For each book I’ve written, I’ve been invited to join the discussions of WotC Novels Book Club (Now The Sundered Book Club, on Goodreads). Every time, it’s been great fun and really rewarding to discuss how these books came together. I especially like hearing how people relate to the characters. When discussing my last book, […]
Recently, my editor, Nina, asked me how I would describe Farideh’s archetype, for the purposes of marketing text. She made sure I did not ignore the email by mentioning off-hand that the phrase “femme fatale” was getting tossed around. I read a lot of websites about character archetypes, readers. I delved down the rabbit […]
Dear Friends,Family, and Forgotten Realms Fans, Usually I use Dungeons & Dragons to write books, but for the Dungeons & Dragons R&D’s 2013 Extra Life drive I’ll be using it to raise money the Children’s Miracle Network and Seattle Children’s Hospital, helping them treat thousands of children each year, regardless of their family’s ability to […]
Welcome to my latest attempt at Things I Can Blog About! As an author, there are some questions I get asked all the time–just about every time I get asked questions, in fact! Usually, I can only answer them in a paragraph, because no one wants a dissertation in the middle of their interview. But […]
Good morning everyone! (At least, I hope your morning is going well, or went well, if it’s not still your morning. Mine’s going pretty well! Starting with this cool interview) I have some cool news for you (maybe this will make your morning even better–retroactively even!): an anthology I have a story in is now […]
Today marks the release of R.A. Salvatore’s The Companions, which you are probably all busy reading. When you’re done and you get back here, I will sound as if I’m speaking from the past. But roll with me. That means the Sundering officially starts today and gets a great big kickoff at Gen Con! Are you […]
Fair Warning: I’m about to get a mite sappy. Last week, I turned in the final edits on The Adversary, the third book of the Sundering (and the third book of the Brimstone Angels/Farideh series). There’s something about turning in a book that feels like giving birth, only somehow backwards. You’re completely consumed by this project, this […]
It’s just a little more than two weeks before Gen Con–did you know that? I didn’t, until I went to their website today and then started panicking and I had to go lay down for a bit. Then I decided I needed to post my schedule, because surely someone wants to see me at Gen Con. Otherwise…well, […]
You may have noticed that my books are sprinkled with Draconic, the language of (wait for it) dragons in D&D. The core of it comes from a Dragon (the magazine, not the creature) article by Sean K. Reynolds (who is not a dragon…I think)–reproduced here. Fun stuff! But not enough for my purposes. So I started […]
Lately, I keep remembering I have a blog. It goes like this. *Typetypetypetype* *RUSH OF PANIC* “Oh God. I haven’t posted anything since December. OH GOD.” *Put it off–have to finish scene…* *Repeat. The trouble is, the longer I go without posting, the more I end up telling myself I need to come up with […]