I haven’t been blogging as much as I used to. Part of this is being super-busy, but another part of it is circumspection, out of a desire not to offer any spoilers about The Great Bazaar or The Desert Spear before people get a chance to read those stories for themselves. In the same vein, [...]
This Is My Job
If you missed out on the mayhem, I just participated in a Live Chat RPG on Suvudu with authors Ari Marmell, Diana Rowland, Jason Thompson, along with some fans. It was, as you might expect, utterly bizarre. You can click the link and scroll through the chat in its entirety, though it ran in real [...]
Thankful
I am very much aware of how incredibly fortunate I am, having my work published all over the world in many languages. This is an opportunity that was unheard of for all but the most blockbusting genre authors just a few short years ago, but the internet has made the world smaller. Thanks to advanced [...]
Juggling
I feel like I haven’t been updating the old Peephole as much as I’d like these days, but it’s been hard of late. I feel like Rojer trying to juggle with his crippled hand sometimes, moving wildly to try not to drop any of the balls.
2010 has been very busy, and it’s just starting up. [...]
Live Chat RPG on Suvudu
Kaitlin Heller, one of the editors at Del Rey books, is a nerd.
I know, I know. That’s hardly a surprise, and Creator knows I live in a glass house in that regard. I’m just saying.
Kaitlin has been trying to get a Del Rey D&D game between authors and editorial going for quite some time, but [...]
Welcome Pearse
My nephew, Pearse Brett Foley, was born today at 2:22 pm, 19 inches long and weighing in at a hefty 8 pounds, further securing my genetic legacy to future generations, and giving me another excuse to go to the toy store all the time.
Congratulations to my sister Kelly and her husband Darragh, and welcome to [...]
DSAC Winners
Okay, enough dithering. It’s time to pick some winners.
I’ve kind of been dragging my feet with this contest on purpose, hoping that my UK ARCs of The Desert Spear would arrive early in the month and I could add those to the pot, but I don’t know exactly when they are going on press, so [...]
Patrick Rothfuss Interview (and another way to win a Desert Spear ARC)
A few months ago, Patrick Rothfuss, author of the internationally bestselling epic fantasy novel The Name of the Wind and all-around nice guy, asked me if I would be interested in doing an interview on his blog.
Of course I said yes. To date, I have never turned down an interview request, but this one was [...]
Facebook Frenemies
They say you should never friend your boss on facebook. Or give them your blog URL. Apparently the same rule applies for authors and their editors. If you can get past Blake Charlton’s ranting about his swine flu-contaminated roommate, NYT Bestselling Author Brent Weeks and his editor Devi will illustrate this clearly:
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Fun with Brent, Blake and Gail
You may recall that I took a ton of funny videos at the World Fantasy Convention this past October, and never posted them. My bad. In part it is because I came down with a flu son after, and then came my trip to Toronto, and then the holidays, and then Dani had the flu, [...]