Back in early 2023—two days before my 50th birthday, when I was in a very retrospective headspace—I had the honor and pleasure of sitting for an interview with acclaimed documentarian Tom O’Dell* for Fantasy Rising, his upcoming streaming documentary on the history of the fantasy genre. We talked for hours, and it felt so natural […]
Hidden Queen Tourvelogue
It’s March 20, and I am flying home from the UK after three weeks of almost constant travel. I left home on February 28, just a couple weeks past my 51st birthday. I was heading off on a grand adventure, but there were still demons to fight. After successfully ending The Demon Cycle, I started […]
Virtual Author Talk with MVPL
Another crazy summer! I finished edits on The Hidden Queen and put it into production and out for translation. Del Rey Books is also re-leasing all five original Demon Cycle novels in trade paperback, with slick new covers and added material in the form of tie-in novellas, all leading up to Hidden Queen’s release. The […]
Desert Prince US Audiobook Update
Hey all. Some readers noticed that the US audiobook for THE DESERT PRINCE, which was briefly on sale earlier this month, ceased to be available, and now shows a pre-order page for an October 12, 2021 release. In response to listener feedback and internal discussions about the original edition, Penguin Random House Audio will be […]
Split Sales
This was originally posted as a thread on twitter, but I figured I’d blow the cobwebs off the blog and collect it here, too. Early in my career, I would get anxiously tied in knots when a bookseller broke embargo (shipped/shelved a book before its on sale date), fearing it was a harbinger of a […]