Good morning from a rainstorm

Hi, friends. I’m writing to you from a dramatic and cozy rainstorm. The acoustics are mesmerizing. It’s been too long since I’ve blogged, and it’s because blogging continues to feel like too broad a canvas as my healing crawls along. It takes a long time to recover from brain surgery. My neurosurgeon says symptom recovery… Read more »

Announcing My New Book: Jane, Unlimited

I have a new book coming out in Fall 2017, and I’m finally allowed to talk about it. :o) It’s called Jane, Unlimited. I won’t say a lot for now—more will be forthcoming—but for today… Jane has led a small and mostly ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia—an adjunct professor at a small college… Read more »

Bitterblue Paperback, September 17

By the way, the Bitterblue USA/Canada paperback will be released on September 17, which seems to be next Tuesday. Boy did that ever sneak up on me. In case anyone’s been waiting for that, just wanted to pass on the word. It’s open for preorders at various book buying sites – and don’t forget to… Read more »

I Dreamed a Dream

Some news deserves mention on the blog: in Germany, Fire, or Die Flammende, debuted on the Spiegel adult hardcover bestseller list. Shazam! Thanks so much to my German readers. I cannot wait to visit you in March. Also, FYI to American and Canadian readers: Fire is just coming out in paperback (the release date is… Read more »

A FAQ; A Holiday Question; Stuff; In Addition to Which: Things

The extremely silly gentleman to the right (click to make him bigger. Really. You want to see him bigger) is my friend and fellow writer Will Ludwigsen, who was flabbergasted to find Graceling in the dumps at his local Barnes & Noble. Check out his strange, sad, and lovely story “Remembrance is Something Like a… Read more »