A month or so ago, one of my readers was kind enough to create a Wikipedia page for The Painted Man.
The article is a stub however, and will be deleted soon if some other user does not help to expand it. I would do it myself, but I feel that it would be inappropriate for [...]
A Call to Arms
World Fantasy
I know there’s at least three of you hot to read my next Writing to Sell post, but it’s been a busy week with work and house guests, and tomorrow I am off to Canada for the World Fantasy Convention in majestic Calgary.
(Er… is Calgary majestic? I assume so, because they held the Olympics there, [...]
Hotlist Giveaway
Hey all, Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is hosting a contest to give away 5 autographed copies of The Painted Man! If you’ve yet to pick up a copy of the book, head on over and follow the instructions to submit an entry and get a chance to win.
You may recall that I did an interview for [...]
Domination Lesson
Last night, Cassie had her first sweet taste of global domination. As a parent, I can only hope she exceeds me in every way, and one day holds the world in her tiny hands.
Writing to Sell, Part II
As I said in my last post on this topic, Robert Jordan once told me to only write what I wanted, and to ignore what fans and patrons wanted from me.
With all due respect to a giant of fantasy literature whom I admire greatly, Mr. Jordan was wrong.
On the other hand, some of my friends, [...]
Writing to Sell, Part I
Apologies to anyone who has been waiting on this post. I know it’s taken a long time for me to write it, but that’s because it’s a topic close to my heart, and I wanted to take time and put my thoughts in proper order to do it justice. I also knew it would be [...]
Albacon Recap
It’s been a week since the convention, but one thing or another has been taking up my time, and I haven’t really had a chance to put down my thoughts. Mainly because I knew this might be a long post.
First off, the drive to Albany was amazing. With my fancy new Garmin GPS navigator, there [...]
New PM Reviews
Working on a post about Albacon that seems to be growing into a post about cons in general. It’s going to take me a while to get that one done, so in the meantime, here are some more reviews of The Painted Man:
NextRead: This reviewer teased on his site for a few weeks before posting [...]
Amazon Video Interview
While I was in London, I did a video interview for Amazon.co.uk. I wrote a blog post about it last month. The video is meant to be embedded on the Amazon Page for The Painted Man as a sales tool, but I was also told it would be live on YouTube and that I and [...]
Writing “Full Time”
Last week, I wrote a post entitled Words Written vs. Words Used, which was partly a craft discussion and partly a window into my insane obsession with numbers and statistics. I received a comment this morning that included a question I started to reply to, but as my answer grew lengthier, I decided to just [...]