The Painted Man has had some hard days. In addition to having a Creator who is abominably slow at writing and painstakingly anal about revisions, he’s lived a life plauged with demons, both inside and out. He’s given up a lot in his never-ending battle against the corelings, so it’s nice sometimes when the universe […]
Want a Free ARC of The Warded Man?
Amazon.co.uk is SOLD OUT of copies of The Painted Man, and the US version, The Warded Man, doesn’t come out until March. What’s a poor, impatient reader to do? Sign up on Library Thing to request a free copy! All you have to do is promise to write a review. They have 50 copies to […]
Tattooed Samurai
My morning google alert has informed me that the second volume of the Japanese translation of The Painted Man is going on sale November 21! Because Japanese writing takes up more space than English, it is common to split a long novel into smaller parts in the Japanese market. The Painted Man, for example, has […]
Free Realms Plug
Think it’s weird that I’ve made no posts for a week and then do two back to back? Suck it. That’s how we Bretts roll. Just ask Cassie: So anyway, I get home from WFC, exhausted from 15 hours of travel, and find an e-mail in my inbox from John Smedley. In case you don’t […]
World Fantasy 2009: Calgary
So the flight to Calgary was at 7:55am on Thursday. Being the anal-retentive American traveler that I am, I decided to leave my apartment at 5am to make sure I had plenty of time to deal with airport BS. It’s a good thing I did, but not due to any airline problems, believe it or […]