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November 24, 2020
Thanksgiving 2020
After a weird month (elections! court cases! drama!) in a very weird year (you can leave any day now, 2020!), it’s something of a relief to welcome Thanksgiving here in the USA. My angel-wife and I will be celebrating by ourselves, eating nothing but pie (pizza and pumpkin, at a minimum), as always. It’s a moment of normalcy that I have been looking forward to all month.
More importantly, it’s an opportunity to reflect on all the very many things I am grateful for: family, friends, the city t...
November 10, 2020
Red Right Hand: Release Day, Advance Review Round-up, and Content Warnings
Release Day
After a year that has lasted approximately four decades, it’s hard to believe that we’ve finally made it to the release of Red Right Hand. Another adventure in the Post-Break world. Another chapter in Damian’s story. And a whole lot more bloodshed, triumph, and defeat… because it just wouldn’t be a Murder of Crows book if everything was rainbows and puppies.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, this was a hard book to write. My first-ever ‘second book in a trilogy’. I had to rediscover Dam...
October 29, 2020
The Stats Behind Red Right Hand
With the release of Red Right Hand just over a week away, I thought it would be fun to once again share some quick, mainly ridiculous, stats about the book.
All numbers provided here represent my best guesses after a less-than-careful review of the manuscript, and I reserve the right to be proven utterly incorrect by eagle-eyed readers. I’ve also tried to keep things spoiler-free.
Words, words, words…
# of words in Red Right Hand: 131,932
War and Peace: 587,287
See These Bones: 131,1501
# ...
October 27, 2020
Red Right Hand: Chapter 5
I’ll be counting down to the November 10th release of Red Right Hand by sharing sample chapters, advance reviews, content warnings, and whatever else seems fun. I’ve already shared the first four chapters. Now it’s time for the final sample chapter, Red Right Hand: Chapter 5.
If you haven’t read See These Bones, please be aware that these sample chapters do include spoilers. Also? Expletives abound.
Available sample chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
CHAPTER 5
Sitting on the bench on the wes...
October 22, 2020
Red Right Hand: Chapter 4
I’ll be counting down to the November 10th release of Red Right Hand by sharing sample chapters, advance reviews, content warnings, and whatever else seems fun. I’ve already shared Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Now it’s time for Red Right Hand: Chapter 4.
If you haven’t read See These Bones, please be aware that these sample chapters do include spoilers. Also? Expletives abound.
Available sample chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
CHAPTER 4
With only fifteen second-years present, it didn’t take long ...
October 20, 2020
Red Right Hand: Chapter 3
I’ll be counting down to the November 10th release of Red Right Hand by sharing sample chapters, advance reviews, content warnings, and whatever else seems fun. Last week, I shared Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. Now it’s time for Red Right Hand: Chapter 3.
If you haven’t read See These Bones, please be aware that these sample chapters do include spoilers. Also? Expletives abound.
Available sample chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
CHAPTER 3
There wasn’t much to our sub-dorm. A small kitchen was ju...
October 15, 2020
Red Right Hand: Chapter 2
I’ll be counting down to the November 10th release of Red Right Hand by sharing sample chapters, advance reviews, content warnings, and whatever else seems fun. We’ve already seen Chapter 1. Now it’s time for Red Right Hand: Chapter 2.
If you haven’t read See These Bones, please be aware that these sample chapters do include spoilers. Also? Expletives abound.
Available sample chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
CHAPTER 2
As I left the woods, the sound of orientation hit me like a Titan’s fist...
October 13, 2020
Red Right Hand: Chapter 1
I’ll be counting down to the November 10th release of Red Right Hand by sharing sample chapters, advance reviews, content warnings, and whatever else seems fun. Today, we’ll start at the beginning! Here is Red Right Hand: Chapter 1.
If you have not yet read See These Bones, please be aware that these sample chapters do include spoilers, and read at your own risk. Also? Expletives abound.
CHAPTER 1
My father murdered my mom when I was five.
Thirteen years later, I quit superhero school...
September 24, 2020
Red Right Hand: Cover Reveal
Hello everyone!
While I’m still editing Red Right Hand, some eagle-eyed individuals recently noticed that a pre-order listing had appeared on Amazon. Whoops! With that in mind, this seemed like a great time to publicly announce the release date and reveal the new book’s cover!
The cover design process for Red Right Hand was surprisingly drama free. I had a good idea what I wanted, going in, and my cover designers knocked it out of the park on their very first try! I think it will look great nex...
August 31, 2020
August, If We Must
Ah, August. Hot, sweaty August. When I lived in Spain, it was the month when everyone left Madrid for vacation, and the city was flooded with tourists. Twenty-five years later, it’s most notable (to me) for being the birth month of my angel-wife, and that’s more than enough to make me love it, even when it’s so hot outside that the asphalt wants to cook you from the feet up.
I haven’t seen much in the way of asphalt this month. Or the outside in general. Part of that is the continuing pandemic–d...
