Writer's Grove

Stuff comin’ up!

Many thanks to everyone who bought tickets to Atticus & Oberon’s Sausage Fest on April 28! I’ll be sending you some goodies soon—an email from me, and also the tickets, o’ course—and if you’re from out o’ town and haven’t made your hotel reservations yet, hold on a wee bit! I’m going to see if I can get us a special rate at the Tempe Mission Palms, which is right behind Rula Bula. That way you can stagger to your bed and not have to worry about taxis and whether somebody once barfed where you’re sitting.

If you didn’t get a ticket but would still like to come out and join the fun, please do! The patio opens to the public and 6 pm and I’ll still be there, along with many other fun-lovin’ urban fantasy readers, and you can come by and join us! You can even order a copy of TRICKED ahead of time from The Poisoned Pen (give ’em a call) and I will sign & personalize it for you, and it will be waiting when you get there. (You can also call them if you’re not coming at all—they’ll ship internationally!)

Things I’m workin’ on:

• A short story called “The Grimoire of the Lamb” set four years before HOUNDED. That means you’ll see the widow MacDonagh but you won’t see Granuaile. I sent a teaser to my editor and she squeed. Then she ran down the hall to my assistant editor and taunted him mercilessly—she teased him by not letting him read the teaser. More details on where & when this will appear once I get them. My belief, however, is that this story will be available before the release of TRICKED.
• TRAPPED, of course.
• Now that we’ve popped the store’s cherry with the ticket sale, I’m going to start putting up a few things people have requested—there won’t be a ton o’ stuff, but I’m definitely going to do some Third Eye Books & Herbs shirts and also some shirts for the Sausage Fest. There will probably be an Iron Druid coffee mug in there because, admit it, most of your coffee mugs aren’t that badass. ;)
• In TurboNerd News, I’m still working on painting my Circle Orboros army. I got the Reeves of Orboros Chieftain and Standard Bearer today. And I’ve decided to switch out Lord of the Feast for the Gorax to see if that works better with my Kromac list. Whoa. That was probably the nerdiest sentence I have written all year.

I hope you’re well and happy and enjoying autumn. For all the pagan peeps out there—Happy Samhain!

P.S. I’ve read lots of good books this year. Check out my Still Life with Fantasy and Fruit posts if you’d like to see. But if you’re jonesin’ for a good read right now, the best book I’ve read this year is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It’s been two weeks since I’ve finished it and I’m stilling geeking out. :)