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April 27, 2009
Hacked again …
Several folks have e-mailed me on Friday to say that my home page had been hacked. Thanks for the info, guys. At this point, it just looks like the home page has been replaced. So avoid looking at that page for the time being.
I don’t know why, but my site seems to get hacked every few months. Sigh. Do people not have anything better to do with their time?
Anyway, I’ve got my Web site guy working on it, so it should be back to normal soon (I’m hoping by the end of the week). And when we tweak the
Legendary Ts…
I have a lot of love for the TV show How I Met Your Mother. So you can imagine my delight when I saw a link for T-shirts with sayings from the show.
I might have to get one of these to go with my A-Team T-shirt. [image error]
Legendary Ts…
I have a lot of love for the TV show How I Met Your Mother. So you can imagine my delight when I saw a link for T-shirts with sayings from the show.
I might have to get one of these to go with my A-Team T-shirt. [image error]
April 24, 2009
Random question of the day …
What are you reading right now?
I’m working my way through The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. It’s basically an epic fantasy heist book about a group of thieves called the Gentlemen Bastards. Pretty cool, so far.
In the near future, I plan to read Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas; What A Scoundrel Wants by Carrie Lofty; and Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward, along with a stack of fantasy books that I have.
What about you guys? What are you reading right now? Share in the comments. And happy r
April 22, 2009
Busy, busy, busy …
Spring is evidently the busy season because I’ve been absolutely slammed with stuff to do these last two weeks.
I did a Q&A at a library; judged some student communication portfolios at a local college; went to hear another author speak at that same library; started e-mailing folks about potential ads for Spider’s Bite in February; finished up Quiver, my young adult fantasy; and started writing Blackberry Falls, my contemporary romance.
Oh yeah, and I’ve got a big project at the day job to finish
April 20, 2009
A different point of view …
On Saturday, I got the chance to hear novelist Stephen Hunter talk at the Bristol Public Library. Hunter writes action-adventure/thriller types books about a sniper named Bob Lee Swagger, among other colorful characters.
I always like to go and hear authors talk just because everybody has different inspirations and different processes. It’s always good to listen to a different point of view. And Hunter was very funny, which always helps. I loved the way he described one of his books — as being fu
April 16, 2009
Pretty covers, covers pretty …
So today, my editor asked me to send her a description of Gin Blanco, the main character in my new Elemental Assassin series. Along with descriptions of the Pork Pit, the barbecue restaurant where Gin works, and some other big art elements in the book.
Why, you ask? Because it’s finally time for the artist to start working on the cover for Spider’s Bite, the first book in the series, coming in February 2010. Things are finally starting to happen, and the release date is creeping closer every day.
April 15, 2009
Amazon and other fails …
I don’t know if you’ve been following all the talk about Amazon deranking books, but Dear Author and Smart Bitches have some interesting commentary up, as usual, and lots of links to other sites. So go forth and read, if you want.
Whenever I hear stories about something like this or even horror stories about authors behaving badly, I always wonder what people were thinking. Seriously. Did Amazon think no one was going to notice what they were doing? Did they think the authors and publishers affec
The tax man cometh …
You’ve still got time to mail your taxes out, if you haven’t done it yet. Get thee to the post office!
April 13, 2009
‘Tis done … for now
So I finished writing/editing/polishing my young-adult fantasy, Quiver, this weekend. Now, it’s time to send it to my agent to read.
Quiver word count: 74,000. I’m not quite sure if this is the right length for a YA or not. I’ve been reading some YA lately, and it seems to me like the length varies wildly from book to book. I wonder if maybe Quiver needs to be a little longer — 85,000 words or so. But then again, I didn’t want to bog the story down with needless description.
We’ll see what my age
