After tracking down coffee for Rebecca and myself in the morning, then returning to the room (to finish email and to doodle/autograph another five copies of HELLHOLE) we got ready for our first full day of Hellhole signings and promotion—in Norwich. Our publicist for Simon & Schuster, Nigel Stoneman, met us in the hotel lobby and we all went to the Liverpool Street Station to board the train for Norwich, a 90-minute ride.  During the relaxing trip, we had a good chance to discuss what sort of promotion worked and what seemed to be a waste of time and effort. ...
Read More

Simon & Schuster UK and SFX Magazine have flown me and Rebecca over to England for a week of promoting Hellhole, which was just recently released.  Leaving Colorado early Monday morning (just ahead of the onset of a nasty blizzard and plunging temperatures), we flew to Washington DC, changed planes, then headed off to Heathrow, landed at 5:30 AM, and arrived at the hotel just as dawn was breaking.  Fortunately, our room was ready, so we were able to nap for a few hours to reset our schedules. Thirty copies of the new book waited for us in the room...
Read More

Today's news has been dominated by the unrest in Egypt, but let us not forget that January 28 marks a very important anniversary for our country, our space program, and our future.  Twenty-five years ago, Commander Dick Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Ron McNair, Ellison Onizuka, and Judy Resnik, Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis, and the first civilian Teacher in Space Christa McAuliff boarded the space shuttle Challenger and launched on its final mission. The Challenger accident was a seminal moment in our history, one of those profound experiences that changed all our lives.  Anyone old enough to be...
Read More

At the recent Superstars Writing Seminar in Salt Lake City, bestselling fantasy author Tracy Hickman joined us  to sit in on some of the lectures. At the end of Friday, for a Q&A session with myself, Brandon Sanderson, David Farland, Rebecca Moesta, Eric Flint, and Sherrilyn Kenyon, Tracy asked me if he could have the microphone for ten minutes because he had something to say.  I didn't know what he had in mind, but I was sure it would be something interesting. He told one of the most moving stories I have ever experienced in my life.  I am incredibly...
Read More