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Weekend Buys 4/18/14

I missed another “Weekend Buys” post last week because I was out of town. Sorry about that. “Each weekend I recommend three books. Some are books I’ve read and some are books I want to read. Some have been written by my friends. Or maybe I’ll just post a good deal I saw online. Just
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A Little Rant

Earlier today, I went on the following rant on Twitter (read it from bottom to top, because Twitter):   The full quote was “Don’t aspire to be a bestseller or to make a living from writing. Aspire to write.” It was attributed to self-publishing phenomenon Hugh Howey. Let’s get this out of the way first:
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Contest Time!

I have gotten my author copies of The Crimson Campaign, which means it’s time for a contest! I’m giving away one signed C-format copy (this is the large paperback sold by the UK to other countries). Entering is very straight-forward: Fill out the Google docs form here or below. If you haven’t read book one, Promise
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Books

Hey guys. A lot of you have been emailing, messaging, tweeting, or what have you asking for ways to get your hands on signed copies of Promise of Blood. This coincides happily with me trying to clean out space for the arrival of my Crimson Campaign copies. I’ve made a number of different formats of
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One Year

Three hundred and sixty five days ago, Promise of Blood hit shelves worldwide. I still have a hard time getting my head around it. My first novel. My book, something that came out of my brain, was released into a thousand or more bookstores all across the globe. It attracted some really great reviews (and
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The Time Grows Near…

Got this in the mail today. Woo!

TCC Audiobook Preview

Hachette Audio UK has put up the first seven minutes of The Crimson Campaign, narrated by Christian Rodska, for your listening pleasure. I’m delighted that Christian was able to come back for the second book, and am very pleased with how he’s done on it! Click here to give it a listen. You can pre-order
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More Ka-poel Fan Art!

A lovely piece of fan art by Destiny Neighbor. Click on the image below or here to view their tumblr! Thanks Destiny!

Weekend Buys 4/4/14

“Each weekend I recommend three books. Some are books I’ve read and some are books I want to read. Some have been written by my friends. Or maybe I’ll just post a good deal I saw online. Just a little something to expose you to the kind of books that interest me.” Here’s a deal
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Google Hangout with Brandon Sanderson

Hey guys! I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be joining Brandon Sanderson, author of Words of Radiance, the Mistborn Books, co-author of the last three Wheel of Time books and all around cool author guy for a Google Hangout on May 1st. We’ll talk about our new books, writing as a career, genre fiction, and
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