Writer's Grove
Big show in Austin
HOW BIG WILL THIS BIG SHOW BE?
Two whole guys! That’s DOUBLE the number of guys we had before!
Let me back up: For the Austin stop of the STAKED tour on Jan. 27 at Book People, it was originally gonna be just me showing up with my beard and a hankering for barbecue. But then a series of happy coincidences said howdy:
1. Robert Jackson Bennett has an amazing book coming out on the same day as STAKED and it’s called CITY OF BLADES. I know it’s amazing because I’ve read it already—I got to take a peek at an early copy.
2. Robert Jackson Bennett lives in Austin.
3. Robert Jackson Bennett is also published by Random Penguin House.
4. Robert Jackson Bennett is aware of my existence.
So considering all that, I just had to invite him to Book People with me! And holy frosted yeti balls, he said yes! So lookit, here’s a linky-poo for the event!
It’s pretty fun to say “frosted yeti balls” and “linky-poo” but I did not realize how fun it was to say “blogs” until Robert shared this Vine of just a few ways to say it, which of course I needed to include on my blog:
https://vine.co/v/elHUPKeBF5a
Some more about why I’m excited to appear with Robert:
- I thought CITY OF STAIRS was brilliant (one of my top books for 2014) and if you haven’t read it yet you totally should before you read CITY OF BLADES. Get to know the joy of Sigrud in a story that starts with a slow burn and builds to an inferno.
- Robert has serious literature cred. He wins awards and stuff—I think he has three fancy trophies for his earlier books? And the aforementioned CITY OF STAIRS was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award.
- His Twitter feed (@robertjbennett) is six parts hilarious batshit, three parts trolling author Myke Cole, and one part renewable energy science. Quite fun to follow.
- He knows where the margaritas are in Austin.
So anyway, we’ll talk a bit about fantasy and Druids and Sigrud and even frosted yeti balls if you want—there will be some time for Q&A. We hope to see you there if you can make it! If you can’t, you can always call Book People and ask them to have us sign some books and ship them to you!
Peace, love, & tacos—
Kevin
