It’s been an interesting day. Last week’s sales numbers are in, and show no decline from first week to second, which is fantastic. It technically means I did even better than the first week, since week #1’s total also included pre-orders that might have come months earlier. I was #15 on the UK SF bestseller […]
Radio Podcast
As I mentioned yesterday, I did an interview with Grant Boyden at Sport 927am in Victoria, Australia this morning. Despite being a little nervous on live air and saying “um” and “uh” about a thousand times, I managed to get through the interview reasonably competently. If you’re interested, you can find the interview as a […]
Voyager Online
While The Painted Man was released in hardcover on September 1 in the UK, the trade paperback versions that will go on sale in Australia were shipped by rowboat, and will not be released until the end of September or possibly the beginning of October. Harper Collins Australia, however, has been working hard behind the […]
Starting on a Farm
There are many tropes in fantasy writing, themes so common that they pervade the genre, making it seem limited and stifling at times. The Dark Overlord bent on conquering the world, even if it means being ruler of nothing more than a pile of ashes. The bumbling old wizard who knows more than he lets […]
London Day 7: My First Public Signing
The big day had finally arrived! My first scheduled signings. I was both excited and a little nervous. What if no one came? Ugh. Pressure. We started the day by heading back to the flagship Waterstones in Piccadilly Circus, and they had finally received their late shipment of twenty copies. My publicity agent at […]