Angry Robot has posted a sneak peek at the cover art for The Hammer and the Blade
To say that I love, love, love this would be an understatement. It captures Egil and Nix exactly. My thanks to the artist, Richard Jones, whose portfolio you can see on his website.
Egil, … Read the rest
I’ll be doing an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A on Reddit.com(with the fantasy group) tonight at 8PM Central Time. You can also post questions ahead of time and I’ll answer them when I log on tonight. Just click on the link above and ask away.
This should be fun. I hope to see you there.
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Like all parents, I often wonder if I’m doing right by my kids. Am I teaching them the important things? Am I sending them off into the world with the tools they need to live a fulfilling, honorable life? Man, we affect them in so many ways. It’s an awesome, awful, wonderful responsibility. My dad is 85 and quite sick at the moment, so these questions are especially on my mind right now. When I … Read the rest
As this NY Times article (and this announcement by WotC) makes clear, the next iteration of Dungeons and Dragons is under development. I’ve known about this for a while (but was sworn to secrecy under threat of thumbscrews) and have been privy to some of the discussions (in a mostly minor, incidental way). But what I’ve seen has me very excited about the future of D&D.
I think it’s enormously wise of WotC to look … Read the rest
So let’s see what’s new in January from Angry Robot, in the Galaxy Far, Far Away, and in the Forgotten Realms.
From Angry Robot Books, we have The Great Game: The Bookman Histories, Book 3
When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer – and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of … Read the rest
It’s January, which means another excerpt from my sword and sorcery novel, The Hammer and the Blade
As always, the purpose of the excerpts is to give you a feel for the tone of the book, the voice of the characters, and … Read the rest
Here are links to what I regard as the best posts from my blog in 2011. You know, in case you missed them. 🙂 I divided them up into “humor,” “writing-related,” and “politics/policy,” which covers almost everything I post here.
Humor
Live-tweeting A New Hope, Mystery Science Theater style.
Live-tweeting Revenge of the Sith, Mystery Science Theater style.
Writing-related
Here are a few books I read and very much enjoyed in 2011. None of these were actually released in 2011, which speaks to just how far behind I am on the “to-read” pile. These aren’t reviews so much as a brief articulation of some things that stuck with me about the books in hindsight. They include no spoilers.
So, without further ado, here are my top three reads in 2011:
3. Finch, by … Read the rest
As I mentioned before, I was able to scratch an itch I’ve had for a long time by finally writing a story set in The World of Warhammer. In the process, I was able to work with Christian Dunn, which I’ve also wanted to do for a long while. Color me lucky.
In any event, the short story I wrote, A Small Victory, will appear in the anthology Age of Legend
So, what’s new in December in the Forgotten Realms, the Galaxy Far, Far Away, and the rusty, metallic wastelands of the Angry Robot? Well, let me walk up to the sidewalk and take a look, yes.
In the Realms, we have Cry of the Ghost Wolf
Hweilan went into the Feywild a girl focused on avenging her family’s death, and emerged a … Read the rest