Rift in the Races Progress Update: September

Rift in the Races Progress Update: September

Rift in the Races is now with my editor, and I have begun working on the third book (so that the wait between book 2 and book 3 won’t be anywhere near as long as the time between 1 and 2). My editor says she can have it back to me in eight weeks, which, from the time...
Book Review: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

Book Review: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

Book Review: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins Let me start by saying, “Wow.” I will follow that up by saying, “Holy crap and just, wow again.” What an awesome book. I have not sat down to a novel that compelled me to finish it in less than a day for years. I just...
Book Review: Unnatural Selection, by Thomas Pryce

Book Review: Unnatural Selection, by Thomas Pryce

Book Review: Unnatural Selection, by Thomas Pryce This book has some of the best, most entertaining and even-laugh-out loud similes I’ve read in a long, long time. Thomas Pryce is a guy who has such a deft voice and a broad reach when it comes to comparative...
How to Finish Writing Your Novel: The Power of Scoreboards

How to Finish Writing Your Novel: The Power of Scoreboards

I get asked “how I do it?” when people find out I write novels. And these aren’t just random people asking, people who can’t imagine writing six hundred or nine hundred page books because they hated writing essays in high school or college, these are...
Book Review: On Canaan’s Side, by Sebastian Barry

Book Review: On Canaan’s Side, by Sebastian Barry

Book Review: On Canaan’s Side, by Sebastian Barry I have to say, when I first saw this book (I was given it as a gift by a friend), I looked at the cover and thought, Oh crap. This is going to suck. Without repeating tired book cover clichés, I was wrong. On...