Right now the good folks at Tor Books have the eBook of my first Eddie LaCrosse novel, The Sword-Edged Blonde, on sale for $2.99. So all you Nookies/Kindlers/iPadders, there’s never been a better time to see what a mash-up between high fantasy and hard-boiled pulp looks like.
The Rio Bravo approach to world-building
I’m often asked about “world building,” the term for creating the environment for fantasy novels. Most tend to be much more elaborate than mine, which may be one reason why my books are so much shorter. I usually respond with some variation of, “I’m more interested in people building,” which is true but can understandably sound a bit facile. Still, … Read More
Read the first chapter of DARK JENNY
Check out the first chapter of Dark Jenny here.
The cover of Dark Jenny
At long last, here’s the cover art for Dark Jenny, the third Eddie LaCrosse novel, due out next spring. The artist is Larry Rostant. As you can see, it goes in a whole new direction for the series. So what do you think?
"The process is its own reward" *
“If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” –W. Edwards Deming I get asked about my writing process a fair bit, so I thought I’d share an example of how I work, from initial draft to final revision. I’m not making any claims that this is the only way, or even … Read More
Working titles (and titles that don’t. Work, that is.)
My most recent novel, The Girls with Games of Blood, was the first one to hit shelves with my title on it. I’m not complaining, mind you. Titles are funny things, and they have to be balanced between appropriateness, marketability and simple comprehension. But I thought I’d describe the titling process as I’ve experienced it, since I’ve just settled on … Read More
“Do you fall in love with all of your clients?"
NOTE: SPOILER ALERT IN THE COMMENTS Recently I got an e-mail from a reader that said, in part: “Eddie LaCrosse with a girlfriend is not the same as Eddie LaCrosse wandering companionless through the world. The lonely but worldwise Eddie LaCrosse seems like a stronger character…Burn Me Deadly starts out great, but as soon as it went to the town … Read More
Guest-blogging at RomCon
Over at RomCon, I’m guest blogging about Eddie and Liz’s relationship in Burn Me Deadly.
RELEASE DAY! (whew…)
Today is the official release day for BURN ME DEADLY. If you’ve pre-ordered it, you’re awesome. If you buy it today, you’re only slightly less awesome. If you buy it eventually, you’re still on the awesome scale. And the winner of the “Name a drink at Angelina’s Tavern” contest is…PARANOYD, for suggesting The Rogue’s Stiletto, also known as the Back-Stabber … Read More
Coffee, tea or a signed copy?
If you’ve read The Sword-Edged Blonde, you know about Angelina’s Tavern. Eddie LaCrosse has his office above the kitchen, and spends a lot of his off-time sitting at the bar. It plays an even bigger role in BURN ME DEADLY. Now we all know about mead, and ale, and rum, and all the standard tavern drinks. But what would be … Read More