Things are moving along nicely with the artwork. This is the third piece that’s complete, and another is in sketch form. The remaining two have art briefs, and sketches should be coming for those soon. As I mentioned in the post where I revealed this sketch, this scene shows Muqallad after a particularly grizzly series [...]
The latest review for The Flames of Shadam Khoreh, and in a way the entire Lays of Anuskaya trilogy, is up at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. Here’s an excerpt that I quite enjoyed. I never associated my writing with Robin Hobb, but then again, our styles are similar, and I greatly admire her writing, so it [...]
These are not complete, obviously, but I liked these early sketches enough to share them. The first is a scene from The Straits of Galahesh. So as to remain as spoiler-free as possible, I’ll only say that this is Muqallad, one of the Al-Aqim, the three elemental sorcerers who tore the fabric between the material [...]
This is exciting for me. I’ve gotten to play art director on the interior art for The Lays of Anuskaya, with the talented Evgeni Maloshenkov as the artist. One of the pieces I’d always wanted to do was the dance scene between Atiana and Nikandr. It’s a fan favorite, and it’s one of my favorites [...]
Justin Landon over at Staffer’s Book Review recently read the final two books in The Lays of Anuskaya: The Straits of Galahesh and The Flames of Shadam Khoreh. Overall, the review was quite positive. Some bumps when it came to Straits: In 2011 I called Winds of Khalakovo ‘deep and deliberate’ with poignant dialogue ‘that fits the [...]
As part of the Kickstarter I ran for The Flames of Shadam Khoreh, we met two interior artwork stretch goals, which meant that we’d have two original pieces per book. These will be added to each of the books on the page facing “Part I” or “Part II”. The artist I chose for the project [...]
A great new review came in over the weekend from Sachin Dev over at Smorgasbord Fantasia. I liked his opening: I still haven’t come to terms with this question, do I love Russian literature. I tried Tolstoy’s epic, War and Peace. Not once but twice. And I failed both times to complete it. Dostoevsky’s short [...]
I’ve been playing with the design for the bookmarks that were part of the stretch goals for The Flames of Shadam Khoreh, and I think I have something workable. It was difficult to fill in the space of the front, and when compared directly to the back the font looks perhaps too tall, but I [...]
A few August’s ago, my friend, old coworker, and major gun enthusiast Barry Geipel invited me to stop by his firing range and shoot his flintlock. I immediately said yes. I was at that time in the middle of writing my second book and really wanted to hold and fire a flintlock for myself. We [...]
478. That’s the number of pages in the new layout for The Winds of Khalakovo. That may seem like a small thing, but it’s actually a big deal. Why? First of all, it indicates that I’ve managed to lay out all the pages in the book. And *that* says that I’ve at the very least [...]
As my Kickstarter winds down, I wanted to reflect on what I’ve done since finishing The Flames of Shadam Khoreh. Why? I’m not sure. Most of this is pretty self-serving. I’ve been feeling … not down exactly, but itchy to get working on my next novel, the one I sold to DAW Books a few [...]
Shaun Brammer at Thaibebop just posted a very complimentary, not to mention well written, review of The Straits of Galahesh, and while doing so played against his impressions of The Winds of Khalakovo. I like how he switched between one and the other, and showed the expansion and evolution of character and world. Here are [...]
Author and editor Paul was one of the people on my video teaser for The Lays of Anuskaya, but his video was really quite good on its own, so I’m posting it as its own video review of the series. Share and enjoy!
I’ve been working behind the scenes on a new map for The Lays of Anuskaya. And here it is! This was created by William McAusland, the same artist who worked on the previous maps, based on a map I had generated for the world long ago using a program called Fractal Terrains. I really like [...]
I mentioned yesterday that I would have two raffles for the Kickstarter. The first is a raffle for signed ARCs (of which very few will be printed). The second is for prints of the artwork for The Lays of Anuskaya. These prints will be signed by both the artist, Evgeni Maloshenkov, and me. Just how many [...]
I’ve decided to include two raffles for The Flames of Shadam Khoreh. The first is a raffle for three advance reader copies (ARCs). I’m only printing about 20-25 ARCs total, so this is a chance to win a rare collector’s item. They are uncorrected, so there will be minor differences, but that’s part of the [...]
I’ve been working on a new video project in the background for a few months now. I gave advance copies of The Flames of Shadam Khoreh to a select few readers and asked that they give me their thoughts on the series as a whole and the third book especially to give others a sense [...]
The final copy editing process has begun for the three original stories for the collection. I’ll announce when that’s finished and the final ramp-up to production for the books has begun. I’m also pleased to reveal the final two pieces for my short story collection, Lest Our Passage Be Forgotten & Other Stories. The first [...]
Tonight I have wonderful news to spread. I’ve just signed a new audio contract with Brilliance Audio for the rights to my upcoming series, The Song of the Shattered Sands. I’m very excited that the rights have been locked up so early, and with a company like Brilliance, known for their quality audio productions. This [...]
Only twelve days remain in The Flames of Shadam Khoreh Kickstarter. Time is really flying by! We’ve blown past the funding goal and two of the stretch goals so far. I’ve just added a new stretch goal—Bookmarks!—and I’m confident we can reach that soon. I’m really gunning for the $10,000 stretch goal, which adds three [...]
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