Just two months until the July 4 release of The Cityborn, my eighth novel for DAW Books. Review copies have been sent out, and I’m on pins and needles wondering what the reaction will be. On the plus side, both the copy editors and my publicist told me the book was a lot of fun …
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Cover art reveal! My eighth DAW novel, The Cityborn
A drumroll, please: I’m pleased to reveal the cover art, by Stephan Martiniere, for The Cityborn, my eighth novel for DAW Books, releasing July 4. It’s a stand-alone science fiction novel, and I’m very pleased that it’s under my real name. Here’s the cover blurb to go with the art: The metal City towers at …
Excited to have a story in upcoming anthology The Sum of Us!
I’m pleased to announce I’ll have a story, “The Mother’s Keepers,” in this upcoming anthology, The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound, edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law. Here’s how it’s described: The world of caregivers and unsung heroes, the province of ghosts . . . If we believe that …
My Government House history book lauded as “a masterful work of art”
A very nice review of Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan: An Illustrated History (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing) has appeared on the Saskatchewan Publishers’ Group’s SPG Book Reviews website. Keith Foster writes, in part: “Government House, Regina, Saskatchewan: An Illustrated History by Regina author Edward Willett is a masterful work of art in both narrative and illustration, solid in …
A review of Line Dance. Apparently I have a sense of humour. Who knew?
Here’s the first review I’ve seen of Line Dance, the collection of poems that resulted from…well, I’ll let the reviewer explain, because I’m tired of typing various versions of this: Each weekday during Poetry Month in April, Hill [Poet Laureate Gerald Hill] e-mailed SK Writers’ Guild members a pair of first lines he’d selected from SK …
What does writing success mean to me?
The Flames of Nevyana blog tour has wrapped up! The final two stops of note were this long review of the book from Jorie Loves a Story (too long and detailed to easily excerpt, so read it in situ), and an interview from Melissa Yaun-Innes’s blog, of which here’s a large chunk (Just in time for …
A Q&A at Chapter by Chapter
Yesterday’s stop in the Flames of Nevyana blog tour was at the host site, Chapter by Chapter, and featured a Q&A (plus an excerpt and link to the giveaway!) Describe your book in 140 characters or less (like a Tweet) Three teenagers must overcome their mutual mistrust to save their land when the sacred secrets …
Flames of Nevyana “an awesome and fun book”
The Flames of Nevyana book tour continues with this review from Lori’s Little House of Reviews: “I have to say I really loved this book a whole lot, I feel in love with all three of these individuals…I really loved all three of their relationships. I loved that they were suppose to be enemies but …
A long interview with me from Books Chatter
The Flames of Nevyana blog tour continued today with this long interview at Books Chatter. I had fun answering these questions. A very warm welcome to Edward Willett (a.k.a. E.C. Blake); thank you for joining us on BooksChatter! What was the inspiration for Flames of Nevyana? “I was driving from my home town of Regina, …
Flames of Nevyana “a wonderful YA read”
The Flames of Nevyana blog tour continues with a review from Book Horde. “Great world-building, a fantasy feel with an SF twist, admirable characters, and the themes of courage and truth above all make Flames of Nevyana a wonderful YA read. I know my teen will really enjoy it.” Read the whole thing!
Answering a question about how I write characters
The Flames of Nevyana blog tour continues. Today, I have this guest post at The Avid Reader about how I write characters… Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write? Characters are the heart and soul of fiction: just as excellent …
The world of Flames of Nevyana
From the ongoing blog tour for Flames of Nevyana, here’s today’s guest post from Lisa’s Loves (Books of Course): The world of Flames of Nevyana began with a simple kernel of an idea: the magic of electricity. I was driving from my home town of Regina, Saskatchewan, to Meadow Lake (about 500 kilometres north) for …
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