Author Interview: Virtual Release Party for The Red Wraith
The Red Wraith is out! Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing helped me celebrate by hosting a virtual release party on Facebook....
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Book Trailer: The Red Wraith
Here's the book trailer for The Red Wraith, featuring me rambling about the history behind the fantasy while tilting my head at odd...
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Book Review: The Stand, by Stephen King
In Stephen King’s foreword to the revised version of The Stand, his 1,200-page apocalyptic tale about the impact of an accidentally...
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Author Interview: House with a Blue Door
(Excerpted from an interview I did with AReCafe.) What inspired the story behind House with a Blue Door? The year and a half I spent...
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New Release: The Red Wraith Is Available for Pre-Order!
The Red Wraith is available for pre-order on Amazon! And at a nice discount: just $2.99 (a $3 savings) if you buy now. September 7 is the...
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New Release: House with a Blue Door
House with a Blue Door, my first novel, is finally out! It's been a long wait—I wrote the original draft eight years ago—but I'm pleased...
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Book Review: Uprooted, by Naomi Novik
Like her Temeraire series, Naomi Novik’s Uprooted starts with a dragon. But this creature of legend isn’t a wyrm: he’s a human wizard....
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Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
It’s not often I like a book’s narrator better than its characters. But that was my experience for much of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan...
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Book Review: Saints Astray, by Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey is one of my favorite authors. Her Kushiel's Legacy and Naamah trilogies, set (originally) in a reimagined medieval...
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Book Review: On Writing, by Stephen King
It’s easy to assume (and maybe even hope) that Stephen King isn’t a good writer—surely someone so prolific, popular, and obsessed with...
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Book Review: The Century Trilogy, by Ken Follett
Historical fiction doesn’t get much more ambitious than the Century Trilogy, Ken Follett’s attempt at telling the story of the 20th...
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Spotlight: My Mom Rules
Did I mention that my mom writes mysteries? She's a retired archaeology professor, and she works a lot of her historical knowledge into...
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