Publisher’s Weekly just posted a pretty good review of Jane Carver! It basically says, this is the sort of thing you’ll like if you like this sort of thing.

Staying true to what actually happens in the book, Dave Dorman first painted Jane topless, then covered her up for the official cover of Jane Carver of Waar. Now he’s sent me the topless version, and like the true friend I am, I’m sharing it with you!

Night Shade Books wants you to know that this has nothing to do with them. They publish respectable books with no nakedness on the covers. This is just between me, Dave Dorman and the world.

Thanks, Dave!

I haven’t done an art post in a while, but I found Noelle’s blog and had to share. Noelle is a great illustrator and cartoonist, and apparently a complete and utter geek. Yay! There’s a lot of fun noodling and doodling on the blog, but every once in a while she does something like this…

Yes, that would be a matador sailor fighting a giant squid while riding a sea horse. As they say on the internet, “Your argument is invalid.”

Noelle seems to like kick-ass heroines having over the top adventures. I wonder what she’d do with Jane or Ulrika.

My advance reading copies are here! So cool!

I just got the okay from my bosses at Night Shade Books to post a sample chapter from Jane Carver of Waar.

So here, behind the cut, is Chapter Two – In which, having touched a strange gem in a cave, Jane has an unsettling awakening… [...]

Yes, I’m blogging about posting on another blog when I have neglected this one for too long.

Head on over to the Night Bazaar, Night Shade Books’ author blog, where I will be blogging every Friday until Jane Carver comes out. This week I introduce myself, talk about my favorite books of last year, and last but not least say a few words about Jane Carver of Waar and reveal the full cover for the first time.

Oh, and it’s here too…