January 2013

I’ve been looking forward to this day for a very long time. Random House UK picked up Wool back in April or May, what has felt a lifetime ago. All of the editorial work, media mentions, pre-release decisions, have led up to this. It’s half past ten in London right now, and copies of Wool… Continue reading

This is totally not fair. I haven’t had my first Saskatchewan meet-up, and here I am having my third in the Big Apple. I wasn’t sure if I’d even be able to do this, as my week has gone from Brittany Spears insane to Lindsey Lohan insane, a considerable bump on the Cruise-a-Meter. But I… Continue reading

So many incredible mentions and developments this week, I don’t know where to begin! THIRD SHIFT is completely written. It’s in the hands of editors and betas, and will be out before the end of the month. I’ll get working on DUST tomorrow and hope to have that moving along nicely, so keep an eye… Continue reading

Well, I finally got an angry email about Third Shift. A reader has threatened to leave me for another writer. From what I hear, D.J. Molles’s The Remaining series is equally as good as Wool and Shift. You all might want to check them out. (I am!) The word counters, sadly, only show the progress of my first… Continue reading

A handful of great reads on the blogosphere right now if you are an aspiring writer or just care about the state of the book industry. Let’s start with Dean Wesley Smith relating the recent report that 45 of the 300 6-figure book deals were for self-published works! The best read of the week, however,… Continue reading