Bettercast – Podcast Interview

By ScrumpyBlarg

A wild and delicious conversation with Steve-o over at habitry. He asked me if I wanted to talk about making stuff, and I said I did. Here’s the description: 5 years ago, Kent Davis had never written a novel. Now he’s published three. We learn how he got started and how he kept going when nothing he … Read More

The Write Question (NPR)

By ScrumpyBlarg

Had a wonderful time being interviewed by the fabulous Chérie Newman for her syndicated NPR show, The Write Question. We talked all things A Riddle in Ruby 1 and 2. Check it out here or download on iTunes!

ARIR3: Cover Reveal!

By ScrumpyBlarg

The glorious Celeste Pewter hosted a cover reveal and interview for A Riddle in Ruby 3: The Great Unravel over at her blog. Get thee hence!

The Big Idea: The Changer’s Key

By ScrumpyBlarg

A Riddle in Ruby 2 is pirate-y. It’s adventure-y. It’s funny-y. But it ain’t actually history. I tried to make something a bit more fun that that. I talk about that process over at John Scalzi’s blog. Drop by!

My Favorite Bit

By ScrumpyBlarg

I dropped by Mary Robinette Kowal’s fabulous blog to chat a little about one of the things I love most about the A Riddle in Ruby books. The epigraphs! They’re the little slices of the world that begin each chapter—letters, advertisements, dialogue from plays, famous quotations—all totally made up. Check it out!

The Big Idea

By ScrumpyBlarg

I dropped by John Scalzi’s blog to dive a bit deeper under the hood of A Riddle in Ruby. Like, where the heck did this idea come from? It’s all right here.