Fear is a major theme in The Warded Man. In the story, the entire human race is crippled by blind fear and by it kept from their full potential. I write about fear because it’s something I deal with every day, and I bet a lot of other folks do, too. So I am going […]
Interview, Reviews, and Awards
My friend Netta is a freelance editor who runs a website called wordwebbing, where she discusses writing, editing, and the the publishing industry in general. Netta was also one of the original test-readers of The Painted/Warded Man, before I even had an agent. Netta is great. Recently, she sent me an interview for her site, […]
Packrat Love
The other day a friend of my was telling me that he was contemplating a big move, leaving the city that’s been his home for over a decade and returning to the town he came from. During the discussion, he told that if he goes through with it, he intends to take the opportunity to […]
B-b-b-bestseller
The word still kind of sticks on my tongue in the way things do when you are afraid that giving voice to them will be a jinx and make them untrue, but after making the bookscan bestseller lists for hardback fantasy in both the UK & US, I suppose the term is apt. My agent […]
The Clock is Ticking
As you may know, my book The Painted Man (AKA The Warded Man) has been nominated for the first-ever David Gemmell Legend award. The voting is free and open to everyone, and will be conducted in two stages. The first stage will take the longlist of several dozen nominees and narrow them down to 5 […]