The Year of the Bear

Quick update, for those who noticed I did NOT post last weekend: my wife and I took a last-minute little trip out to a cabin in the woods for our 1-year anniversary, which is why I wasn't here on Saturday. So sorry!! We're going to keep rolling with the original list, and I'll circle back to Why Book Covers Are So Important in October (which might work out, because I'll likely be working on the cover for Book Two by then!) So, without further ado, I present to you My Office!

Back again for some bonus material! On Twitter this week we talked about where our worlds came from, and I remembered I had written this ages ago, as a sort of creation story for my world. Forgive me: it rhymes.

Today we get to look at a few of the authors who have inspired me over the years. I started keeping a list, a year or two ago, of all the books I know I've read -- so far I'm up to 215. That's a lot of authors, and - truly - many of them have inspired me in one way or another. So, to keep it interesting, here's three influences on my writing, and the authors who showed me the way.

Day One, here it is! In all it’s glory, 10 things you probably didn’t know about By Ways Unseen.

Things will be getting a little bit back to normal around here, starting tomorrow: By Ways Unseen is out and available for purchase; blog tour is over; there's balloons and cake crumbs, and the last person is by the door saying good-byes and making sure their child doesn't run off and get lost. It's been great fun, and I thank everybody for coming. But there's no rest, to paraphrase, for the writer.  

This week I'm over at Avid Reader giving an interview -- so help support other awesome blogs and check it out ! And don't forget to pick up your own copy of By Ways Unseen here! I'll be back next week with a regularly scheduled post, so it should be fun! See you then!

Good Saturday!! Today I'm guest posting over at This and That Book Blog on the hardest part of character development. So check it out here , and don't forget to keep checking it out to help support authors! Don't forget By Ways Unseen is available for purchase, and I'm in the middle of a two-week blog tour. So I'll be back to normal posts on July 28 -- next week is an interview with The Avid Reader. So come join me on tour!