I first met Eugene (E.C.) Myers at Starry Heaven, a peer-to-peer novel writing workshop. I was introduced to an as-yet-unpublished novel, but I have to say, I was smitten by his work. As I mention below, I think Eugene really nails the feeling that kids have in that age, that age where you’re still [...]
Greg and I were lucky enough have a virtual sit down with Todd Lockwood, the artist who created the gorgeous cover art for my second book, The Straits of Galahesh. We talked about a range of topics, from his creative process, being known as “the dragon guy,” and his painting of Stephen Colbert as a paladin. [...]
In the latest episode of Speculate, Greg and I dive deeper into writing technique, using Mark Hodder’s The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, as the inspiration. As I mentioned in my previous note about our interview with Mark Hodder, this was a really fun triptych, largely because Mark’s book turned out to be such fun [...]
I’d had notes for how the windships and magic worked in my book for a while. See that ship to the right of this text? I, um, recognize that it might take the reader a bit of time to orient themselves. And, well, I probably should have collected it together to put into The Winds of [...]
For The Winds of Khalakovo, I was lucky enough that the artist, Adam Paquette, shared with me some of the thumbnail sketches and early incarnations of the artwork for the final cover. I documented that in this post. Todd Lockwood, the artist for the cover for The Straits of Galahesh, was also nice enough to [...]
Friend and fellow writer, Paul Genesse, has just released the third book in his Iron Dragon Series. Paul and I “came up” together as writers. Both of us attended the GenCon Writers Symposium for a number of years and struck up a friendship there, and it’s been cool as both of us leveled up and [...]
Do you love maps? If you’re like me, you do. I just got the two new ones that are being included in my second novel, The Straits of Galahesh. Here they are, one for Galahesh, which (as you might have guessed from the title) figures prominently into the novel, and one for Vostroma, the Duchy [...]
Voting continues for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award, and award that my debut novel, The Winds of Khalakovo, has been nominated for. If you haven’t yet voted, and you enjoyed reading Winds, please consider heading over to the site and voting. In the meantime, the kind folks organizing the award have asked the nominees to [...]
Next up on Speculate is Episode 36, a wonderful interview with Mark Hodder, author of The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack. This was a really fun interview for me, because I really enjoy Steampunk, and it was fun talking with a guy who’s not only a great writer, but someone who’s steeped in history, [...]
This is probably something I should have added to The Winds of Khalakovo, but better late than never, right? I’ve added a glossary page for The Lays of Anuskaya. While it generally applies to the entire series, it’s really specific to The Straits of Galahesh. You’d think it wouldn’t matter, but there are people in [...]
The ARCs for The Straits of Galahesh arrived a few days ago. This is not the how the final book will look, but it’s pretty close. Pretty snazzy, huh? I’m going to be saving one for next year’s Worldbuilders drive. The other, I’ll probably have a giveaway for in a few weeks, so stay tuned! [...]
The wonderful folks over at BookSpotCentral had me by to talk about Strata, my dystopian sci-fi thriller set on the surface of the sun. Here’s a brief excerpt from the post: For the writing itself, we started out with Google docs. Steve largely wrote the first draft of the frame story, Poulson’s story, and I [...]
Stefan Raets was kind enough to invite Steve and I over to his brand new review site, Far Beyond Reality, to talk about Strata, how we collaborated, and why we decided against publishing through traditional channels. It was a fun back-and-forth interview. It was interesting for me to not only share some of my own [...]
This week on Speculate, Greg and I discuss Mark Hodder’s The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, a wonderfully inventive stempunk novel that’s surprisingly well grounded in history. Stay tuned for our next episode, when we speak to the man himself. Our interview with Mark Hodder should be up on Speculate within a week. As [...]
For some reason, everyone seems to be succumbing to oneupmanship over their recollections of this particular con. It seemed a bit silly at first, but now that I’m reflecting on the con, I think I understand why. ConFusion runs every year and from what I understand changes themes every year. This particular year was epic [...]
The reviews for Strata, the dystopian sci-fi thriller I wrote with Steve Gaskell, have been rolling in, and they’ve been universally positive. Here’s a recap of how it’s been received: “A twisted, fast-paced SF novella.” — Fantasy Book Critic “Intelligent science fiction.” — Risingshadow.net “The conceit of mixing solar engineering with a revolution … is an inspired [...]
The final cover design has been completed for The Straits of Galahesh. The artist is Todd Lockwood, and the cover designer, who’s done a ton of great covers for Night Shade, is Claudia Noble. I really like how this turned out. The artwork is great and hits a number of cool touchpoints from the books, [...]
This week on Speculate, Greg and I sit down with Carol Berg, veteran author of many fantasy novels and winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and talk to her about her inspirations in writing, the development of her career and her love for (and advice about) doing public readings … and how good reading is essential for [...]
The Worldbuilders auctions continue apace, but they’re nearing their end. There’s still time to jump in, however. My ms critique is up to an awesome $201.50. And the Tuckerization auction is up to an amazing $302.50!! Remember to check out the other cool auctions, including a number of rare, signed books and graphic novels. Oh, [...]
Ahem. So yesterday I mentioned that the auction for the Tuckerization to be included in the third and final book of my Lays of Anuskaya trilogy hit it’s first trigger point. That was the $100 mark. Well today it hit the second kicker. That’s $250. O.O <–that’s me blinking… The auction sits at $255 right now. [...]
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