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The Flowchart to WIN

The irony of this post is not lost on me, given that STORMDANCER has been compared to tHG (or more accurately, Yukiko has been compared to Katniss). But hell, if there’s one thing I enjoy more than taking the piss out of other people, it’s taking the piss out of myself.

Just… stuff

. Very quick one this week, but some cool news. The LOTUS WAR trilogy has just sold in Brazil to Objetiva books – http://www.objetiva.com.br. Publication will be in Portugese, final release date to be announced. E-book format will also be available. Huzzah! STORMDANCER also got a starred review over at Shelf Awareness – I don’t [...]

3… 2… 1… LAUNCH

. Alright, this will probably be an epic length post, apologies in advance. STORMDANCER has now officially launched in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia! Release was staggered over two weeks, which is why I’ve held off blogging for a while. That and the fact that I’ve been doing all kinds of [...]

The anti-trailer

. So here’s the thing: I think the notion of book trailers is a little silly. I mean, you read books, you don’t watch them, right? But there’s this notion out there that a book should have a book trailer, that readers somehow expect it. So you you get two flavors – some ultra-expensive number [...]

Moar Loots

. If you’re just here to win the free Rothfuss books and don’t care about anything else, head to the bottom of the post. I’m not crying, honestly. I just have something in my eye. For the uninitiated: So my debut novel is coming out in… 23 days. 18 days if you live in the UK. If [...]

Awesomeness

So my Last ARC contest was probably the coolest thing I’ve ever done on this blog – not because it was inherently cool or anything, more because YOU people are fucking cool and did some incredibly cool stuff for it. I’ve sent out  a bunch of loots to folks in order to say thanks, but [...]

Loots

. If you’re just here to win the loots and don’t care about anything else, head to the bottom of the post, and know that I will always love you. So I was lucky enough to get some awesome authors to read STORMDANCER before it was released. A few of them were struck blind. At least three [...]

Inexplicable Positivity

. I’m going to do something a little different today and be positive. I know I’m all about the swearing and the pee-pee jokes and the corruption of the youth, all bringing about the end of days and the rise of the Anti-Oprah and whatnot. But this is my blog, and if I want to [...]

Kinda like bragging

I’m really not into writing posts like this, but I’ve been told by the Powers that I should, because it s great. And it totally is. But if this post reads like me bouncing on my own pogo stick, I apologize. Be assured we will return to our regularly scheduled program of self-deprecation and dick jokes shortly. [...]

Amaaaaaaaazeballs

So, there is exactly seven days left to enter my Raiders of the Last ARC giveaway. My flint-black heart has melted, peoples. So far I’ve been sent blog posts pimping my book, poetry, photography, hand-crafted goodies, illustrations, vlogs, offers of firstborn children and wedding proposals. You still have seven days! Thank you to the awesome [...]