- Blog
- Profile
-
Cover of the Year, shirts of January
Well, this year isn’t off to a bad start. First up, a big thanks to everybody who voted for The Caledonian Gambit’s cover over at The Qwillery’s Cover of the Year poll. There was some stiff competition from Sara O. Thompson’s Muddy Waters, complete with a lengthy teeter-tottering for first place, but I’m happy to…
-
Getting shirty
Over the past few months, I’ve had great fun sending out free signed bookplates and handing out stickers emblazoned with the insignia of the Commonwealth of Independent Systems and the Illyrican Empire, the two major factions from The Caledonian Gambit. Between those and the stamps I had made for signings, it’s a fun way to…
-
Audiobook, signed bookplates, and reviews
Hey friends! It’s been a couple weeks since The Caledonian Gambit officially hit shelves, and I’ve got a couple of fun pieces of news to share with you, my nearest and dearest pals. Audiobook A lot of people have asked if an audiobook version of TCG is coming. Good news: It is! Tantor Media is…
-
Ratings, giveaway, cover battle, and more
It’s less than a week before The Caledonian Gambit is out there in the wild , so it seemed like a good time to let you know what’s going on in the run-up to the book’s official release. Ratings and Reviews First of all, a huge thanks to everybody who has preordered the book. You…
-
Words and pictures
Since today is my birthday and since there’s less than one month until The Caledonian Gambit hits stores, it seems like a great time for a few quick updates—including a special present, oooooh. How to help A lot of folks have asked me what the best way is to support me and the book. That’s…
-
Cover story and Q&A
Over at the Skyhorse Publishing blog, they’ve officially revealed the cover for The Caledonian Gambit, along with a Q&A with me about the book. But there’s a bit of a funny story about the development of the cover that I wanted to share. As this is my first novel, when my editor at Talos, Jason…
-
2017: A big year
So, it’s 2017. Which still sounds about as futuristic as 2015 did back in Back to the Future, Part II, but at least we’ve still got a few years before 2020 rolls around, and we all come to terms with that. For me, 2017’s a big year because hey, look, my first novel comes out! I’m still…
-
Finishing things
You know what? Finishing things is hard. I don’t want to undersell quite how difficult it is: for every project that finds its way to completion—no matter how imperfect—there are dozens, if not hundreds, that lie discarded along the way: some half-built, other nearly constructed but clearly faulty, still more that never really get out…
-
The Road to Published
Yep, it’s true: I sold a book! Well, more specifically, my fantastic agents over at JABberwocky, Joshua Bilmes and Sam Morgan, sold my first novel to Talos Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing. That book, which is now titled The Caledonian Gambit, began life several years ago (the earliest chapter in my Scrivener file dates…