Small Business Saturday: thank you (and a special!)
A lot of folks might not necessarily think about it this way, but indie authors are also small businesses and small business owners. We get up every day and go to work. We get it done. And we do it to...
View ArticleIt’s here: WANDER, the next Rucksack Universe novel!
Wow oh wow oh wow. For years this idea was in my head. Now it’s here. Follow the Black Road, yall. WANDER is out now, worldwide, in e-book and trade paperback. Here’s how to get your copy Become a $5+...
View ArticleThe things we might write home about
Every choice leads to another decision. So does not choosing. We all come from somewhere. Are going somewhere. We all look back sometimes and marvel at how far away it all is. Where we came from....
View ArticleThe bridge from what we already know to what we don’t know yet
Stories are mirrors that show us who we are, have been, and might be. Every decision is also an option turned away from. What is one choice compared to the infinity of all possibilities? What is the...
View ArticleThe things not explained
Life is a chance. A decision and a destiny. Every moment and pause, every inhale and exhale. Yes or no. We go where we go. We follow who we follow. Sometimes we ask why. Sometimes we just go. Always...
View ArticleThe road none take
There are roads we all follow. There are crossroads we ponder. And then there are the roads that none dare travel. What if the road that no one will set foot on is the only road left to you? Where...
View ArticleGet WANDER, the next Rucksack Universe adventure
Things are trucking along well for Wander. Over the past few weeks, I’ve set up ISBNs, done some other behind-the-scenes things, and am about to set up and start getting print copies (squee!). Are you...
View ArticleThe key to Wander
You would not believe some of the conversations that happen between editors and authors. For a 264-page book, during the copy editing and proofing of Wander my editor and I went back and forth multiple...
View ArticleThe time and place of Wander
“Do you have a phone on you that I can use?” asked Wander. “Or maybe wifi?” “Phones have cords and wires and are in buildings,” said Awen, “and I’m nobody’s wife.” “Not wife. Wifi. Wireless. It’s for...
View ArticleIt’s here! The cover of Wander + pre-orders now available +
Yall’ve been so patient with me. It’s been two years since The Lotus and the Barley came out—the last book, it turns out, that I would write with a small child in a carrier on my back. And… I’m...
View ArticleRucksack Universe update: Wander cover coming soon
In further exciting news, my cover designer had sent me mock-ups of what the Wander cover might look like. Chief Reader and I extensively reviewed and discussed the designs… and then I sent my designer...
View ArticleRucksack Universe update: Novel leads to short story
When your main character is ten thousand years old, sometimes one story can point you to another that you have to do up too. While underway on drafting Wet, the seventh Rucksack Universe book, I had...
View ArticleRucksack Universe update: The Roving Fiddler
While at fiddle camp, I wasn’t working overall, but I continued to write every day. I also wanted to try out a slightly different project. I wanted to figure out a short story that might go with the...
View ArticleAnnouncing the release date for WANDER, the next Rucksack Universe novel
The new can’t-miss Rucksack Universe prequel novel Oct. 16, 1834 The explosion that comes to be known as The Blast burns across Ireland and England. The fires alter the course of history. A new era...
View ArticleRucksack Universe update: Wander nearly ready, new manuscript underway
Last week I did something I’m so excited to tell you about. I signed off on the copy-edited manuscript of Wander. Yup. That’s right. My copy editor and I had some final discussion about a few points,...
View ArticleSneak peek of Wander, the next Rucksack Universe book
“How did you know it was my birthday?” asked Wander. Sitting behind his desk at the front of the hostel, the elderly proprietor looked up from his computer and smiled. “Your passport,” he replied....
View ArticleRevisions finished on next Rucksack Universe book
So this morning I finished revising ROADSONG, the next Rucksack Universe adventure. How’s your day going? “You found me because you needed to pass on the best of yourself, and what you passed on was...
View ArticleFree Rucksack Universe Fiction: Stars in your beer
From The Lost & Found Travels of BS Trotter Originally published in London Rising Okay, we all know that after a couple of pints you can, well, see things. But for Londoners they were not...
View ArticleFree Rucksack Universe Fiction: Brewing School Launches in London
From The Lost & Found Travels of BS Trotter Originally published in London Rising BrewSchool has opened in London, England. Focused on “brewing brewers,” the teaching operation will train...
View ArticleNew Guidebook Shows the Real Independent Scotland
A FREE Rucksack Universe Short Story Rucksack Universe Short Stories are available for free at anthonystclair.com. They may or may not be canonical, and may or may not be as polished as other stories....
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