Holy crap, is there a lot going on these days! It’s been pretty overwhelming. For starters, I had not anticipated just how high the demand would be for bookplates. There’s still plenty left, but I expect they’ll all be gone by the time The Desert Spear launches on April 13, so if you want one, […]
Goody Bag
Lots going on at the moment. Partially by planning and partially by happenstance, there is currently a flood of new PVB material these days. I am going to try and call some of it out quickly before things pile up overmuch, so I can get back to The Daylight War later this afternoon without a […]
Lynx
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 […]
Semicolons are the Devil
I’ve spent fifteen years in publishing—working as a retailer, editor, copyeditor/proofreader, managing editor, production supervisor, and writer. As a result of these experiences, I have formed some opinions, many of them centered around how subjective the rules of grammar and language style are. One of those opinions is that semicolons are the devil. I fucking […]
I Know I’m Biased, But…
Aidan Moher asked me for an excerpt from The Desert Spear to post on his SF blog A Dribble of Ink sometime in March. I agreed and took my personal reference ARC to leaf through, looking for something cool to lift out that didn’t have any spoilers. An hour later, I realize all I’ve done […]