I sometimes get obsessive about looking at my web traffic statistics. It’s fun to see how many hits your site gets, and what states and countries they are from. Recently, my agent and UK publisher talked up The Painted Man at London Book Fair, which got us some international attention. Not long after, we sent [...]
Viral
A couple of months ago, I posted a question to the site of my good friend and copyeditor extraordinaire, Deanna Hoak. The question was about interrobangs, which is the practice of using a combination of exclamation point and question mark in order to denote a question that is shouted, or otherwise intensified. Some people hate [...]
Rap
I’ve been thinking about my “rap” about The Painted Man. This is something I need to practice quite a bit as my publication date nears, and I need to become something of a salesman in addition to an author. I’ve never been good at sales. Or summaries. I’m a long story kind of guy, and [...]
Day-Dayenu
I’m not Jewish, but I play one on holidays. I am a godless heathen, but my wife and her family are Jews, which exposes me to a lot of yiddish words and Jewish traditions. One of those is the Passover Seder, which I had to skip this year to go to NY ComicCon, (Sorry, God!), [...]
Looks Like He Read It
Just got a quote from Terry Brooks for my book jacket: “I enjoyed THE WARDED MAN immensely. There is much to admire in Peter Brett’s writing, and his concept is brilliant. Action and suspense all the way; he made me care about his characters and want to know what’s going to happen next.” I will [...]