Category Archives: Favorite Things

Lockpicking Game and TorChat!

Hello, my wonderful readers, The book comes out a week from tomorrow, and I’m so excited about that.  But in the meanwhile, as you wait, there are some other exciting things happening: Wednesday I’ll be participating in the TorChat on … Continue reading

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Read 5 Chapters Online!

That’s right! I’ve put up the prologue and first two chapters on the website, and tor.com has chapters 5&6 up!  A great chance to preview one of Amazon’s Best Books of the month! A great way to start off your … Continue reading

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Meeting Awesome People, Seeing Awesome Clothes

So, when my publicist once told me she’d met many people in real life that she’d first met through twitter, I was… skeptical.  And also slightly worried for her safety.  But when  Mary Robinette Kowal (whom I’ve spoken of before) … Continue reading

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Music for Writing

Daring readers~ It may come as a bit of a surprise, but my choices for what to listen to while writing steampunk may strike you as very dull; period music, lots of Gilbert and Sullivan, nothing particularly modern, usually. But … Continue reading

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In which our Author Begins Discussing some of his Favorite Books, beginning with The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins

Dear Readers~ After last Friday’s post, where I took a paragraph to discuss my love of Mary Robinette Kowal‘s novel, Shades of Milk and Honey, I got many letters and emails asking me about my other favorite books, and threatening … Continue reading

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