Winter Update and News
It’s winter in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere. I know this because I saw someone on Facebook post a photograph depicting snow-covered patio furniture. Otherwise, I’m here in the Siemsen Sanctum, cut off from the outside world as I write, day and night, striving for just one more book release (I like to focus on highly attainable, short-term goals). I’ve popped my head out on the aforementioned online social media destination a few times in the past week to make some announcements, so as not to neglect this blog and those who follow it for updates, let’s get the place up-to-date… EXIGENCY…
Who Should be in an Exigency Movie?
When I first began writing The Dig (years and years before it actually came out in early 2011), my visions for the characters’, both physical and personality-wise, came from specific people I either knew personally, or from movies/TV. As some of you know, Matt Turner was originally a 19-year-old, and so Ethan Embry from Can’t Hardly Wait fit perfectly. Nowadays, even with Matt aged up to 25, this might not be the best casting decision. Tuni, originally 25, now 31 in The Dig, was my high school friend Paula Patton (who had yet to become famous). Flash forward more…
Exigency 2nd Edition paperbacks are here, and Goodreads is giving them away for free.
That sweet sweet new Exigency cover can finally be ogled and caressed in real life, and Goodreads is giving away two of them. Winners will receive an autographed trade paperback (that’s the big, full-sized kind of paperback, if you weren’t aware; those little ones they used to sell on the spinny racks are called “mass market paperbacks”), as well as a free e-book copy in their preferred format (Kindle or ePub). You can enter through the Giveaways page (where the current giveaways always live), or save yourself a click and do the exact same thing right here: Goodreads Book Giveaway…
EXIGENCY 2nd Edition Released Today
Exigency 2nd Edition has been available for Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Kobo, etc. since December (replacing the 1st Edition), but the print version has been the original edition until today. This revised version is essentially the same as the 1st Edition, which had this cover: Below is the list of differences between the 1st Edition and Exigency 2nd Edition: New front and back covers (at the top of this post) with art by Andreas Raninger and Matthias de Muylder, respectively. A few mildly embarrassing typos corrected. The original version ended with Chapter 3.9, followed by an Epilogue. The 2nd Edition…
Threck City by Andreas Raninger
Mind-blowing Concept Art from World of Exigency
As one of my readers pointed out on my Facebook page, it must be surreal to have elements of my “worlds” brought to life in art. It is. It’s even crazier than hearing talented voice actors narrate my stories in the books’ audio editions (congrats to Ray Chase, winner of this year’s Voice Arts Awards for Best Male Audiobook Narration for his work on my A Warm Place to Call Home). Beloved Swedish artist and book cover designer Andreas Raninger whipped out the base of this panoramic Exigency concept art in maybe 30 minutes, spending the rest of the time tweaking…
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