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A birthday audiobook giveaway! Featuring dragons. (opens the original)
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Greetings readers!This coming Friday is my birthday. I’m a sucker for birthdays, and love to find fun ways to celebrate them. This year, I want to give a few presents. My publisher just sent me some audiobook codes for The Dragon Has Some Complaints. I have a limited number to give away, but I want to share them with you. The audiobook is narrated by the wonderful Zura Johnson, who crafted unique voices for each of the dragon’s der
The Dragon Comes Home (plus three upcoming events) (opens the original)
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My book tour is in the books! All wrapped up. My shoes are kicked off and sitting next to my front door, and I get to waddle around my house in socks for a little while. I’ve taken up this new hobby of sleeping as much as humanly possible.The tour was magic. There’s no better word for it. You know the sensation you felt when you were a kid and someone in a top hat pulled a quarter from behind you ear? That’s how I felt walking into rooms of cheering audiences. The world was a quarter that I didn
Release day for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! (opens the original)
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The Dragon Has Some Complaints is finally out! It feels like ages since I first picked up a pen and jotted down ideas for Garrodigh. His three heads sprang into being almost immediately, in this funny stew of personalities that couldn’t stop fighting each other, but also needed each other. Even at my sickest in the last year, writing him was a joy. And … <a href="https://johnwiswell.su
One week until The Dragon Has Some Complaints! (opens the original)
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I wonder if I’ll ever get used to this feeling. This is my third time publishing a novel, and I’m still bordering on manic about it. I cannot write, message, or pack enough. The Dragon Has Some Complaints is dear to my heart, about the love of disabled creatures and bonding with myths. I’m proud of it the way parents get proud of seeing their kids go of… Read more
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