In 2007 I went to the World Fantasy convention, which was being held that year in Saratoga, NY, just a pleasant few hours’ drive from where I live. I had just sold The Painted Man (back in stock on Amazon UK after selling out and going back on press!) and its sequels and had just […]
Get Out the Vote!
Quick reminder to everyone, voting for the David Gemmell Legend Award is now open. It’s free and quick to vote, and I encourage everyone who enjoyed The Painted Man/The Warded Man to take the time to visit the site. This is the first year of the award, and the first and only award (for anything) […]
Quick Read
Got a comment on my blog today from a reader who got my book for Christmas, and stayed up all night reading it, finishing around 4:35am. This is something I hear a lot from readers, and it makes me feel fantastic, because I feel like I did my job. I’ve been a fantasy reader all […]
I Have Fans
So get this. A fan from Poland saw my blog entry on the Polish art and commented that there were other pictures I didn’t put up. When I commented back that I didn’t even know there WERE other pictures, he scanned and sent them to me! So, to sum up: I have fans. Some of […]
Polish Art
There is a school of thought that says illustrations are bad for written stories. That the purpose of reading is to exercise your own imagination, creating visuals in your mind’s eye. Proponents of this school will often turn their noses up at any illustrated text as if it were not “true” literature. They will say […]