Congrats to Giveaway Winners!

You may remember that at the end of July I participated in an awesome online event over at Justin Landon's Staffer's Book Review blog: Debut Authorpalooza, in which I joined ten up-and-coming SFF authors in talking about writing the infamous second novel and providing an excerpt (as well as ganging up for a really fun "Ask Me Anything" over at Reddit!).  We all held individual giveaways as well as contributing items to a seriously awesome grand prize - and now, the winners are announced!  Congrats to the three lucky folks who won signed copies of The Whitefire Crossing and The Tainted City in my individual giveaway; and wow, you've gotta check out the incredible haul that one lucky lady scored as the grand prize winner (my contribution was a signed ARC of The Tainted City).  

And hey, if you're a blogger/reviewer with access to NetGalley, the wait for The Tainted City is over: the e-ARC is now available for download. (And yep, this e-ARC is the final, fully corrected version.)  That means the countdown to the first review has begun...excuse me while I chomp my nails to the quick and jump out of my chair every time a google alert pings into my inbox! 

No reading round-up this week since I'm busy getting ready for WorldCon - but tomorrow there'll be another Thursday Adventure.  This time to a place that's neither a mountain nor a canyon...believe it or not, mountains weren't my first love as a kid eager to experience wilderness.  Come back tomorrow to see what was...

Read the 1st chapter of The Tainted City! And ask me anything on Reddit

So today is my turn over at Staffer's Book Review's Authorpalooza!


First up, I've got a guest post talking about writing The Tainted City: specifically, 3 lessons I learned that helped me hold on to the joy of writing while I was under deadline.


Tonight at 7pm CST, all 10 of us participating in Authorpalooza will be answering questions on absolutely anything you care to ask!  (So bring on those figure skating and mountaineering questions, haha!)  You can enter your questions in advance, and then we'll be answering them "live" starting at 7pm.  So please, head on over to Reddit and ask away!


The first chapter of The Tainted City is now available to read over at Staffer's Book Review!  I hope you enjoy it - please do comment and let me know what you think. 


And, last but not least: win signed copies of The Whitefire Crossing and The Tainted City!  Details are at the bottom of Tainted City's first chapter at Staffer's Book Review.

State of the City, and Debut Authorpalooza

Look what I was reading today:

Pre-copyedit galleys of The Tainted City: that's right, the book is almost done!  (Holy crap, I can hardly believe it.)  I'm doing final fixes, then I'll review copyedits, and once all corrections are entered the book goes to the printer.

And to celebrate finishing the infamous second novel (a.k.a. The Book That Ate My Life), I'm joining 9 other  recent debut fantasy authors (Teresa Frohock, Mark Lawrence, Mazarkis Williams, Kameron Hurley, Stina Leicht, Elspeth Cooper, Anne Lyle, Doug Hulick, and Brad Beaulieu) over at Staffer's Book Review during the next two weeks for "Debut Authorpalooza."  We'll talk about what it was like to write our second novels, give away books, and provide exclusive sneak peek excerpts.  We'll also be doing a group "Ask Me Anything" over on Reddit on July 19th at 7pm CDT - see here for details, and come ask us questions.  (On anything under the sun!)