Thanks to the wonders of random number generators, we have our winners for the book and jewelry giveaway, celebrating the debut month of my fantasy novel THE PURIST. The two formal runners-up are Green Dragon Artist and Stephanie D. You get a choice of THE PURIST in the ebook formats of Mobi or EPub. (If…
Read More Book and Jewelry Giveaway Winners!September 7th has arrived and left. That means I’ve now closed the jewelry and book giveaway I started a month ago. I’ll be turning the entries into numbers tomorrow, then letting a random number generator do its thing. I’ll post the results on this blog and get in touch with the winners soon! Thank you…
Read More Jewelry & Book Giveaway Now ClosedTo celebrate some really good news, I’m keeping the book and jewelry giveaway open until midnight MST on Friday September 7. Scroll down these posts until you reach my PURIST giveaway post. Or go here. Add a comment to be eligible for entry. Two winners will get their format choice of a PURIST ebook, while…
Read More Book giveaway extended!When I finally settle on another online store, this reworked piece is probably going up for sale. ‘Enamel Flame Pendant’ is a 17.75″ tiger-eye and green aventurine necklace with an elaborately cast .925 sterling silver hook clasp, .925 Balinese sterling silver accent beads, and an original .925 sterling silver jointed pendant by yours truly, circa…
Read More Enamel Flame Pendant (reboot)It’s Thursday 2 August 2018, and that means we’re getting closer to The Purist being available for general purchase from www.ninestarpress.com and other vendors. To celebrate (and calm my nerves a bit), I’m setting up a giveaway on this blog. What is this book? Learn more here. Rules are simple: From today until 3 September…
Read More The Purist Launch Party and GiveawayIn addition to the lovely cover, we now have a blurb and pre-order links. The Purist
Read More Purist blurb!Here is the final cover for my 103K fantasy novel THE PURIST, due from NineStar Press on August 6, 2018.
Read More ‘The Purist’ coverIn a little less than a month, I will be able to aim you lovely people at buy links for THE PURIST, my upcoming fantasy novel from NineStar Press. I’ve seen the final cover version. It rocks. It rocks so damn hard, in fact, that it could comfortably fit into the catalog of any of…
Read More Purist countdown!We have a publishing date for THE PURIST: August 6, 2018! I’ve seen the first draft of the cover art from NineStar Press and Natasha Snow, and it’s *freaking gorgeous*. Added 7-9-2018: I have seen the final version of the cover. OMG. <Author falls over in twitching heap, burbling happily> It’s so good, folks. I…
Read More The PuristI’m contracting THE PURIST to NineStar Press for a release date sometime in 2018. It almost certainly *won’t* have this cover, and possibly not this title, but I look forward to seeing what NineStar does with it. Way back in 1996 or 1997 I wrote a 6K short story set in my Lonhra Sequence fantasy…
Read More ‘The Purist’ has a home with NineStar PressFinally, finally, after way too many years of having only a vague idea what Sfassa, one of the main characters of THE PURIST, actually looks like when she’s human-ish, Hayley Amber Hasselhoff (yes, David’s daughter) showed me the way. I also owe a shout-out to model and wrestler Lindsay Hayward, and the other stunning plus-size models…
Read More Sfassa in Sirrithani guisePlaying with bits of art I’ve collected or created over the years, to give myself another visual image-set for THE PURIST, a big fantasy novel currently out in Queryland.* Yes, this is SINGER IN RHUNSHAN revisited, massively revised, and (I hope) getting closer to being fit for outside reading. For now, I’m so happy the…
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