About the book Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin. When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a “delicate situation”—a child born during the Great…

On Monday I went for a routine cancer scan. I didn’t expect them to find anything but, as it turns out, the doctor saw one nodule that is assuredly cancerous and two more that are “showing signs of being cancerous.” I guess he saw all this on my last scan in May but decided not to…

About the book When he was nine, he watched as his mother and brother were killed before him. At thirteen, he led a band of bloodthirsty thugs. By fifteen, he intends to be king… It’s time for Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath to return to the castle he turned his back on, to take what’s rightfully…

About the book Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of…

When Tad’s lovely and wonderful wife Deborah approached me about reviewing The Dirty Streets of Heaven, I was thrilled. Then, I decided I better grow a pair and ask if I could interview the man himself. A year ago I never would have done that. Never. Tad Williams is one of my all time favorite…

I was going to post a review today, but I decided to let it percolate a little and put it up tomorrow instead, when I’m hopefully a little less frazzled than I am today. It will be a review of The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross. In the meantime, I’m…

About the book What if everything you thought you knew about yourself and the world turned out to be wrong? For Davi Rhii, Prince of the Boralian people, that nightmare has become a reality. Freshly graduated from the prestigious Borali Military Academy, now he’s discovered a secret that calls into question everything he knew about…

I have an exciting bit of news to share with you, dear readers. A few months ago I was bemoaning my fate to a few people who were willing to listen to me gripe. You see, I’d love to get some editing experience under my belt, but it’s hard to take that plunge when you…

About the book Bobby Dollar is an angel—a real one. He knows a lot about sin, and not just in his professional capacity as an advocate for souls caught between Heaven and Hell. Bobby’s wrestling with a few deadly sins of his own—pride, anger, even lust. But his problems aren’t all his fault. Bobby can’t…

I’ve been organizing my books recently, and I realized something. When I was diagnosed with cancer, my life kind of fell apart. I was terrified. Then, after I had my tumor removed, I went to the hospital to start my treatment and learned I was pregnant (no, I had no idea because the doctors told…