Posted: May 12, 2012 at 2:56 PM

If you live the United States and are interested in having a signed paperback copy of Deceived, my Star Wars novel featuring Darth Malgus, then please email me at paulsvantekemp at yahoo dot com.  I'll mail you ...

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM

I've been writing professionally for over a decade. My books have been reviewed many times during that period. Sometimes I've read those reviews with pride, sometimes with a smile, or a frown, a sense of bemusement, or an expression of WTF?  I've also read lots of reviews of other author's ...

Posted: May 5, 2012 at 11:43 AM

Tonight a super moon will light the black vault of the sky.  That means this guy rules the night.  I have a soft spot for Moon Knight, as he and Daredevil were the first comics I ever read.  :-)    

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 9:47 AM

So we're less than two months from the release date of my sword and sorcery novel, The Hammer and the Blade, forthcoming from Angry Robot Books on June 26th. As has been my habit, I'm posting a new monthly excerpt below.  Previous excerpts can be found here, ...

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Continuing my monthly series of posts to help raise awareness of the books coming out from the three publishers with whom I work:  What's new in May in the land of raging robotamatons, the realms forgotten, and the galaxy so very far, far away? Let's see. From Angry Robot, we have ...

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 10:39 AM

This month the second War of the Spider Queen Omnibus will be released, marking the ten year anniversary of the series (this second omnibus collects Extinction, Annihilation, and Resurrection).  Hard to believe that so much time ...

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 11:35 AM

Velocity of sales in the first week of a book's release are important, and pre-orders are a big help in ramping up that velocity.  So I'd obviously love it if you pre-ordered The Hammer and the Blade, my forthcoming sword and sorcery novel from Angry Robot Books. To encourage pre-orders ...

Posted: April 16, 2012 at 2:42 PM

So, you're an author, and you want get your signal heard in the noise of the marketplace.  What do you do?  Here's my best advice: Write a great book.* That's it. __________________________________ *Obviously there are a lot of social media/marketing things you can and probably should do.  But having done this a long time, having watched the careers of other writers at a distance, ...

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 10:23 AM

The giveaway of two signed ARCs of The Hammer and the Blade is concluded.  I used random.org to choose two random winners from all the entrants and they are: Tom S. and Peter A. Each ...

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 1:09 PM

I'm holding a giveaway of two signed Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of The Hammer and the Blade (Amazon, B&N), my sword and sorcery novel forthcoming from Angry Robot Books.  That's them in the picture ...