BEA Bound

I’ll be in the fine city of Chicago over the weekend of June 4–6 for BookExpo America, the largest trade show for English-reading bibliophiles on the planet. I’ll be in the Wizards of the Coast booth, signing advanced reading copies of Secret of the Spiritkeeper, the first in the new Knights of the Silver Dragon series of young adult fantasy …

Secret News

About a week ago, Wizards of the Coast sent me some promotional covers for Secret of the Spiritkeeper, my young adult Dungeons & Dragons novel due out this August. If you click on the image to the right, you’ll see a full-sized version. I’m pleased with the art and design, and the same artist also made some snazzy illustrations for …

Knightly Week

Wizards of the Coast is preparing some great promotions for the Knights of the Silver Dragon series, of which Secret of the Spiritkeeper is the premiere book. One of the things they’re planning is a fan club for the line, along with a website. This week, I wrote a short pick-a-path story for the website. I’d never worked on one …

More GTS Stuff

A couple other things happened at GTS that weren’t meant for the Human Head update, as they involve my freelancing.

Spiritkeeper Release Date Change

Apparently The Secret of the Spiritkeeper is slated for an August release. The date currently on Wizards’ website is from the original plan, before they decided to release the first and second books in the series at once. This is good news, as it should give Wizards more time to rev up the marketing machine. They have plans for a …

Spiritkeeper News

My natural curiosity led me to check out the Wizards of the Coast website to see if they’d posted my bio yet. It turns out they’re quicker than I thought. You can see the bio here. Better yet, the official product page is here. I was told the book would be released in August, but it says June here, so …