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All right, it’s time to talk seriously about the next book.  An Import of Intrigue is the second constabulary book, sequel to A Murder of Mages. Mixing high fantasy and mystery, […]

The question put before me this week: what’s your favorite fairy tale?  I had to think about this for a while. And this made me think, what is a fairy […]

This Thursday is my birthday.  This past year has been pretty wild: two books released, signed deals for six.  I turned in An Import of Intrigue and The Holver Alley Crew, which will […]

I’m just about done with the draft of The Imposters of Aventil, which turned out to be something quite different from the original outline.  A big reason for that is the […]

This week This American Life re-ran a story from a few years ago, about a young fantasy fan who ran away from home at fifteen and made his way from New […]

I’m going like gangbusters, for real, plus some non-fun, non-writing things on my plate.  But here’s the current incarnation of the rebuilt-from-the-ground-up map.  Still plenty to do on it.

I think I’ve established my bonafides as a map geek.  The Maradaine books all have maps of the city, and detailed blow ups of certain neighborhoods.  I’ve refrained from going […]

All right, I’m going to tell you all a secret about this pro-writer gig. You don’t HAVE to do the Social Media thing. You can, and does it help?  Err… […]

I had a fantastically busy weekend-and-change.  On Thursday night, I did a reading and Q&A at Malvern Books here in Austin.  Then on Friday morning I went to go talk […]

Burnout is a real thing, and it is something I worry about.  My multi-series strategy is something I came up with to help combat it– I’d be less burned out […]