Thanksgiving 2021
Top o' the morning, all! I hope this post finds you doing well, whenever you might stumble upon it. Here in the US, it's the Thanksgiving holiday. My daughter is home from school,
Ryan
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Back from Vegas!
I just returned on Friday from a week in Las Vegas at a trade conference, the largest in the world for independent authors and publishers. It was a tremendous week, and a fantastic opportunity to meet with author friends both old and new.
Eyes of the Hidden World Released!
Eyes of the Hidden World, book 2 in Last Sword in the West, is officially live wherever books are sold.
When Inspiration Strikes
Pantsing (or writing without an outline), isn't for everyone. But for me, it delivers the moments of inspiration I crave.
Morning Walks
How I write changes from day to day. Somedays I type at my keyboard like a fairly normal author. Other days I write by hand. But more and more often, I've found myself going for walks while dictating.
King of Thorns
A man is made of memories. It is all we are. We are memories, strung on storylines—the tales we tell ourselves about ourselves, falling through our lives into tomorrow. Mark Lawrence, King
The seeds that grew into the Band of Broken Gods
Writing, for me, is like planting an unknown seed. You water and weed for months, and are (hopefully pleasantly) surprised by whatever grows.
What I learned about reading (and life) from Malazan
I know that Malazan is a series that has been examined and reviewed to no end. And yet as a reader who just finished his first read through of the core ten book
Reading, and not reading
This weekend, I was excited to crack open a new book. No matter how many stories I’ve read, there’s always something about that initial rush that hits me, a world of