Progress Report June ’26
Summer is upon us. Blistering heat and lots of time spent in my cold basement. May was BUSY with touring in the US and UK for the paperback release of the Devils, which ended up as a book of the month for both Barnes and Noble and Waterstones with goddamn displays and books on tables and all that stuff that proper authors get…
Thanks to all the many brilliant readers who came out to see me on the road and get a book signed, and to all the many brilliant authors who gave up their time to talk nonsense with me in easy chairs that are too low and sloppy or iron stools that are too hard and high. With Pierce Brown at Barnes and Noble in LA:
With Brent Weeks at Powell’s in Portland:
I also turned the tables and interviewed Brandon Sanderson when he was over in London recently on the path to world domination, which was as always a lot of fun, and you can now watch a video of the whole thing over on the YouTube, should you desire. One future event to announce: I’m going to be at Dragonsteel Nexus in Salt Lake City in December alongside the aforementioned Mr. Sanderson, Martha Wells, Shannon Chakraborty, Matt Dinneman, Holly Black and a Cornucopia of other authors, artists, publishers and booksellers (including my valued collaborators Lit Escalates and Curious King).
Oh, writing, you say? Ah, yes, that. I was working on the line edit of the Heretics, sequel to the Devils, while I was on the road and it’s now been fully edited and revised and has gone off for its copy edit. Publication dates are set for May 4th UK and May 11th US when I expect I will be touring once again. That means I’ve been spending quite a lot of time with my pad and my fountain pen doing a bit of thinking and planning for the book after that, the sequel to the sequel to the Devils. But these days I like to get going on the writing pretty early, see how the book feels before I get too deep into the planning, and I actually tapped out the first thousand words yesterday. Feels good to start. But then it always does. It’s after the start the problems begin. Back to the tyranny of the daily word count…
Progress Report April ’26
This month’s progress report, in an unprecedented and likely never to be repeated circumstance, is actually early, for the very good reason that I am heading off on tour in but a few short days in support of the mass market paperback releases of the Devils, which comes out in the US on April 28th […]
Devils Paperback US Tour
It’s taken a little while but I now have the details for my forthcoming tour in the US – only a few weeks away now folks – and it looks a little something like this: Apologies to all those places I’m NOT visiting, but the aim here is in part to hit some cities I […]
Devils Paperback UK Tour
Tour dates for the UK in May are now announced, and they look something like this: Mostly the North, which was a little ill served last time around. There may also be a London event but that is by no means confirmed at this point. Should you wish to attend you can book tickets via this […]
Progress Report February ’26
A few days late, but I daresay that only serves to sharpen your keen anticipation for news of my progress, right? Right? Well, at least as far as books go, we grind forward, like Grond toward the gates of Minas Tirith. Delighted to say I’ve now finished a pretty solid second draft of the sequel […]
Washington and Philadelphia
Great news for those who missed my tour of the US a couple of months back: I’m going to be BACK in the US at the start of September! A brief trip this time, to appear at the National Book Festival in Washington, and to do an event with VE Schwab outside Philadelphia. Should you […]
The Devils Tour Report
Well, well, well, my tour of the UK and US is completed, and it was quite an experience. Obviously I’ve done a lot of events in the UK before – I think I first toured with the Heroes back in the distant mists of 2011, but this was the first time since Covid I’d done […]
US and UK Tours Update
We’re within a month of the Devils coming out, and in fact the dark and dangerous US hardcover from Tor just dropped through my door: Cover art by Will Staehle, with some beautiful internal illustrations by Joe Daniel Phillips classing up the joint: An update on events because there have been a few changes since […]
The Devils US Tour
I’ve done a few conventions in the US, a couple of comic cons, even a smattering of bookshop appearances, but I’ve never before done anything approaching an actual proper book tour, so I’m delighted to announce that Tor US are bringing me across the pond in May for a full two weeks for the release of […]
The Devils UK Tour
UK tour dates for the Devils have been announced today, starting on UK publication date on 6th May, and they look a little something like this: The London one is in conversation with Steven Pacey, which should be good value for I daresay you’ll get the despair not only of me talking nonsense but the […]
