First off, a few bits of good Messenger news:
1) My US publisher, Del Rey Books, sent me an e-mail on Friday that they had received copies of The Desert Spear from the printer, and they look awesome. I am bouncing in my seat to see my samples on Monday.After three years of writing/editing and another [...]
Lynx
Medieval Princesses with Dragon Tattoos Love TPM
Don’t believe me? Here’s proof from French Jess:
Fun Pictures
A couple of fun pictures have filtered in over the last week or so. Iris in Germany sent in two early submissions to try and win one of the Voyager Desert Spear ARCs, whenever I receive them:
This week is “Fasching” in Germany. It’s Carneval. And during the next week i don’t have to go [...]
Polish Fan Art
Sometimes my readers are so awesome I can’t stand it. I’ll be sitting in my office, chipping away at the mountain of one novel or another, feeling alone and unloved, when suddenly my e-mail will chime and someone, often from the other side of the planet, will tell me how my work has touched them. [...]
Warded Bookplates
So in addition to all the books coming out and various related excitement, there are a few secret projects I’ve been working on in my not-so-copious spare time. Many of these are still simmering on the back-burner, in need of seasoning or some serious ingredients, but one just rolled off the artist’s board, so I [...]
DSAC Round 2
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]