Out of Ambit
Europe
For the Solstice: “Invictus”
In the dimness he woke and knew it was too late. Morning never came so late unless the world was ending. Fortunately, he knew what to do about that. He blinked and ruffled his feathers, looking around. This was his place. Surrounding a patch of grass were two holly trees, a pine, a cypress whose [...]
Dinner for One
A peculiar thing happens in a number of European countries, mostly (but not all) German-speaking, on or around New Year’s Eve. The TV stations begin showing the same brief comedy sketch again and again. What’s truly unusual about this is that the sketch is in English — recorded nearly 50 years ago in front of [...]
Just out! The audiobook edition of “A Wind from the South”
This is so cool! I didn’t know that this was going to be coming out so quickly. Just this last Friday, Audible popped out the audiobook edition of Raetian Tales 1: A Wind from the South. A goddess in the making… or a demon reborn? In the remote mountain village where she was born, Mariarta [...]
“The Misadventures of Prince Ivan”: win a copy!
My author’s copies of the new graphic novel arrived last week, so now I have some to give away as part of the celebrations surrounding the release of the new revised/expanded ebook edition of Stealing the Elf-King’s Roses: The Author’s Cut. (Which you might also like to look into if you know the book. [...]
A Gentleman of Zurich
Caught on the way home from Basler Fasnacht, 2005: A gentleman of Zürich sits at the back bar in Brasserie Federal, halfway down a Calanda Bier and watching the football… (The camera Peter used to take the pic, balanced on a beer glass, was stolen the following year. But it took lovely images — it [...]
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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