You can now pre-order Shapers of Worlds Volume II, the anthology I Kickstarted earlier this year featuring short fiction by authors who were guests during the second year of my Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers, in which I interview other science fiction and fantasy authors about their creative process. Release date for the book is …
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Read the first two chapters of my new YA science fiction novel Star Song
Available directly from Shadowpaw Press or get it now from your favorite vendor! Read the first two chapters My newest novel is a young adult science fiction adventure in the style of Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton, published by Shadowpaw Press. Let me take you back in time . . . It’s October 1985. I’m 26 years …
I’m now on the board of SaskBooks
I was honoured at yesterday’s annual general meeting of SaskBooks, Saskatchewan’s provincial creative industry association for book publishers, to be elected to the board of directors. I look forward to helping the organization continue to build and promote the Saskatchewan publishing industry, of which I’m a part through Shadowpaw Press. More about SaskBooks: We don’t …
Blue Fire praised by reviewers: “triumph of invention,” “thoroughly enjoyable,” “delightful YA fantasy”
Two new reviews of Blue Fire, my stand-along young-adult fantasy penned as E.C. Blake and published by Shadowpaw Press, came along within twenty-four hours of each other this week, and both were very positive! Aurealis Magazine is a long-running Australian science-fiction magazine. Writing in Issue #141, reviewer Clare Rhoden says, in part: “This novel reads …
The Moonlit World shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Award
The Moonlit World, Book 3 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books, has been shortlisted for the Regina Book Award, for best book by a Regina author, in this year’s Saskatchewan Book Awards. From the judges: “Sustained excellence! Willett hits it out of the park with witty Shawna Keys and a fabulously entertaining cast of …
Funded and coming soon: Shapers of Worlds Volume II
The Kickstarter to fund Shapers of Worlds Volume II, a new anthology featuring writers who were guests during the second year of my podcast, The Worldshapers, has successfully funded, raising a total of CA $16,862, 112% of the goal of $15,000. When it’s published this fall by Shadowpaw Press, Shapers of Worlds Volume II will feature new …
I Read Canadian Day video
February 17 is I Read Canadian Day, and to promote Canadian books and bookstores, a number of children’s authors across the country posted videos drawing attention to that fact and to a local bookstore–as well, of course, as their own books. Here’s the one I did, on the frozen shores of Wascana Lake here in …
New releases: Right to Know and Falcon’s Egg (the Peregrine Rising space-opera duology)
Right to Know and Falcon’s Egg, which collectively make up my Peregrine Rising space-opera duology, are now available in brand-new ebook editions from Shadowpaw Press for the low, low price of just $3.99 CDN ($2.99 US) each. Both were originally published by Bundoran Press (Right to Know in 2013 and Falcon’s Egg in 2015). The …
New release: Blue Fire by E.C. Blake
Shadowpaw Press has just released the ebook of Blue Fire, a young adult fantasy written as by E.C. Blake. A print version will follow in a few weeks. Blue Fire is a revised edition of a novel originally released by the now-defunct Rebelight Publishing as Flames of Nevyana. Here are some purchase links, with more to …
Shapers of Worlds now available in both print and ebook
The Shapers of Worlds anthology, featuring 18 stories by authors who appeared on my podcast, The Worldshapers, during the first year, and successfully Kickstarted back in March, is now available in both print and ebook. Specifically: Shadowpaw Press | The Fantastic Worlds of Edward Willett | Kobo | Chapters/Indigo | Apple Books | Google Play | Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Barnes & Noble Once more, here’s …
The Moonlit World now available!
Yesterday was the release date for The Moonlit World, Book 3 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books. Have you got your copy yet? It’s available in both trade paperback and electronic format. Here are some places you can buy it online: Amazon U.S. | Amazon Canada | Indigo| Barnes & Noble | Penguin Random House | Indiebound Read an excerpt! Here are some …
Shapers of Worlds in the flesh
Today I received my copies of the Kickstarter backers’ edition of Shapers of Worlds. The book is beautiful! The ebook, again, comes out September 22 from all major retailers, while the commercial print release is November 14. Here are some order links for the ebook version. At the moment, the only place you can pre-order …
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Episode 94: Garon Whited
An hour-long conversation with Garon Whited, author of (among many other things) the popular Nightlord series, about his creative process. Websitewww.garonwhited.com Twitter@garonwhited Facebook@author.garon.whited Instagram@garonwhited Garon Whited’s Amazon Page The Introduction: Garon Whited was born in Kansas in 1969 or 1970; the original birth certificate is suspiciously unavailable and other records do not agree. After following… -
Episode 93: Lavie Tidhar
An hour-long conversation with Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award, Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, Campbell Award, and Neukom Prize-winning author, speaker, and book columnist for the Washington Post, about his creative process, with a focus on his new novel The Escapement (Tachyon Publications). Websitelavietidhar.wordpress.com Twitter@LavieTidhar Facebook@lavietidhar Lavie Tidhar’s Amazon Page The Introduction Lavie Tidhar is the World… -
Episode 92: Laurell K. Hamilton
An hour-long conversation with Laurell K. Hamilton, bestselling author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter and Merry Gentry series, with a special focus on her new Zaniel Havelock series. Websitewww.laurellkhamilton.com Twitter@LKHamilton Facebook@LaurellKHamiltonOfficial Instagram:@official_lkhamilton Laurell K. Hamilton’s Amazon page The Introduction Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American multi-genre writer. She is best known as the author… -
Episode 91: Joshua Palmatier
An hour-long chat with Joshua Palmatier, author of the Throne of Amenkor, Well of Sorrows and Ley fantasy series for DAW Books, and publisher of multiple anthologies through Zombies Needs Brains LLC. Websiteswww.joshuapalmatier.comwww.zombiesneedbrains.com Twitter@bentateauthor Facebook@joshua.b.palmatier Joshua Palmatier’s Amazon Page The Introduction A professor of mathematics at SUNY Oneonta, Joshua Palmatier has published nine novels—the Throne… -
Episode 90: David Liss
An hour-long conversation with David Liss, author of fourteen novels and numerous novellas and short stories, as well as a writer for numerous comics, with a focus on his newest novel, The Peculiarities. Websitewww.davidliss.com Twitter@David_Liss FacebookDavid Liss David Liss’s Amazon Page The Introduction David Liss is the author of fourteen novels, as well as numerous… -
Episode 89: Violette Malan
An hour-long (and then some) conversation with fantasy author Violette Malan, author of The Godstone (DAW Books), and creator of the Dhulyn and Parno sword-and-sorcery series, The Mirror Land series, and (as V.M. Escalada) the Faraman Prophecy. Websiteviolettemalan.com Facebook@VioletteMalan108 Twitter@VioletteMalan Violette Malan’s Amazon Page The Introduction Violette Malan is the author of the Dhulyn and… -
Episode 88: Ryan Van Loan
An hour-long conversation with fantasy author Ryan Van Loan, author of The Sin in the Steel and The Justice in the Revenge, the first two books in the Fall of the Gods series (Tor Books), which concludes next year with The Memory in the Blood. Websitewww.ryanvanloan.com Twitter@ryanvanloan Ryan Van Loan’s Amazon Page The Introduction Ryan… -
Episode 87: Jess E. Owen
An hour-long chat with Jess E. Owen, award-winning author of the Summer King Chronicles, short stories that have appeared in Cricket and various “furry” genre anthologies, and an upcoming contemporary young adult novel. Websitewww.jessowen.com Twitter@authorjessowen Jess E. Owen’s Amazon Page The Introduction Jess Owen is the author of the Summer King Chronicles, a young adult… -
Episode 86: Kristi Charish
An hour-long conversation with Kristi Charish, author of the Kincaid Strange and The Adventures of Owl urban fantasy series and a scientist with a Ph.D. in Zoology who specializes in genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology. Websitewww.kristicharish.com Twitter@kristicharish Facebook@KristiCharishAuthor Instagram@CharishKristi Kristi Charish’s Amazon Page The Introduction Kristi Charish is the author of Kincaid Strange, an urban fantasy… -
Episode 85: Christian (Miles) Cameron
An hour-long conversation with Christian (Miles) Cameron, author of more than forty novels, including the just-released epic space opera Artifact Space (Gollancz). Websitewww.christiancameronauthor.com Facebook@CameronAuthorPage Twitter@Phokion1 Instagram@christian_cameron_author Christian Cameron’s Amazon Page The Introduction Christian (MIles) Cameron was born in Pittsburgh in 1962 and graduated from the University of Rochester after an outstandingly long undergraduate career. He…
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