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Unboxing day for Tales from Stolki’s Hall, a Thrones & Bones Anthology, featuring my high #fantasy friendship tale, The Tower and the Raven! Edited by @louanders and set in the books & #RPG universe! #fantasybooks #Preorder here:
https://tales-from-stolkis-hall.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
GET TO KNOW ME TAG
tagged by the beautiful @bookishnessnessness and the classy @courtofglassandfire!
disclaimer: ive probably already done one of these but I like talking about myself. however, people change sooo.... imma still talk :)
Rules! Tag nine people you want to get to know better!
Relationship status: in a dedicated relationship with science, yarn, and books.
Favorite colors: purple, orange, gold, and black!
Lipstick or chapstick: lipstick (I saw with my extremely chapped lips)
Last song I listened to: The Rifle’s Spiral by The Shins
Top three shows: DCTVU (because crossovers), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Star Trek, and Dark Matter.
Top three Characters: Thianna Frostborn (Thrones and Bones by Lou Anders), Keladry of Mindelan (Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce), and Tarma/Kethry/Warl (Vows and Honor by Mercedes Lackey)
Top three ships: nessian, vanyel and stephen, and Xanthius and Dionysus (Frogs: the musical)
Tagging: @swerpl @beyondthestonewalls @observethewalrus @mbti-why @goldkirk @acfawkes @stinti @kyrieheron @whoopsimrunningwithscissors
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e498b3oiEfM)
This new Thrones & Bones series trailer features artwork by Justin Gerard, Andrew Bosley, and a just-completed piece from the great Todd Lockwood. Please check it out!
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKrZBkwCqis)
This is not a book trailer. This is something different.
All three novels in my Thrones & Bones series contain substantial appendices. In these, you will find rules for board games from my world, timelines, song lyrics, even a recipe.
In Nightborn, there is a detailed history titled "A History of the Continent of Katernia." When Listening Library was recording the audiobook of Nightborn, they very kindly and thoughtfully had our amazing narrator, Fabio Tassone, record this as well, just so we could do something fun with it later.
So here is that "something fun." Please understand that while we have copious illustrations of the characters and creatures in the Thrones & Bones series, artwork that can be repurposed in service of events that occurred hundreds or thousands of years before the time of my novels is in short supply. Still, Fabio Tassone's audio narration is masterful, and there are several very cool images accompanying it. Also note that some of the information herein could be considered "slightly spoiler-y" for the novel Nightborn. With those caveats, here we go:
(via Nightborn arrives in paperback today!)
Today is the day.
Nightborn, the second book in the Thrones & Bones trilogy, is out in paperback!
Nightborn is identical to the hardcover in every way, except that:
a) it's cheaper! and
b) it has a preview of book three, Skyborn, in the back!
We authors love first week sales, and our publishers love them even more, so if you've read Frostborn but you haven't picked up the sequel yet, today's as good a day as any and better than most!
This evening marks a solid week I've lived in Thurber House as the 2016 Children's Writer-in-Residence. I've spent the time working on a rewrite of a recently completed manuscript, and today, I knuckled down and wrote for the longest protracted session since I got here. I didn't even stop for lunch, just drank a protein shake at my desk.
I did take a break at 5pm, to take an hour walk around the city, during which I passed the spot of the original Wendy's hamburger restaurant. (It isn't there anymore, but a marker is).
Then I came back and wrote for another two hours and I finished! Draft two of the secret project is done, and it's already been sent to a few of my volunteer readers.
So this Herculean accomplishment must be celebrated in style, and it was--with a huge plate of nachos, Dragon's Milk, and catching up on episodes of Game of Thrones. (I'm not to the finale yet, but I'm getting there. So far, though, I prefer season five to season six.)
Meanwhile, I've been making notes towards the next project all week, and tomorrow I start working on it in earnest. No other obligations tomorrow, just writing, so I have a good chunk of time to dive in on day one of project two. And three more weeks to go!
Thurber House is mine! All mine! Mwa-ha-ha!
Actually, I'm alone here today. The people who work here during the week are gone and I've the house to myself. Some volunteers come by in the afternoon to lead tours, but the house has been largely silent.
Oh, and the handyman came to fix the toilet! So, that's a little taste of real life.
But I spent several hours of the morning researching the quality and type of medieval locks and the history of the looking glass. All work for the next project. And the bulk of the day was spent on polishing the previous one. I've reached chapter fourteen (of twenty one) in the rewrite. It's 9:41 pm here but I hope to get at least one more chapter polished before I head to bed.
Around four o'clock I set out on a two-ish hour jaunt around Columbus. This time I returned to German Village and The Book Loft, then had a fruit tart and a tea at Pistachio Vera. Although the sign pictured here is from Mikey's Late Night Slice.
Then it was back here to cook my own supper and more writing. And a phone call from a good friend in Los Angeles.
Uneventful days actually mean productive work, so I hope we'll have more of those.
Things I Miss Most About Home, Part Two:
1. My Dishwasher. 2. My Dishwasher. 3. My Dishwasher. 4. My Dishwasher. 5. Weight Lifting (but not as much as My Dishwasher).
I stayed up late last night and was woken early by a phone call, but despite that I still managed to get halfway through the rewrite of my first draft of the recent project. Which is pretty good progress here in week one of my Thurber House Children's Writer-in-Residence stint. Then at 3:30 pm, the campers in the Thurber Center had a presentation for their parents, after which they brought their folks to Thurber House, gave them a tour of the first two floors, and best of all, has me sign copious copies of Frostborn and Nightborn. I was in the front parlor of the house, seated on a couch at a table that normally holds an historic tea set, mobbed by enthusiastic children. A wonderful afternoon!
Then, after a day of being inside, I decided to walk half an hour to North Market, where I sampled Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream. The Salted Caramel was good, but Brambleberry Crips was everything the stranger in line behind me said it would be!
After this, I walked fifteen minutes to Wolf's Ridge Brewing, with the best intentions to merely scope it out for later. But in their wonderful Tap Room Francis the very helpful bartender introduced me to one of the best beers I've had in ages, the Dire Wolf Canis Mexicanus, an imperial stout spiced with Mexican peppers. This had to paired with something, naturally, and so I dined on Duck Confit Tacos. But one glad of Canis Mexicanus is hardly sufficient, so the second glass was paired with Habanero Cheesecake.
Finally, I took a twenty minute walk in the still hot sun back to Thurber House, where I decided to take Friday night to finish watching Game of Thrones season five (wow).
Now that's a day!
Salud!
