Today on the Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour, I conclude my month as Featured Author at Drey's Library.  My final post for Drey is a somewhat lighthearted list of my writerly pet peeves -- from mall signings to "reserves against returns," and a few things in between.  While you're at the site, be sure to sign up for a chance to win a free ( Read more... )

Happy Monday, everyone! Today, the Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour visits the journal of fellow author and history geek Beth Bernobich. Beth's newest novel, The Time Roads, will be out later this year -- it's a great book and I recommend it. For today's post, Beth asked that I take some time to write about the women in the  Thieftaker ( Read more... )

Once again, the Summer 2013 Thieves' Quarry Blog Tour is at Unusual Historicals, this time for a Q&A, and of course, the THIEVES' QUARRY giveaway.  Leave a comment or ask a question on the post and you'll be entered to win a signed hardcover copy of the newest book in the Thieftaker Chronicles.  So check it out and enjoy!  Here's the link:

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Today on the Summer 2013 Thieves' Quarry Blog Tour, I am at Unusual Historicals with an excerpt from the new book, and a chance to win a free signed copy!  Follow this link to the site, and watch for the interview I'll be doing with the good folks at Unusual Historicals this coming Sunday.

The Summer 2013 Thieves' Quarry Blog Tour has me back at Drey's Library today, where I am July's featured author.  My post today is about my choice of pre-Revolutionary Boston as the setting for the books of my Thieftaker Chronicles.  Drey has been a wonderful host, and I am so grateful to her for welcoming me onto her site.  I hope that you enjoy ( Read more... )

It's hot, it's muggy; the full weight of summer seems to have settled over the entire continent.  There is no escaping it.  Or is there?  I will not claim that the Summer 2013 Thieves' Quarry Blog Tour is a cure for the heat, but it might well be a cure for the Summertime Blues.  Today I am back at Drey's Library, where I am the featured author for ( Read more... )

Today is a very special day on the Summer 2013 Thieves' Quarry Blog Tour.  I am at Bitten By Books for an all-day book launch and giveaway.  Actually, I'm not there -- Sephira Pryce is.  For those of you who don't know, Sephira is the nemesis of my hero, Ethan Kaille, in the Thieftaker books.  She is the most renowned, influential, and successful ( Read more... )

There is a HUGE contest underway.  I'm part of it, and you do NOT want to miss it.  A group of authors -- 17 of us in all -- are giving away books to some lucky readers.  That's right:  you have a chance to win 17 books by 17 very talented authors (if I do say so myself), all of them writing in the fantasy or alternate history genres.  (The image ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, C.E. Murphy, and Kalayna Price, among others. The post is called “THIEFTAKER Promo Kickoff and a Contest Giveaway,” and it’s about how I came to write ( Read more... )

Reviews are out for After Hours:  Tales from the Ur-Bar, which includes "The Tavern Fire," my first publication as D.B. Jackson.  I would steer you to the reviews with links, but I'm not going to do that directly.  Instead, I'm going to steer you to the D.B. Jackson blog, where you can find those links as well information about a contest that's ( Read more... )