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Apr 262012
When the Haversham sun grinds to a halt before dawn, Daniel (or David) Squeak expects that he and his fellow sunwell workers are in for an awful day. What he doesn’t expect is that a furious foreman will be the very least of his problems. One gear turns another, and Squeak finds himself injured, sacked from the only work he’s ever known, and afraid for his very life.
The mysterious Sir Nicholas offers Squeak a way out of his predicament, but this knight is no saint. As Sir Nicholas slides around the pawns and bishops of a decades-old plot, it’s Squeak who finds himself in motion: from sunwell to manor, from soot-stained Haversham to wealthy Rawlish, and even to the deadly jungles of the surface.
Workhouse lads are resourceful. Everybody knows that. But the bloody alleys of Haversham are not nearly as dangerous as the glittering avenues of King’s Court.
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The Whitechapel Gambit is now available in Kindle format at Amazon. It will be relaunched in other formats in three months’ time.
Feb 132012
Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone, and thus do I return to my between-seasons blissful ignorance of the TV commercial world (at least, inasmuch as it’s possible to escape from the bloody things). Y’see, by and large, I hate commercials. It’s not because I take exception to materialism, and it’s not because I’ve seen [...]
Jan 172012
Better late than never. This year’s goals, short and sweet: 1) Four novels, one per quarter. I don’t yet know which four (apart from the next, of course, which should be ready around April), but I’m sure all that will be nice and clear when I actually sit down to write them. 2) Get married. [...]
Dec 222011
War has returned to conquered Ekka. At its heart, a sorcerer promises victory and, at last, freedom from oppression. All he asks in return is a throne. Hidden in the salt marsh, a banned cult hatches its own plots. Gemeti, daughter of a dying priestess, has few allies. If she is to a win a [...]
Dec 172011
When on High has run into a few proofreading delays (December, alas, is an awful month for getting things done), but even so, it should probably be ready within a week. Fingers crossed.
Dec 012011
And happy December issue of e-fiction magazine. Short stories, poetry, and all with a December-appropriate family theme. Read it for free at efictionmag.com, or subscribe to have it delivered directly to your e-reader. Why should you do this thing? Because there’s a story in there by me, that’s why! (And, lest I sound crass, you [...]
Nov 282011
New covers! The book will be ready in just a few weeks.
Nov 082011
As of yesterday, Nov 7th, we’re at about 25k words and have finished a first draft of a YA novel that I’d started work on a few months back. No time for editing, and no rest for the wicked. Back into the fray we go.
Nov 012011
I’ll be participating in nanowrimo this month, on top of my regular word count. Moreover, I’m pretty busy with research for upcoming projects, and some of the reading I’ve been meaning to do since forever ago. That doesn’t leave me with a whole lot of blogging time, so the regular fantasy-writing features may not appear [...]
There’s something blissfully surreal about Halloween. I’m not quite clear on how a festival concerned with our departed loved ones turned into a monster movie turned into sugar shock, but I do love watching all of these little monsters gallivant about and demand candy. I love monsters. I think every fantasy reader does. One might [...]
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