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Time for some Alcatraz news

For those of you interested in my children's books, the third Alcatraz book came out yesterday. Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia. I'm honestly not sure how the distribution is on the book—we've had a few problems (as always) and I don't know which stores have copies and which ones don't. However, it's started to show up in a lot of markets, so chances are you can find it now. (And, if you go to a bookstore and it's not there, might I ask that you have them order it in? Our Alcatraz c...

Updates, THE GATHERING STORM chapter two audio

Following up on Tor's release of the ebook of THE GATHERING STORM's prologue and their free preview of chapter one, this past Thursday Tor.com put up the audio version of the second chapter (registration required). As is standard for Egwene chapters in Wheel of Time audiobooks, it's performed by the talented Kate Reading. Give it a listen! Continue Reading....

Storm Leaders application deadline tonight

Just a quick reminder that midnight Pacific time tonight is the deadline to apply at Dragonmount to be a Storm Leader and get to hang out with me and possibly Harriet before your local event during the upcoming tour in exchange for helping at the event. Don't miss out! Continue Reading....

WARBREAKER Audio, Weekly Updates

The first two parts (of three) of the GraphicAudio dramatic presentation of WARBREAKER are now available. As with their other releases (such as ELANTRIS) it's a full cast recording of all the text of the book except for the removal of most dialogue tags (he said, she said) and the replacement of some description with sound effects. I think this is a great way to experience the story, and I recommend it to any fan of audiobooks and radio dramas. You can get it over at the GraphicAudio website ...

Storm Leaders, Book 13 Title, THE GATHERING STORM Prologue

There are a few things I've been meaning to mention here. First off, Jason asked me to do another plug for the Storm Leaders program. The application is live, and time is running out for you to apply. Continue Reading....

THE GATHERING STORM signed books by mail; Storm Leader application now available

I mentioned these first two points in my big update on Thursday, but because of a couple emails I've gotten since then I thought I should make them a bit more obvious. Continue Reading....

THE GATHERING STORM Tour, Release Events

Details about the release events for THE GATHERING STORM, including the BYU Bookstore midnight release party, have gone up on the site. I also talk more about the upcoming tour. This is a long one, though, and it will be updated as new information comes in, so I've put it on its own page instead of here in the blog. Go check it out! Continue Reading....

Tour, The Gathering Storm Chapter 1 + More, Parsec Award, Geekarati

I'll be discussing some of these things in more detail later, but since I'm a couple days behind on announcing recent developments, first I'm just posting a quick catch-up entry for today. Continue Reading....

Summer Is Over

September first has come (well, and passed, by now) and I'm pleased to say that I met my goals. If you were reading the blog a few months back, you might remember when I explained that I needed to divert a lot of attention this summer achieving a couple of goals. The rewrite of THE WAY OF KINGS and the first draft of the fourth Alcatraz book. I not only had contracts to fulfill, but I needed a break. Continue Reading....

Writing Lessons from a Puppeteer and Final Alcatraz 3 Sample Chapter

Today over at Writing Excuses we posted our first podcast episode recorded at this year's Worldcon in Montreal, where we were joined by special guest Mary Robinette Kowal, last year's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winner and this year's Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America secretary. She's also been a professional puppeteer for two decades, and in this episode Mary expounds upon the four principles of puppetry and how they apply to writing. Completely because of her, it's