I've written previously about some of the excellent story bundles we've put together, but this one is particularly unique—and there's only one day left, so I wanted to give an extra nudge so you don't miss out.  The Fantasy & Music Storybundle contains a grab bag of fantasy novels and stories, accompanied by fantasy-inspired music as the perfect soundtrack. And the bundle expires TONIGHT. Music has always inspired my writing, as many of you know with my long association with Neil Peart from Rush, our Clockwork Angels novel and comics based on the Rush concept album, as well as my...
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Sorry this is posted late in the day. Rebecca and I spent most of the day (after a 3-hour drive) heading to Glenwood Springs, one of our favorite hot springs nestled in the Colorado mountains.  Three months after her major spinal surgery, this was her first chance to immerse herself and soak away the aches—since she can't yet climb in and out of the bathtub.  She loved it.  We had a great day! Since ECW Press has just released the trade paperback edition of CLOCKWORK ANGELS, my steampunk fantasy adventure, created with Neil Peart and based on the Rush concept...
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On Tuesday, during a nice hike in the lovely Ute Valley Park in the heart of Colorado Springs I finished dictating the last four chapters in BLOOD OF THE COSMOS, the second novel in my Saga of Shadows trilogy—a next-generation story in the universe of the Saga of Seven Suns.  That was 119 chapters, about 800 pages...and a big relief!  (Although I'm afraid I left a lot of my characters in very dire straits.)  In the end, I realized I had a relatively low body count of main characters.  Hmmm, maybe I'll have to kill off a few during the...
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Several months ago I hinted at a big movie deal in the works, but the paperwork and studios grind very slowly.  But we can finally announce a major feature film option on my eco-thriller ILL WIND, written with Doug Beason, to Fox Studios. It is the largest oil spill in history: a supertanker crashes into the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environmental damage (as well as the PR disaster), the multinational oil company releases an untested designer oil-eating microbe to break up the spill. What the company didn’t realize is that their microbe propagates through...
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