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March 15, 2016
Mark Reads… Young Wizards

I’ve been waiting for this for a long time… and the time’s finally come. Mark Oshiro, far-famed medianaut and proprietor of MarkReads.net, will on March 22 start a truly amazing project. He’s going to read the entire Young Wizards series… Continue Reading →
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March 8, 2016
News about the GAMES WIZARDS PLAY Audiobook

It’s my great pleasure to let everyone know that a Games Wizards Play audiobook will be coming out from Recorded Books in the relatively near future. Recorded Books has been with the Young Wizards series since it settled at Houghton… Continue Reading →
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February 1, 2016
Be Happy, It’s Imbolc

The weather has been utter crap and yet another of this year’s named storms is passing over Ireland. Yet today it is nonetheless Spring. And needless to say, outside this blessed isle, the concept is causing some confusion. From our… Continue Reading →
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January 7, 2016
It’s real!

From my point of view, this is one of the few perks an author gets that’s worth anything. A month before pub date… I get mine first. It’s real now. The sale doesn’t matter (well, okay, it matters, but only… Continue Reading →
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December 21, 2015
From “365 Days of Astronomy”: DD’s Winter Solstice podcast

It was a great pleasure to do this podcast for the 365 Days of Astronomy some years back. Considering how close we are to the Winter Solstice*, I thought I’d repost the link to my (winter) contribution here: Dancing in… Continue Reading →
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December 8, 2015
Kit Rodriguez, Percy Jackson, and the Blue Food

I’ve got a question, and I’m throwing it open to the general readership because answering it at the moment is beyond my competence. The Young Wizards series often gets compared to other YA series, past and present — sometimes with… Continue Reading →
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December 2, 2015
The “How Lovely Are Thy Branches” Advent Calendar

So here’s a little toy for everybody to play with. Every day, from now until Christmas, behind a door of the Advent calendar here there’ll be a small chunk of dialogue material that either didn’t make it into the final… Continue Reading →
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November 16, 2015
Win an Advance Reader Copy of GAMES WIZARDS PLAY

So the end-of-year holidays are approaching – a busy time for everybody who sells books – and it’s time to think a little about adding some names to the Ebooks Direct mailing list. At the top of this post you’ll… Continue Reading →
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October 23, 2015
“Interim Errantry” now out in ebook and paperback

For those of you who’ve been (patiently!) waiting: Interim Errantry is now available in both ebook and paperback editions. You can get the ebook here at Ebooks Direct, DRM-free, or here at Amazon.com in Kindle format. You can get the… Continue Reading →
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October 21, 2015
Last chance for our present Peter Morwood titles at Ebooks Direct…

Today is your last chance to acquire one of our present line of DRM-free ebooks by Peter Morwood at the Ebooks Direct online bookstore. Because of the terms of Peter’s new ebook contract with Venture Press, henceforth they will be… Continue Reading →
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