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The Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour stops today at Drey's Library, for my second appearance this month, and at the blog of my agent, friend, and fellow author, Lucienne Diver. At Drey's Library, Sephira Pryce, the beautiful and dangerous thieftaking rival and nemesis of my hero, Ethan Kaille holds forth on the best inventions of modern ( Read more... )

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... )

The Summer 2013 Thieves’ Quarry Blog Tour stops today at SFNovelists, the group blog I help maintain as part of a group of over 100 published authors of speculative fiction. This newest post is about the little details I like to use to help breathe life into my historical fantasy novels, the Thieftaker books (Thieftaker and Thieves’ Quarry). The ( Read more... )

I had a fun signing last night at one of the nicest bookstores I've ever seen -- The Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia.  Kelly, the shop owner was knowledgeable, professional, and incredibly nice, and we had a small but enthusiastic group of fans show up.  Great fun.  Today I drive to Charlottesville, Virginia where I will be signing this ( Read more... )

It’s Monday, and as I roll toward Virginia to begin the Summer 2013 THIEVES’ QUARRY Signing Tour, the Summer 2013 Blog Tour rolls on as well.  I will have a post up today at the blog of my kind and talented friend, Kate Elliott, on the ins and outs of doing historical research for writing.  Kate’s blog is here.And I will also be answering a few ( Read more... )

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Today, Cie Adams, who writes with Cathy L. Clamp under the name Cat Adams, is the special Friday guest at Magical Words. Together, Cie and Cathy are the bestselling authors of the Tales of the Sazi series, the Thrall trilogy, and the ongoing Blood Singer series. Her post today is about researching our novels. Stop by Magical Words and join the

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, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “Back to Basics, part IV: Worldbuilding and Research” and it is the newest post in my “ ( Read more... )