I’ve said before in countless interviews and panels that the first two fantasy books I ever read were The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien, and The Wishsong of Shannara, by Terry Brooks. For completeness’ sake, I will add the caveat that I attempted to read The Fellowship of the Ring as well, but it was maybe […]
The Chase and the Catch
So many wonderful things going on this week that I’m kind of in sensory overload. I’ve been trying to keep my head down and get business done, but it’s hard to do that when I lift my head to find all my childhood dreams coming true as I debut as a fantasy author with some […]
Launch Day!
The day I’ve waited my whole life for has finally come. Tomorrow, March 10, 2009, The Warded Man goes on sale. I can distinctly remember writing stories as a child, dreaming of one day becoming a published author. While this dream technically came true last September when my first book came out in the UK, […]
Catch-up
Been trying to catch up on all the projects that have been piling up on my desk over the last few weeks while I’ve had my head down trying to plow through the final 20,000 words of The Desert Spear. There are still weeks and possibly months of editing to come, but getting the first […]
I Wish I Could Read Polish
I always lament the lack of emphasis in American schools on foreign language skills. I enjoyed a very good public education, and it has allowed me to go far (and others even farther), but there were still many things lacking, like computer education and foreign languages. Language classes weren’t even an option for students until […]