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The paperback release of Leviathan’s Blood is very soon and to celebrate that, we have a short film to share with you, and for you to share with others.

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It’s pretty, isn’t it?

The script is by me, the voice work is by Nicola Lindsay, and the rest of it is by the fine people at ( Read more... )

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Here are a few more reviews of books I’ve read recently:

2666, Roberto Bolano

2666 is an amazing book. A series of five novellas, the book is held together by its mediation on violence, its natures, its forms, and its atrocities. At the heart of this is an examination of violence ( Read more... )

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Just a small update today. If you’re interested, you can get a whole lot of me over at Breaking the Glass Slipper, where I am interviewed by Megan Leigh. We talk about things like diversity, gender equality, being an author, and a bunch of authors.

I’ve been writing a few little ( Read more... )

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Last week, Leviathan’s Blood came out in the US. It is now available everywhere it is going to be released.

It has gotten some nice reviews from various places, but it is the middle book in a trilogy, and it could do with some more. Perhaps unsurprisingly, less people review second ( Read more... )

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Right now, in Australia, an election is taking place. It is said to be one of Australia’s longest campaigns, coming in at a whole eight weeks. My girlfriend, who is American, thinks that is quite cute of Australia, to have such a ‘long’ campaign, but regardless, this post is about ( Read more... )

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Int. A small post office in a small shopping mall. A counter with three employees. A pair of scales. A poster for passport photos. The author, an impossible to describe handsome type (the kind that would make Lovecraft squirm in delight) enters with a box of envelopes. They are ( Read more... )

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When I was a kid, I loved Choose Your Own Adventure books.


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The Hugo nominations have been announced.

Once again, they are dominated by a slate of nominations from ‘conservative’ SF fans, the Sad and Rabid Puppies. The latter were, it appears, much more successful this year than the former. 64 of the 81 nominations coincide with that slate. ( Read more... )

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Just a quick heads up about some giveaways I’m running on Goodreads.

I’m giving away paperbacks, hardcovers, and signed hardcovers for my two fantasy novels, The Godless, and Leviathan’s Blood. You do, sadly, need an account on Goodreads to enter, but I’m trying it out, to see if it ( Read more... )