Writer's Grove

Working on Blackwings

Many thanks to everyone who came to see me and Delilah on our tour for Kill the Farm Boy. We had such a lovely time meeting y’all and hope you’re enjoying the book. Please spread the word to friends and family if you are—word of mouth is still five billion times more powerful than the Internet!

But speaking of the Internet, we’ve updated the Tales of Pell site with some goodies like a fan art page—we’d love to see yours if you’re inspired to draw/paint pics of our heroes. Please don’t hesitate to share with either of us! We also have the cover and preorder links for the next book, No Country for Old Gnomes, which will be out April 16! Check it out!

So what’s next? Well, in February, I’ll be publishing Death & Honey with Delilah S. Dawson and Chuck Wendig. That will include a novella from each of us, and mine will be an Oberon’s Meaty Mystery called The Buzz Kill. More on that once we have cover art and a solid publishing date, but The Buzz Kill is set in Tasmania a few months after the events of Scourged. Delilah’s story is called Grist of Bees from her Shadow series, and Chuck’s is Interlude: Tanager from his Miriam Black series.

But from now until then I’m writing A Blight of Blackwings, the second book in The Seven Kennings trilogy, following A Plague of Giants. I have about 200K words to write in six months, so I’ve gone on hiatus from Twitter and Facebook until it’s done. I’ll still be posting on Instagram so you can see me there, and I’ll be sending out my newsletter once a month too. And of course you can always reach me via email if you need something (using the address on the Say Hi to Kevin page). So I won’t be inaccessible, but I also won’t be massively distracted by shouty stuff while I have twelve POVs to weave together (that’s one more than A Plague of Giants, for those of you keeping score at home).

Once I get A Blight of Blackwings finished, I can formally announce and begin working on a new series for y’all set in the Iron Druid universe. Excited to get started on that I after I catch us all up with Abhinava Khose and Gondel Vedd and the rest of gang in Teldwen.

Oh yeah: In case you’re looking for a spiffy gift for yourself or your friends, Worldbuilders Market has signed Iron Druid comics and so much more!

Hope your summer’s been treating you well and I hope you’re registered to vote in November. Peace & love & tacos, friends.