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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]