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 […]

I’ve been trying to think of something to blog about, but I’ve really got nothing to say tonight. Cassie had her first shots yesterday, and while she took them like a champ, she has been feverish and unpredictable for the last 36 hours or so. Not in a very creative state right not. I guess […]

I think I need an intervention.
I was told that a lot of new authors get addicted to checking their rating on Amazon, which you can find under “Product Details” on the book page, but I didn’t think it would happen to me.
Oh, who am I kidding? Of course I did. But even so, I didn’t […]

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) […]

Ugh. I’m running out of stuff to talk about, but I don’t want to break my longest daily blogging streak… maybe ever. So… uh, here’s a direct link to the interview I did with Grant Boyden on Sport 927am in Australia. You can tell how nervous I am being on the radio by counting the […]

Still reeling from the sudden death of Max Powers. It’s funny how you make all sorts of subtle changes in your life to accommodate your pets without even noticing you’re doing it until they’re gone. Suddenly I don’t have to check under the bed every time I leave the house to be sure I’m not […]

Okay, I know I am supposed to be blogging about my awesome London/Paris book tour, and all about The Painted Man and blah, blah, blah, but at the moment, I’m really not in the mood. You see, I just learned that Max Powers, beloved friend and kitten, has passed away. He wasn’t even three, and […]

Sunday night was interesting. Went to a Thai pub in Belsize Park with my friend the Brad, but it closed early because people of breeding and sense go to bed Sunday nights, that they might join the civilized world at a decent hour the next day.
Needless to say, we went wandering for another pub, and […]

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 […]