Debut Authorpalooza (2012) & Reddit AMA

I am joining Justin at Staffer's Book Review, along with nine other debut authors for a two week long event of guest posts, prizes, and never-before-seen excerpts from our second novels. It is the Debut Authorpalooza 2012!

The following authors have all volunteered to write a blog post and offer up an excerpt:

Mark Lawrence Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns

Kameron Hurley God's War, Infidel, Rapture 

Elspeth Cooper Songs of the Earth, Trinity Rising

Courtney Schafer The Whitefire Crossing, The Tainted City

Stina Leicht Of Blood and Honey, And Blue Skies From Pain

Mazarkis Williams The Emperor's Knife, Knifesworn

Bradley Beaulieu The Winds of Khalakovo, The Straits of Galahesh

Anne Lyle The Alchemist of Souls, Merchant of Dreams

Doug Hulick Among Thieves, Sworn in Steel

And of course, I'll be there with my blog post and the first chapter of The Garden in its entirety.

We are also participating in a giant AMA on Reddit on July 19, 2012. That's right! Ten authors answering your questions on a Reddit AMA. You can read the intro here. I'll post more links as they become available, but your best bet is to watch Staffer's Book Review for all the details.

So when is your favorite author posting? Justin has the complete schedule here.

It all begins today, July 16, and Justin is kicking off the event with Mark Lawrence ...

Locus Roundtable with Stina Leicht and me

I usually shy away from telephones with the same aversion that vampires display toward garlic, but when Karen Burnham asked me if I wanted to do a roundtable with Stina Leicht, I couldn't resist.

I've been a fan of Stina's work ever since I read Of Blood and Honey, and her newest novel, Blue Skies From Pain has just been published.

I'm a big fan of Stina's work, so a lot of those long pauses that poor Karen had to edit were due to me waiting for my captioning to catch up. I really wanted to see what Stina had to say.

Karen is an awesome interviewer and she made the whole thing so much fun, we forgot we were be recorded.

I ask that you forgive one thing: It was getting late in the evening and I'd been up since 5:30 a.m. I had read Publisher's Lunch earlier in the day about the dispute with Amazon, but I couldn't recall the name of IPG (Indpendent Publishing Group). My tried brain kept trying to tell me it was IBG. So that is what I was babbling about. (As an aside, the SFWA has made this request regarding Amazon and I suggest you read this important post about how SFWA is redirecting Amazon.com links.)

If you want to hear what I sound like, thick Southern accent and all, here is the link to the Locus Roundtable Teresa Frohock and Stina Leicht in Conversation.

And thanks again to Karen for being so brave and asking me to participate! Stina and I hit it off and I see late nights full of talk at future cons.

giveaway at Fantasy Book Critic

Want a chance to win an autographed set of these four books in addition to some really cool swag provided by Night Shade Books?

Head over to the Fantasy Book Critic and find out how you can win.

Go on, you know you want them ...

Hanging out at Fantasy Book Critic with Stina, Courtney, and Brad

The Fantasy Book Critic has an awesome interview with part of the Night Shade Posse. I'm hanging out with Stina Leicht, Courtney Schafer, and Brad Beaulieu, answering some of Robert's excellent questions. We're talking about everything from fantasy to GMMR's Game of Thrones to [you guessed it] our own books.

It's a fun interview, so if you have a moment, ride over and check out FBC's Interview with Night Shade Books’ Bradley P. Beaulieu, Courtney Schafer, Stina Leicht and Teresa Frohock (Interviewed by Robert Thompson).