Devon Monk's Blog, page 35

Getting My Read On

Do you know what's out today?  This!

Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she's determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But when her brother gets into hot water, the former thief takes on one last heist and finds herself matching wits with a jack of all trades…

Kaldar Mar-a gambler, lawyer, thief, and spy-expects his latest assignment tracking down a stolen item to be a piece of cake, until Audrey shows up. But when the item falls into the hands of a lethal criminal...

Cover TIN SWIFT

I was going to wait a couple days before revealing the cover of TIN SWIFT book 2 in the Age of Steam series, but I see it's been announced over on Tor.com so I'm going to post it too.  Here you go!

The artist is Cliff Nielsen, and I think he's done a fabulous job of capturing the speed and movement of the book.  TIN SWIFT reads fast, and is filled with action, adventure, danger, and humor. (Yes, there's still darkness in it, like DEAD IRON, but the book carries a lighter, faster sort of...

My Dear Watson

Last month I went a little overboard and knitted up a bunch of silly stuff in the week before Halloween.  After I got that out of my system, I decided to tackle a different sort of project.

A couple months ago I saw the trailer for SHERLOCK HOLMES 2, and noticed Watson (Jude Law) was wearing what appeared to be a hand-knit scarf.

Click here for Sherlock Holmes 2 Trailer

(close up on the scarf at :37)

Some still photos:

I loved it, and wanted to knit it.

It took some research, a lot of staring at...

Art and Archives

So I was scanning Facebook the other day and look what I found linked to my wall:

Fan art!  May I present to you, Allie Beckstrom by Christina Godek.

That, my friends, is *awesome*!!  I love the swirls of magic that reach all the way up to her forehead.  And the coffee cup–perfect!  Thank you, Christina!  I love this!

In writing news, I am on deadline to get some material over to my editor by Monday so they can begin putting the cover and back cover together for the last book in the Allie...

Three Quick Notes

1. Reminder!  I will be chatting live over on Purlsonline tonight at 6:00 PST.  I'd love to see you there! Come on over, ask me questions, hang out, and watch how many typos I can rack up in an hour.

2. My publisher has this cool feature on their web page called The Author's Desk.  I've enjoyed reading it for awhile, and was thrilled to have a chance to contribute.  If you want to read my little post about magic, and why I seem to have such a thing for it in my writing, check it out here.

3. ...

MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY – Cover

First….

I will be live chatting over on Purlsonline this Thursday, November 17th at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. And while I have plenty of voices in my head and could probably just type "out loud" with them…I do that every day.  So I hope some of you will stop in and hang out with me!

And second…..

What do you think of our girl, Allie here?  A little sad, a little angry, and a lot ready to kick ass?

This is book 8, and will be out in stores April 2, 2012.

And Then There Was Shame

What a fun weekend!  A big thank you to OryCon, and to everyone who came to panels, attended the Endeavour Award ceremonies, and shared in the love of science fiction, fantasy, and horror via costumes, music, writing, reading, art, films and crafts.

My short story collection: A CUP OF NORMAL was a finalist for the Endeavour Awards.  The lovely Mary Robinette Kowal read a selection from each piece on the ballot. When my excerpt was read, I was so happy to hear the audience laugh in all the...

Keeping up with Devon, part 1

MAGIC ON THE LINE is over on Tor.com today as a Barnes& Noble Bookseller's Picks.

My awesome editor Anne Sowards wrote an introduction for the blog post, which is followed by a  juicy excerpt from the book.

Check it out:  Click here.

I will be at OryCon over the weekend, and I'll do my best to post updates and pics. If you want to keep up with me, be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter.

Think I should  wear the Spock Hat?

Countdown to Sweet Victory

This is a post I put up on the Deadline Dames a couple weeks ago.  Since NaNoWriMo is in full swing, I thought it might be worth reposting it here.  If you want to see the original version, different only in that I complain about my messy desk, you can find it here.

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No matter how many things I jot down, cross off, or highlight, I always keep two things open and ready just to the right of my keyboard.

A legal pad of filled with numbers, and a pen.  Those two things, my friends, are my...

Congrats, Dani Worth!

My fellow Deadline Dame, Rinda Elliott just made an exciting announcement.  Her debut book , KITHRA, under her pen name Dani Worth is out today!

I've read her urban fantasy and can confidently recommend you give her sensual work a try.  Rinda…I mean Dani says she had a lot of fun writing this hot, sexy book, and is happy to announce that it is the beginning of a series. For more about Dani Worth, and KITHRA, and a chance to win a free copy, check out her post on the Deadline Dames today.

Congra...