As mentioned the other day, Carrie Harris reviewed The Warded Man (AKA The Painted Man) as a Haiku, which I thought was pretty awesome, and gave me the idea for a fun contest.
The rules are simple. Review the book in Haiku form (three lines, 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively) and post it in the [...]
Haiku Review Contest
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture
I am pleased to report that I have on my desk a signed film option contract with a major Hollywood director for The Painted Man (AKA The Warded Man) and subsequent books in the franchise.
Said director has asked to not be mentioned by name until midsummer when he is finished packaging his latest blockbuster, but [...]
BEA and Suvudu Chat
First off, there is a great new review of The Painted Man on SFFWorld.
I will be doing a live chat on June 4 at 2PM EST on the Del Rey mega-blog Suvudu with (Red Wolf Conspiracy) author Robert Redick, moderated by Robert’s editor, Kaitlin Heller (details here). You can send in questions for Robert or [...]
Reinvention
I stopped writing in college. At least, I stopped writing novels. I had written my first novel in high school, and knew then that even though the book itself was awful, writing novels was my bliss.
However, writing novels requires a great commitment of time and effort. Not so great, perhaps, when I was in HS, [...]
Too Soon To Tell
Does this mean she loves books or hates them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oOFIsQP2gU
UPDATE:
For some inexplicable reason, the embedded video window was crashing Internet Explorer for users, so I have replaced it with a hyperlink until I figure out how to fix it. In the meantime, IE sucks. Consider Firefox.
Q & A
As I mentioned earlier, The Warded Man is the May book of the month on the Brent Weeks Web Forum, and I’ve started answering questions for the BotM group. There have been a lot of really good questions, and I’m determined to answer them all. I’ve already answered like three interviews’ worth.
Check out the Warded [...]
Dutch Treat
Exciting news from the Netherlands! Amsterdam-based Dutch publisher Mynx has purchased translation and publishing rights to The Warded Man!
I am totally psyched about this edition, and I pray that it will come with an excuse to someday visit Amsterdam, which is on my travel wishlist, even though they put mayonaise on their french fries.
Also, lots [...]
Boy Genius
Another interview, this one for the mobile tech mega-blog Boy Genius Report. The interview is more tech heavy than the usual fare, describing in detail my experiences writing with mobile devices. It was a nice reflection on how far mobile tech has come as a writing aid in the last 6 years or so.
Also in [...]
Das Flustern der Nacht
Just saw on amazon.de that they already have a cover up for what I assume is The Desert Spear, which will be called Das Flustern der Nacht (The Whisper of the Night). I think the cover is pretty darn cool:
New Excision: Reclaiming the Circle
Posted a new Excision just now, entitled Reclaiming the Circle. It shows what happened when the Painted Man and Rojer go to take back the circle and horse from the bandits.
It’s a short scene, only about 380 words, but it offers up the opportunity to talk about POV philosophy in the introduction and discussion, which [...]