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 […]

Filed under: Appearances, Events, Interviews, Musings, Tech by PeatB
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More 2010 DSAC Entries

I haven’t been updating the website so frequently lately because I’ve been making really good progress on The Daylight War, the book that will follow The Desert Spear in the Demon Cycle. Still, the deadline for the next giveaway in the Desert Spear ARC Contest (DSAC), January 15, is soon to be upon us. I […]

Filed under: Contests, Desert Spear, Fan Art, Fans, The Daylight War, Writing by PeatB
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Desert Spear Excerpt on Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist

The other day, Patrick from the blog Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist emailed me to ask if he could get an excerpt from The Desert Spear to post on his. I said sure, then spent a couple of days trying to decide what to send. It’s a tough choice; there were good scenes from pretty much all […]

Filed under: Desert Spear, Excisions, Interviews, Writing by PeatB
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Desert Spear ARC Contest Update

Apologies for the silence for the last couple of weeks. I’d like to claim it was all the holidays, but the flu bug seems to like my house. This time it hit my wife, and left me on full-time baby duty. I think I did a decent job as Mr. Mom, but it left little […]

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Books Read in 2009

A lot of bloggers are making end-of-year lists of books they read in 2009. They’re not hard to find, but here are some particularly awesome ones (because they mention yours truly, natch): Fantasy Book Critic Robots and Vamps A Dribble of Ink Walker of Worlds Fanlit The end-of-year roundup is something I’ve occasionally done on […]

Filed under: Life, Musings, Reviews, Writing by PeatB
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