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July 8, 2014
Pre-Order Master of Plagues Today!
At long last, MASTER OF PLAGUES, the sequel to DARKWALKER, is available for pre-order. A plague in all your houses!
June 17, 2014
Cover Reveal for MASTER OF PLAGUES!
Okay, so that other cool thing I promised? It’s the official cover reveal for MASTER OF PLAGUES, sequel to DARKWALKER, courtesy of the fine folks at FreshFiction. Check it out! Pretty badass, right?
The book still isn’t quite ready for pre-order, but I’ll keep you posted. Until then, feast your eyes on misty ships and flintlocks!
June 16, 2014
Review: Acerbic Writing
I’ve been so wrapped up in writing THE BLOODFORGED that I haven’t had much space in my head for Lenoir and Co., so it’s nice when something pops up on the web to pull me back into the Five Villages. Today we have two things, the first being this nice review.
Stay tuned later today for the second!
May 12, 2014
Master of Plagues Teaser
I’ve finally been given permission to share a teaser for MASTER OF PLAGUES, the sequel to DARKWALKER. The book will hit shelves in December 2014, and while it’s not available for pre-order yet, I hope this little something helps tide you over! So without further ado…
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Unraveling a deadly mystery takes time—and his is running out…
Having barely escaped the clutches of the Darkwalker, Inspector Nicolas Lenoir throws himself into his work with a determination he hasn’t known in years. But his legendary skills are about to be put to the test. A horrific disease is ravaging the city—and all signs point to it having been deliberately unleashed.
With a mass murderer on the loose, a rising body count, and every hound in the city on quarantine duty, the streets of Kennian are descending into mayhem, while Lenoir and his partner, Sergeant Bran Kody, are running out of time to catch a killer and find a cure.
Only one ray of hope exists: the nomadic Adali, famed for their arcane healing skills, claim to have a cure. But dark magic comes at a price, one even the dying may be unwilling to pay. All that’s left to Lenoir is a desperate gamble. And when the ashes settle, the city of Kennian will be changed forever…
April 28, 2014
Coming Soon!
Just wanted to let you all know that sometime in the next week or so, I’ll be posting a teaser for MASTER OF PLAGUES, the sequel to DARKWALKER. Stay tuned!
April 10, 2014
Review: Night Owl
Reviews are still trickling in for DARKWALKER. The latest one can be found here.
March 31, 2014
Good to Go
For those who’ve been asking after progress on the sequel to DARKWALKER, MASTER OF PLAGUES has received an enthusiastic thumbs-up from my editor, and is headed off for copyedit. Danielle at Roc says she loved it even more than DARKWALKER, so that’s something to look forward to, right? Even if it’s a long way off?
March 9, 2014
The Bloodbound
About five months after I’d sold DARKWALKER, I made a second sale to Ace/Roc, the first book in a fantasy trilogy. THE BLOODBOUND was the fastest manuscript I’d ever turned out. Still is. Something about that book just flew. It wasn’t quite Athena springing fully formed from the brain of Zeus, but it was as close as I ever expect to get. It was a romp to write, and it’s a romp to read, or so I’m told.
THE BLOODBOUND is very different from DARKWALKER — so much so that Ace/Roc suggested I write it under a different name. I’ll have a separate website for it too, eventually. But for now, this is the right place to announce that THE BLOODBOUND hits shelves September 30, 2014. You can pre-order it here. You should. I’m tremendously proud of it.
March 2, 2014
Haters Gonna Hate
So, it happened. I knew it was going to. It’s inevitable, after all.
The one-star review.
Waiting for the release of DARKWALKER was a nerve-wracking experience, not least because I was concerned about how the book would be received. Every writer worries about this. Wonders how they’ll deal with criticism. You’re putting yourself out there when you write a book, or produce any kind of art for public consumption. And it’s inevitable — as in sun-rising-in-the-east, death-and-taxes inevitable — that not everybody is going to be wildly enthusiastic about your work. Some people will, in fact, hate it. This is particularly true if your novel is very dark, very grim, and features one of the least likeable protagonists in the history of fiction.
So I knew. And I dreaded. And you know something? It wasn’t that bad.
I had the initial gut-punch, of course. But it lasted only a few seconds. I read the review in its entirety (very long — he really put a lot of love into that hate) and I thought, OK.
Really, that’s what I thought. OK.
It feels like I graduated into some other class at that moment. The class of real writers who get bad reviews, shrug, and move on. My husband and I had a nice cold glass of white wine, toasted my review, and spent a very nice weekend by the pool. I worked on the opening chapter of my next novel.
Bring it on, haters.
ps — if you’d like to check out the Ode to Fail, it’s over at Goodreads. Enjoy!
February 20, 2014
Guest Post: How to Spice Up a Mystery
This week, the good folks over at SF Signal gave me the opportunity to talk a little about what goes into making a good mystery, and especially a mystery with spec fic elements. Once again, I find myself using food metaphors. Is it possible that I only do guest posts when I’m hungry?
Anyway, you can check the post out here. Browse around a little while you’re at it. Some good stuff going on over there.
