Books You Should Pick Up

On Tuesday, the paperback version of The Adversary came out, which is very exciting and excellent news, especially for anyone who wanted a copy and couldn’t afford the hardcover price. I’m a little late with this, but here you can find the e-signing form for the paperback. (If you still want a hardcover, contact me […]

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Crossing the Streams

THANKS FOR ENTERING! The contest is complete. Winners of my drawing have been notified. The big winner will be notified soon! Welcome to “Crossing the Streams 2014,”a huge, multi-author book giveaway! This is the post for my part of the contest. (Hi!) Uh, you’re not supposed to cross the streams…What is this? “Crossing the Streams […]

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The Adversary, Amazon, and You

At the moment, we have a problem, dear readers. A distribution issue has left Amazon without any stock of The Adversary hardcover. If you pre-ordered from them, you have likely gotten an email by now informing you it will be 3-5 weeks before you receive your books. If you were planning to order this week, […]

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The Adversary Releases Today

Today is The Adversary’s book birthday! Hooray! I’ve already shown you piles of excerpts (mountains even!). I’ve already gone on about writing it. I’ve done a bunch of interviews with wonderful folks and had still more wonderful folks review it. (Barnes & Noble even put it on their list of the season’s best Fantasy and Science Fiction AND […]

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THE ADVERSARY Excerpt + Character Blog: Lorcan’s Endless Quest

  I have already written about what it’s like to write about Lorcan. Twice, in fact. Moreso than any other character, Lorcan has the sort of voice that gets thrown off-balance very easily. There is so much dragging him toward being the hero–enough that I’ve definitely seen readers claim he’s sweet or doting or even […]

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THE ADVERSARY Excerpt + Character Blog: Havilar

I had a conversation with another author once about “warrior women”—about the trope as it exists and the ways to subvert or twist it. Or more specifically the ways trying to subvert or twist it can make the whole character collapse into a pile of “huh?” A Warrior Woman is often, after all, given characteristics […]

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THE ADVERSARY Excerpt + Character Blog: Dahl

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, […]

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THE ADVERSARY Excerpt + Character Blog: Farideh

  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 […]

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