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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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: Alternate title for […]
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, […]