the start of The Sundering series, which launches with R.A. Salvatore’s highly anticipated novel, The Companions: The Sundering, Book I.  My novel, The Godborn, is the second book of series.

And speaking of The Godborn, here are a few more early reviews/impressions, none of which contain spoilers:

Craig at Geekstronomy says, “A great read with Kemp demonstrating his talent for storytelling.”

Weary Writer calls The Godborn… Read the rest

I’ve been getting a fair amount of visitors to the site looking for the correct order to read the Erevis Cale stories, so I figured I’d just put up a post for Google to find.

The first thing I’m going to do is list is every damned Cale story in in-world chronological order (which isn’t publication order).  That’s for the completists.  Then I’m going to tell you the order I think you should read the … Read the rest

A short post to say that I received word today that The Hammer and the Blade, the First Tale of Egil and Nix, has gone back for another printing.  This warrants the rare huzzahwoot.  Accordingly, HUZZAHWOOT!

My sincere thanks to all of you who’ve talked up the book, reviewed it, recommended it, etc.  It really means a lot and I appreciate it enormously.

And hey, in related news, the Second Tale of Egil and … Read the rest

Stefan’s Bookshelf has an early, completely non-spoiler review of The Godborn, my next Forgotten Realms and book II of The Sundering series. Click over to read the whole thing, but my favorite bit is this:

“The book is fast paced, with several different groups of characters caught up in a maelstrom of events that ultimately lead them to a final epic scene. The prose and pacing were tight and each chapter pulled me further … Read the rest

As some of you know, a week before the release of A Discourse in Steel, some clever, amusing rake (and by “clever, amusing rake” I mean “asshole”) uploaded an unauthorized copy of the novel to Amazon, via Amazon’s Kindle Direct Program, and tried to charge for it.  As asshole antics go, that’s pretty funny.  And by “pretty funny,” I mean “not funny at all and very much a dick move.”

My publisher and I … Read the rest

As most of you know, I held a drawing to win one of five signed copies of my next Forgotten Realms novel, The Godborn.  I randomly selected winners last week (and notified them by email), but for the record, here are the five winners:

Blake T.

Ahmed A.

Nick S.

Shachar L.

Ian W.

Congratulations to the winners.  I’ll fire off the signed copies as soon as I have some in hand.  Meanwhile, the … Read the rest

Well, today is the day.  The second tale of Egil and Nix, A Discourse in Steel, hits shelves.  Huzzah! Discourse is, of course, the follow up to The Hammer and the Blade (which Library Journal called, “Sword and sorcery at its rollicking best.”).

I plan to spend the morning chewing my fingernails, the afternoon wallowing in despair, the evening drunk on whiskey, and the small hours shouting my futile rage at the uncaring stars.… Read the rest