Things are moving full speed ahead with UK production of the book. ARCs (Advance Read Copies) are set to go on press soon. ARCs are usually a cheaply made version of the book, printed on newsprint-weight paper in a very no-frills fashion. The purpose of ARCs is for reviewers and famous authors to get […]

“Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!”

“Come not between the Nazgul and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the […]

Second pass on the UK cover. Still not final.
Soak it in. I’ll yap about it later.

So this will be a new recurring segment on the Peephole, where I secretly google myself late at night to see what I find, and then report back the results. Sometimes I will also point out funny traffic statistics of my website.
For instance, did you know that some intrepid student at the University of California […]

I had some errands to run in the city yesterday, so as I am often wont to do, I stopped at the New York Public Library on 42nd & Fifth. I never borrow books, though. When you write fantasy novels, there is very little research that can’t be conducted on Wikipedia, and I have more […]

So I finally broke down and threw away the last of my cassettes. For those of you born after 1985, a cassette is a recording medium, like MP3 or AAC, but the information is contained in a long spool of magnetic tape instead of a digital data stream. Remember those CD’s you used to have […]

Took a day trip on Sunday to Lunacon in Portchester New York. Jay and I were supposed to go for the whole weekend, but a comedy of errors prevented more than a day. This is what happens when you plan with only half your ass.
But despite having to get up at 7 (after going to […]

No, no, don’t worry. I am not about to break my self-imposed restriction on political posting. I got all my ranting done on the old incarnation of the blog, and I’m not looking to start that shit again.
Lo’s comment on my last post had me thinking, though.  It’s both wonderful and a little sad that […]

Woke up with a killer migraine today. Tried everything I could to get rid of it; caffeine, over the counter meds, food, water, dim light, but nothing helped. Finally I just broke down and tried one of the sample prescription migraine drugs my neurologist gave me. I have a lovely assortment to try out, and […]

Ollin Sword Design, the shop that made my spear, put up some interesting detail photos and wax molds of the spear, and listed it amongst the other great work on their custom shop page.
Check it out. Best gift I ever got.