Writer milestones — The Sisters Mederos in German

I am so excited to announce that German publishing house Feder & Schwert will publish the German-language edition of The Sisters Mederos. This will be my first foreign language edition of all my books, and I am absolutely ecstatic. This is one of those writer milestones that I am determined to enjoy. I don’t think it ever gets old for any author. I may have mentioned a time or two that I spent the last Read more…

Fog Season — Read an Excerpt

The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco. — attr. to Mark Twain Chapter One There was an air of festivity at the Port Saint Frey harbor, where Tesara Mederos and her sister Yvienne waited to send off their parents on a six-month voyage that, the entire family hoped, would restore their fortunes. Stevedores and sailors trundled up and down the gangplank of the clipper Iderci Empress with barrels and gear and Read more…

Presenting guest blogger D.B. Jackson

I’m turning the blog over to D.B. Jackson, author of Time’s Children, the first book in the time travel/epic fantasy series called The Islevale Cycle. Time’s Children comes out today from Angry Robot Books! Read the excerpt below. Welcome, David. Let’s discuss your latest novel. PS: Let’s get started. Who are your influences? DBJ: I first fell in love with fantasy at summer camp when I was eleven years old. My parents had told my head Read more…