Making the most of living with mom and dad when you’re a college educated adult:
Millenials 101: How to Enjoy Your Parents’ Basement.
I had something like this in my life, and looking back on it, I wish I’d paid more attention to what was going on in front of me instead of wishing what might be. Of course, if that year had stretched out two or three…
Where are things with Instrument of Omens right now? How are things going? Good questions. When I started book 5 of Instrument of Omens, I was honestly worried about whether I could actually write the book. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Seminal, and I had a lot of internal doubts and questions for…
There was and is a popular tendency to bash Tolkien as being too influential in the fantasy genre. It’s what all the cool kids do. Tolkien, after all, is that most dreaded of individuals: an old, white male. Can there be anyone less worthy of respect in today’s popular culture? However, in terms of the…
Winters in NC tend to be short and mild, and this year was no exception. We got a few cold spells and some snow, but overall, it’s been pretty nice. It’s certainly a lot better than where I grew up in Cincinnati, OH, where they’ve been stuck in some polar vortex for the past month…
What a strange December. My editor, Dave Wolverton, informed me that there are some big changes needed for William Wilde and the Unusual Suspects, book 3 in the Chronicles of William Wilde. Sigh. But then I got to have a fun conversation with Nick Podehl tonight, and we went over over pronunciations and dialect for…
Here’s a recent radio interview I did about my writing career. It sounds weird calling it a writing career, but I talk about The Castes and the OutCastes and my newest book, William Wilde and the Necrosed. It’s a YA fantasy that’s kind of a mix between Stranger Things and Percy Jackson. Anyway, here’s the interview.
A couple of weeks ago, a kind reader sent me a picture of their rescue cat. They named her Aia, and I did a happy dance. Here she is in all her ferocious adorableness: