Been spreading the word just about everywhere else and neglecting my actual website as usual, but here: SWORD AND STAR, the final book in the Root Code trilogy, is available for preorder. And will be out on the 23rd, so that is soon. If you preorder, you get 20% off the retail print price, and... Continue Reading →
Sword and Star cover reveal!
As usual I'm behind getting something here on the actual blog, but the cover for Sword and Star, the final book in the Root Code trilogy, is now out there in the wild (kinda already included it in my Award Eligibility post). Soak in its pretty: It's also up for pre-order. Release date is December... Continue Reading →
Very late blog post roundup
My blog tour in support of my latest book release - Fall and Rising - has concluded (a while ago, d'oh) and I thought I'd real quick do a thing on the posts I wrote for it, because I'm pleased with them and you may be interested. On the process of making the damn book... Continue Reading →
LABYRINTHIAN STUFF (omg)
I've been completely neglecting this book because a lot of other projects have been heating up - some of them super-secret as yet but I can't wait to talk about them so STAY TUNED - but there's news about my big gay mythic-SF novel: IT IS NOW UP FOR PREORDER ON SAMHAIN'S SITE. And here's... Continue Reading →
LABYRINTHIAN: Ten things to know about it
Welcome to September, everyone. I'm pretty much entirely losing my cool over the last few thousand (PLEASE ONLY A FEW THOUSAND, I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS OH GOD) words of Rookwar, so let's take a break from that and from my broken sobbing on Twitter and instead look forward to January, which will... Continue Reading →
LABYRINTHIAN cover art. At last.
Why yes, that does look more than a little bit like Sufjan Stevens. Let's all take a second to enjoy that. Here, this might help. Sisyphus "Take Me" (NSFW) from Ryan Dickie on Vimeo. Expect a lot more yelling and flailing soon.
I got an early Christmas present
Yesterday I received an unexpected package. Yes, that is what it looks like. I didn't honestly expect to get my contributor copies until mid-January at the earliest, so this is fantastic. Just in time for gifting. In a couple of weeks I'll be giving away one of these babies, signed. Stay tuned.
Writerly updates
I'm planning to actually do a Sunday linkdump later this evening - shock! - but for the moment here's a roundup of some stuff that's been going on in the writing area of my life recently: I'm writing yet another novel. More specifically, I'm over 45k words into another novel after less than two weeks... Continue Reading →
Line and Orbit: Roundup thingy/linkspam
So a bunch has happened with Line and Orbit in the last couple of weeks (aside from just it being released). Here are a few of the highlights: It got 5/5 stars from Reviews by Jessewave. "This book was a revelation of beauty and a delight to read for me on so many levels, I... Continue Reading →
Line and Orbit: Looking to the future
Release Week for Line and Orbit is almost done, and oh, what a week it's been. It's been great to see people reading and reviewing on Goodreads, seeing what people are liking about the book, what's striking a chord with people - it's been so much fun. Those of you who have reviewed it already,... Continue Reading →