Flew in to London overnight on Thursday, leavin NYC at 6:10pm, and arriving at Heathrow airport in London at 6:30am Friday. I REALLY should have slept on the plane, but it was British Airways, and the attendant kept plying me with mini bottles of delicious red wine, and there was an individual TV screen at every seat [...]
London Book Signing
The days are growing short before my big London trip, and I am having difficulty containing my excitement. Every day seems to bring a new teaser tidbit to keep me psyched, like the spanking new hardcover and trade paperback copies of the book that Voyager sent me a couple of days ago (pictured above, along [...]
Breaking Archetypes
I’ve recently started reading Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy. I finished Assassin’s Apprentice the other night, and I’m about 100 pages into Royal Assassin. I picked up the series mainly because a lot of people, including my UK editor, have compared my work to Hobb’s, particularly in terms of character development. A few even suggested I [...]
Del Rey Interview
I found this online today; it’s the interview I gave to Del Rey books, which they included in their advance read edition of The Warded Man. I didn’t want to post it myself in case they wanted it exclusively in the ARE, but apparently they didn’t, because I know this site didn’t get the text [...]
College Reading Level
Little Luca (the palooka) D’Entrone is a boy genius. At three months, he’s already said his first word, and he’s reading on a college level.
Interviews, Previews, and Reviews
Lots going on as we approach the Sept. 1 international launch of The Painted Man. My trip to London for the launch (Aug. 28 – Sept. 6) is fast approaching, and I am a bundle of nerves and excitement for my first signings and live interviews, not to mention seeing the book in hardcover for [...]
Scary Book
Maybe not the best choice of book to read a 3 week old…
Warded Jewelry
Okay, before this blog becomes nothing more than a vehicle for kvelling grandparents to show off baby pictures, I’d like to shift gears.
One of the most wonderful aspects of the whole process of getting my work published has been the many talented people who have lent their creative energy to bringing my creations to life. [...]