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March 2, 2010
THE WAY OF KINGS cover by Michael Whelan, I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER book trailer, Fan Sites + Updates
Tor.com has released Michael Whelan's cover art for THE WAY OF KINGS.
They also have sketches and design commentary from Whelan himself. Go check it out. I think the cover is awesome—for more from me on it than that, wait for the blog entry I wrote up for Tor.com to post. I imagine it should go up in a few days.
I do plan to post here about THE WAY OF KINGS in the near future. In the meantime, there's a new fan page for The Stormlight Archive over on Facebook. There's also a Stormlight...
February 24, 2010
Some Long-Awaited Updates
Time to sit down and talk about some things. I hope this doesn't get too rambly for you, but I've been getting a lot of questions about TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT and THE WAY OF KINGS, so I thought I'd give you some updates regarding what's been happening over here at Dragonsteel Entertainment HQ. (Also known as my basement.)
First off, TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT. The progress bar has been stopped at 82% for about two months now. Why is that? Well, mid-to-late December, two things happened. First, I...
February 22, 2010
Updates, Audies, Vote for the David Gemmell Legend Award!
In the most recent MISTBORN 3 annotations, I discuss Vin's defense before Yomen and what happened to Janarle. And in this week's Writing Excuses podcast, Dan, Howard, James Dashner, and I take questions from the crowd at LTU&E, covering a variety of topics. Check it out.
THE GATHERING STORM was named as one of five nominees for the 2010 Audie awards in the category of science fiction/fantasy audiobook. Kudos to voice performers Michael Kramer and Kate Reading! If you haven't had a chance to g...
February 15, 2010
Photoshop Contest Winners, Wheel of Time Games, & Updates
I've got the Photoshop contest winners below, but first the weekly updates. In the most recent MISTBORN 3 annotations I discuss TenSoon's visit to Urteau and Vin attacking without using Allomancy. Continue Reading....
February 8, 2010
Updates + Life, the Universe & Everything Schedule
This week I'll be the guest of honor at Life, the Universe & Everything, BYU's annual symposium on science fiction and fantasy. It's basically a convention with a fancier name (but there will be a few research papers presented), though most conventions aren't free like LTUE is. My schedule is below. But first, the weekly updates. Continue Reading.... 
February 2, 2010
Photoshop Contest - Win a New Tor Book
By now you're probably very familiar with the whole AmazonFail deal that has been going on. Today, Scalzi made a shout-out for author support. I think that was a fine thing to do. Continue Reading.... 
February 1, 2010
Amazonfail 2010, Mythmaker Interview, Updates
The big story over the weekend was that Amazon temporarily stopped selling all Macmillan books, which includes all my books from Tor, to protest Macmillan's new ebook terms. There's not a lot I have to add to this discussion, except to say that Tor's publicity department thought the illustration accompanying Engadget's article on the affair was hilarious. Still, if you haven't heard about what's been happening, or if you've emailed me asking why you suddenly can't buy my books from Amazon...
January 25, 2010
Writing Excuses on MP3 CD + Updates
This week's Writing Excuses podcast is about How to Manage Your Influences—in other words, how to avoid letting other people's work creep into your own. And if you enjoy listening to me, Howard, and Dan talk about writing, or want to catch up on our previous episodes, seasons 1 through 3 are now available on MP3 CD from PodDisc, either individually or in a set. The Season 1 CD also has bonus content, including a couple of my essays on writing, desktop wallpapers, outtakes, and Dan's gothic...
January 23, 2010
California real estate/bankruptcy lawyer needed
This is a shout-out for help for a friend of mine. A lot of people read my blog, so sometimes I turn to it as a last resort to solve a problem. Anyway, a friend of mine got caught in the housing bubble over a year ago and needs a California lawyer with experience in real estate, foreclosure, dealing with mortgage companies, and bankruptcy, and preferably with manufactured/mobile homes. He would prefer to have someone recommended to him rather than just finding someone random online. He's...
January 19, 2010
Superstars Writing Seminar in March
I've been invited to teach at the upcoming Superstars Writing Seminar also featuring bestselling writers Kevin J. Anderson, David Farland, Rebecca Moesta, and Eric Flint, March 19th through 21st in Pasadena, CA. Continue Reading.... 
