I’m not Jewish, but I play one on holidays. I am a godless heathen, but my wife and her family are Jews, which exposes me to a lot of yiddish words and Jewish traditions. One of those is the Passover Seder, which I had to skip this year to go to NY ComicCon, (Sorry, God!), […]
Looks Like He Read It
Just got a quote from Terry Brooks for my book jacket: “I enjoyed THE WARDED MAN immensely. There is much to admire in Peter Brett’s writing, and his concept is brilliant. Action and suspense all the way; he made me care about his characters and want to know what’s going to happen next.” I will […]
They’re Heeeeere!
I am expecting a furniture delivery today between 10 – 3, which is a little inconvenient , as it means I am not only missing yoga, but it drastically reduces my options to see an Iron Man matinee before the nine-too-fivers get out and swarm the theaters. So I was all excited when the door […]
Victory of Tissues
Lots of things happening on the writing front. Advance read copies for The Painted Man should be going out next week to reviewers and the like. I am very psyched for that. I also broke through my writer’s funk on The Desert Spear by skipping to another section and working on a different character, to […]
My Worst Nightmare
Yesterday I posted about how awesome it was to meet Terry Brooks and get him to sign my copy of The Elfstones of Shannara. What I didn’t mention was that just moments later, he brought me face to face with my worst nightmare! Terry and his editor Betsy Mitchell were sitting a panel at New […]