Bent on total word domination
Last night at about 10:45 PM, I put the finishing touches on the first draft of Matt Forbeck’s Brave New World: Revolution, the first book in my 12 for ’12 plan. That cut it a bit close to the end of the month, but it means I’m still on track for the year, and I [...]
Throughout the month of February, I’m taking part in a huge multi-author contest set to give away dozens of free books. It’s the brainchild of my friend Ari Marmell, and it’s called Crossing the Streams. Each participating author (like me), is going to run a contest and give away a couple of books. For myself, [...]
Carpathia — my upcoming historical horror novel that mashes up vampires and the Titanic — picked up a hat trick of glowing reviews over the past week. The book won’t be out until the end of February, but these reviewers got their hands on advance reader copies, and I’m happy they did. First, Jamie at [...]
Last week, on January 19, my novel Amortals was published in French by L’Atalante Éditions as Amortels. It features a snazzy new cover by David Demaret and was translated by Denis E. Savine. Many thanks to both of them, and I hope Denis’s text is as excellent as David’s illustration — which I trust it is, [...]
I finally managed to clear the decks of a few lingering projects left over from 2011, and I’m plunging into the first of the 12 for ’12 novels today. Sharp folks like you might realize that this only gives me 16 days to write 50,000 words, and you’re absolutely right. Nothing like starting off the [...]
I’d hoped to launch straight into the Brave New World novels trilogy that makes up the first quarter of my 12 for ’12 project straight away on January 1. Unfortunately, it hasn’t worked out quite that smoothly. Due to family illnesses and computer troubles, I lost a couple weeks worth of work time toward the [...]
It’s been a bit quiet here since the first 12 for ’12 Kickstarter wound up in such a spectacular way. Thanks again to all my backers for putting their faith (and their pledges!) behind the project. I’m thrilled straight through with how well it went. As you might imagine, I’ve been hard at work for [...]
A few reviews of my work — both past and future — have come in from different quarters over the past week. Here’s a quick roundup. Over at BlogCritics, Greg Barbrick raves over Book of Extreme Facts. He bought it as a Christmas gift for his son but couldn’t resist reading it himself. I had a [...]
As ICv2.com reports today, the Magic: The Gathering comic I’m writing for IDW has been pushed back about five weeks. Rather than having the first issue ship on December 28, it’s now slated to be in stores on February 1. The given reason is “unforeseen printing challenges.” Creatively, I’ve had a great time working on [...]
Hey, hey! We did it! At sometime after 1 AM Central, T.S. Luikart pushed the first 12 for ’12 Kickstarter drive over the $12,000 mark, unlocking all of the rewards, including the “Goblintown Justice” short story and Book 3. While T.S. may have broken the tape, it took the pledges of each and every one [...]