Hey there, Austin peeps! I wanted to let you know that I'll be at the Pecan Street Festival this weekend (May 3rd and 4th). It's a cool affair with live music, rides, all sorts of activities, and of course tons of local craftspeople like me. If you'd like to get out of the house for some awesome festival fun, I hope you'll come out and see me again! This year, they're holding the Festival at the Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave rather than its traditional location on 6th Street, formerly known as Pecan Street. (The reasons are long and boring, but you can read about it on their website if you're curious.) The Galleria is actually one of my local haunts (love the Saturday Night Concert Series there in Spring and Fall), and promises to make the event a lot less chaotic and a lot more family friendly. Because, you know ... 6th Street can be a lot. I for one am happy to be away from the bar crowd for this one, at a nice, cozy, upscale venue instead. So if you've lost interest in the Pecan Street Festival over the past years due to downtown's craziness, now's your time to come back. And if you've never been? Well, there's never been a better time. It's going to be HUGE and AMAZING! Oh! And I'm also debuting two brand-new box sets! I've never sold these before. I only have a few of each right now, so they're pretty scarce. First cool box set: The complete Fat Vampire collectionIf you don't know Fat Vampire, this is the series of mine that was made into the SyFy/Hulu TV show Reginald the Vampire, starring Spider-Man's Jacob Batalon. You can read about the series here, and some pretty pics of the box set are below: This is my first time trying a multi-part art-on-spine set. I love how it turned out! I literally only have ONE of these box sets, so if you want it, be sure to come early. It sells for $95. Second cool box set: The complete Zen Element trilogy in special edition hardbackOMG, is this an amazing set! Each box contains all three Zen Element books (Gore Point, City of Fire, and Plague of Demons) in special edition hardback, complete with gold foil stamping, ribbon bookmark, custom endpapers, a head and tailband in the binding, and a snazzy dust jacket. I only have TWO of these box sets. They sell for $140 and will look amazing on your bookshelf! And of course, the rest of my books!I have around 80 books in paperback now, and I'll have pretty much all of them at my Pecan Street booth. Here's just a few of them monopolizing my dining room table: I got a primo booth at the Pecan Street Festival, open on three sides like a big ol' endcap. Below are two maps (one a zoomed-in version of the other) to show you where to find me. . The Festival is being held rain or shine ... although personally, I'm hoping for a lot of "shine" and no rain. If you're in the area, come over and say hi, will you? Happy reading, |
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You know, creativity is a strange and wonderful thing. It refuses to be put in a box, at least for me. I've always been a writer. That's what I tell people who meet me and see all the books I've published: "How long have I been writing? Well, 13 years professionally ... but I've 'been a writer' all my life." But back in the day, I also used to draw a lot. Both of my parents are painters -- not the kind who paint houses, but the kind who make and sell art to hang on walls. Both of my kids are...
This is super fun! I've got two new updates to share: One about my first series, and one about my newest project, which returns to one of my oldest story worlds. First update: VAMPIRES You know my super-popular (and oldest) series, Fat Vampire? The one that's sold a million copies? The series that was bought by SyFy and turned into a TV show called Reginald the Vampire? The TV show in which I TEEEEEEECHNICALLY have a cameo -- appearing for upwards of four seconds as the essential character...
Happy Saturday! You're going to absolutely love this. I tried to do one thing and ended up with something so much cooler. Something that you, as one of my faithful readers, will dig the hell out of. As part of the promo blitz for my new book (don't get excited; I wrote this one for authors), I asked my friend and constant collaborator Sean Platt to join me for a little recorded discussion. The goal was to chat about how we Sean and I had ALWAYS broken rules as a writing team -- NEVER obeyed...