I set a writing quota for myself every day: One thousand words. It may sound like a lot, but really, it’s a very modest goal, about three and a half double-spaced pages. Some weeks I don’t even come close, and other weeks I greatly exceed it. I consider >10,000 words a “good” week, and <5,000 […]

If you’ve been reading regularly, you may recall a few days ago that I linked to a review of The Painted Man from an Australian SF site called A Boy Goes On A Journey, which has articles, book reviews, forums and community building for new and budding writers, and a lot more. Check it out.
The […]

As part of their early promotion for The Painted Man, Voyager had sets of temporary tattoos made, using the wards I had designed for the website, which are also being used on all the international editions of the book, as well as in other places. These were sent out, along with the promotional Advance Read Copies (ARCs) […]

I’ve recently started reading Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy. I finished Assassin’s Apprentice the other night, and I’m about 100 pages into Royal Assassin. I picked up the series mainly because a lot of people, including my UK editor, have compared my work to Hobb’s, particularly in terms of character development. A few even suggested I […]

I found this online today; it’s the interview I gave to Del Rey books, which they included in their advance read edition of The Warded Man. I didn’t want to post it myself in case they wanted it exclusively in the ARE, but apparently they didn’t, because I know this site didn’t get the text […]

Okay, before this blog becomes nothing more than a vehicle for kvelling grandparents to show off baby pictures, I’d like to shift gears.
One of the most wonderful aspects of the whole process of getting my work published has been the many talented people who have lent their creative energy to bringing my creations to life. […]

So I’ve had to adjust my work habits slightly now that the Infanta has arrived on her bed of linens and sequins and silk, but never fear, I am still working, albeit more slowly and sleepily.
Officially, I am taking a month off from writing while we care for the little bundle of joy. I am […]

Yesterday I finished the Chapter From Hell.
There are some chapters that fly by, my fingers a blur as they race across the keys, still not keeping up with my mental dictation. They are crystal clear in my mind’s eye, and take about as long to write as they do to read.
Other chapters… do not. I […]

As I mentioned a few posts ago, Harper Collins Australia gave away 10 copies of The Painted Man to a book review website called Booktagger. Booktagger allows users to list books they have read, and share their opinions.
In a promotion, the site offered the copies to the first ten Australian readers to register with the […]