ADDENDUM: Not only does the book come out today, but John Scalzi decided to post my contribution to his Big Idea feature today as well. Other than a sprained ankle, today is made of win. Prophets officially goes on sale today. Also, in addition to my copies showing up, I Read more…
Well I went through and polished up the draft of Heretics and it is now of with the editor so I can breathe a big sigh of relief and start work on my next project, the as-yet-unnamed book 2 of the Wolfbreed series for Bantam. So we’re going from apocalyptic Read more…
Just wrapped up the draft of Heretics, YEA! Something over a hundred thousand words of epic destruction as I continue in my apocalyptic deconstruction of the Hostile Takeover universe. I’ll be doing some fixing up of the draft this week (a few retroconned scenes here, some backfill there, epigrams everywhere) and should get a copy off to DAW by Monday. Doesn’t mean I’m done with it, for good— I always have editorial revisions— but I’ll be done with it for now.
Been doing this writing stuff as a pro for the past sixteen years or so, and I’ve discovered one thing that just never gets any easier. Now it may look like, occasionally, I’m doing several things at once. That’s never really the case, you can’t really write two things simultaneously. Read more…
The following showed up in the mail on Friday: The bound galleys for Prophets, way cool. Having been writing mass market paperbacks all my career, it’s neat to see the books in this faux trade paperback format.
I’ve always thought of myself as a primarily linear writer. I start writing on page one, and I keep writing until I reach the end. I rarely, if ever, skip around while writing a draft. I’ve occasionally written a dramatic scene from the center of a book before writing the Read more…
Just a little small celebratory post, I’ve passed the halfway mark in both the Apotheosis trilogy and the current book Heretics. Which, since this is the middle book of the trio, it sort of makes sense both milestones would coincide. Yesterday the Hamsters eviscerated another 20K of this draft and Read more…
I’ve destroyed an entire star-system, simultaneously blown up a network of a hundred-odd wormholes across about 100 light years, and I’ve just carpet-bombed an entire planet with pure distilled singularity. . . And I’m only half done with the trilogy.
Just to let everyone know, my book trailer for Prophets has been posted on Bookscreening.com which is a great site if you’re interested in book trailers. I appreciate them putting it up. I’ve also put up the home page for Prophets, along with the trailer.
I don’t think anyone would say I’m easy on the characters in my books. Almost all of them, in fact, are put through several flavors of hell before the end. I have noticed something lately, a developing trend in my more recent work, that has bearing on the kind of Read more…