Jen Williams’ first two books, The Copper Promise and The Iron Ghost are two of my favorite novels. Fast, massively creative, very funny and wonderfully nasty they follow an unlikely trio of occasional thieves and part time heroes as they inadvertently change their world, screw up a lot, save people and get drunk.They’re amazing and …
Interview: Jen Williams, the only person the Copper Cat listens to
Jen Williams’ books were instrumental in finally helping me love fantasy fiction. She writes, like compatriots Andrew Reid, Den Patrick, Liz De Jager and Edward Cox, real people who react in real ways to magnificently unreal events. Plus, in Wydrin, Jen has created one of the definitive fantasy heroines of the century. And certainly the definitive …
She’s an amiably violent thief who likes stabbing! He’s a knight thrown out of his order for a crime that wasn’t actually a crime! Their client is a horribly crippled noble planning horrific vengeance! They fight crime! Jen Williams’ The Copper Promise didn’t so much arrive as kick the door in and demand to know …
The schedule for FantasyCon 2014 is up and I’m very excited about the stuff I’m doing. Let’s take a look shall we? Yes let’s!
NOTE: Actual job does not involve exchanging phaser fire with angry 1960s trashcan/antenna hybrids. Also, being a white dude in whatever time period you call home, is not a requirement. SERIOUS NOTE: This post will be changed and modified as more details become available. Convention Season for the year is almost upon us. This year …
Earlier this week, my friend Jen Williams celebrated her book birthday. The Copper Promise, which I’ll be reviewing in a while, is the story of a group of thieves (Although they would dispute that definition), the job they take on and its consequences. Also fighting. And banter. And well drawn, clever character dynamics. And fun. …