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December 30, 2016: End of Year Wrap-Up

I’ve been pretty bad about updates this year, for which I apologize. I also haven’t had as much news as I’d have liked, but still. I’ll try to do better in 2017.

So, in summary:

Dead to Rites, the third Mick Oberon book, came out this year. I hope you guys have enjoyed it. If you haven’t met Mick yet, his series begins with Hot Lead, Cold Iron.

There will be a fourth book coming out, but–due to other contracts–it’ll be a little while. It’s coming eventually, though, I promise.

Speaking of other contracts, I have a pretty big tie-in project coming up. I can’t tell you what property it’s for, yet, but I think it’ll make a lot of you happy. And as always, I’ll do my best to make it accessible even to people who aren’t familiar with the source property. More on that in the new year.

Some of you have noticed that my two Corvis Rebaine novels are no longer available in e-book format. Fear not; this is temporary. I’ll be putting out new editions in the near future. As soon as they’re ready, I’ll let you all know.

Kickstarter backers have received their Tales of the Lost Citadel anthology. It should be available for public purchase some time in the new year. I’m really happy to be part of this project, and it’s turned out exceptionally well so far.

Speaking of Kickstarter, if you never received your backer rewards for Strange New Words, please contact me. There are a few people from whom I needed additional info, but was never able to contact.

What else? Oh, my story "Heavy Sulfur," from the Operation: Arcana anthology, is now available in audio form here. Give it a listen here.

Finally–and embarrassingly–I haven’t been able to get into the e-mail address for that critique service I was offering.  😳 Deepest apologies if you sent me an e-mail through that link to which I haven’t replied.

I think that’s more or less everything, but I’ll edit if I think of something more. I hope you all have a happy new year and a better 2017 than 2016 (not that that’s a high bar to reach).

October 25, 2016: So, um…

Yeah. It’s been an obscenely long time since I’ve updated.

First off, the site’s been down for a little while. I apologize for that. Hopefully, the problem’s well and truly fixed.

Dead to Rites, book three in the Mick Oberon series, was released a couple of months ago. In addition, the first book, Hot Lead, Cold Iron, is now available in mass market paperback, and Hallow Point will also be available in that format shortly. If you’ve been waiting, now’s the time.

What else? Tales of the Lost Citadel, a fantasy-horror shared world anthology, should be heading out to Kickstarter backers soon, and will hopefully be available for general purchase not long after. I’m really excited for this one–both how it came out, and the potential for the future. More on that shortly.

Otherwise, more news coming soon on an upcoming major tie-in project that I think will make a lot of you very happy; and also on… books I published years ago?! Stay tuned.

July 25, 2016: ArmadilloCon schedule!

Hey, folks. ArmadilloCon is this coming weekend, and as always I’m hoping to see a number of you there. I won’t be attending Friday evening, but I’ll be present almost all day Saturday, and part of Sunday. My formal panel schedule is:

3:00 PM, Saturday: Signing (Dealer’s Room)

5:00 PM, Saturday: How to Deal With Writer’s Block (Ballroom F)

9:00 PM, Saturday: Learning from Others’ Mistakes (Ballroom E)

10:00 PM, Saturday: Doing Research for Your Story (Ballroom E)

I’m not part of any Sunday panels, but I’m still planning to be around for a chunk of the day. That said, Saturday is my big day.

Also, please see my prior post about ArmadilloCon, too.

See you all soon!

July 19, 2016: An important word about ArmadilloCon

Hey, folks. ArmadilloCon is in a little less than two weeks, and as usual, I’ll be attending this year. I’ll be posting my actual panel and other attendance schedule in the near future.

But that’s not what I wanted to talk about in this post.

As you may well know, there’s been an ongoing discussion over the past few years about sexual (and other) harassment at genre cons. Now, to my knowledge, ArmadilloCon has not had a problem with that, and they’ve got a pretty solid anti-harassment policy in place. But, of course, the fact that I haven’t heard about it doesn’t mean it never happens, and an incident can occur even at the best of cons.

So…

Below, you’ll see a photograph of me. (I’m the guy in the middle, with the beard.) If you are at ArmadilloCon, and you are being harassed or otherwise made uncomfortable by somebody, and you happen to see me? Come join me. Don’t worry about asking first, don’t worry about interrupting. If I’m having a conversation, come join it. If I’m sitting alone, come talk to me. If I’m in a panel, come find a place to sit–or even come sit up front next to the table, if you feel you need to.

Tell me what’s going on. I’ll give you a place to be part of a group, if that makes you feel safer. Or, if you’d prefer, I’ll escort you to go find a staff member, or out to the parking lot, or to your room, or wherever you need to go to feel safe. If you need me to call somebody, I will.

If you’re not comfortable with me doing it, either my wife will go with you (if she’s present), or we’ll go find one of the female guests of the convention.

Seriously, I mean this. Interrupt what I’m doing. I’ll help, or find someone who can.

Again, I want to be clear. ArmadilloCon is a good con, run by good people. I’m not doing this because I feel they’ve in any way fallen down on the job; they haven’t. I just want to do what little I can to make our community as safe and as welcoming as possible.

I hope nobody needs to take me up on this, but please, please don’t hesitate to do so if you feel the need. And I hope to see you all there, having a great time.

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June 28, 2016: Hot Lead in new format!

Heya, folks. Been a while, but I’ve got some news.

Hot Lead, Cold Iron is now available in mass market paperback format! (For those not familiar with the different formats, that’s the "standard" paperback size.) If you’ve been waiting, if you haven’t wanted it in the larger trade paperback or e-book formats, now’s your chance. 🙂

The third book in the series, Dead to Rites, will be out in about a month and a half, so now’s a good time to catch up on the series, too.

More soon.

February 16, 2016: Been a While

Well. You guys could easily have been forgiven for assuming that I’d abandoned this site; I’m afraid it’s been way too long since I updated. A combination of real-life issues and a lack of any substantial news combined to where I’d lost track of how long it’d been. I hope you all had a great holiday season and new year.

I still don’t have any major news to share, but here’s what I’ve got.

1) Dead to Rites, book 3 of the Mick Oberon series, has been completed and sent to editing. I believe it’s due out this summer, but don’t hold me to that. More details when I have them. I’m really happy with how this one came out; it’s got a different feel to it than the first two books, while still very much being part of the same series.

2) Some of you may recall my involvement in a Kickstarter last year, for a project called "The Lost Citadel." If not, you can get the gist by clicking here. It’s a fantasy-horror shared world project, and my contribution to the first anthology–a short story entitled "Requiem, in Bells"–has been completed and delivered. I should have details on when that anthology will be available (both for Kickstarter backers and for purchase) in the near future.

3) Due to technical difficulties, I have been unable to get into the e-mail address associated with the editing/critique service I offered. If you’ve sent me something to that address and are waiting for a response, please resend using my standard contact page and put "critique" in the subject line. Sorry for the inconvenience.  😳

4) And finally, here’s the cover for Dead to Rites. 😀

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