I was in Salt Lake City, Utah, on my book tour. I had a free day, and my friends were in town and wanted some photos of their kids. Luckily, my brand-new fancy Canon T2i is permanently attached to my side.

I had lots of fun on this year’s book tour. Can’t wait for my next chance to meet all of you Nationeers. You never know — next year, I might manage to make it to some other countries

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I was recently in Los Angeles, CA, for my Bran Hambric: The Specter Key book tour, and I managed to get one free day to explore my old home city / recharge my batteries before I took these 3 remaining flights. It was rainy and still wet outside, which is actually great for some fun photos. Armed with my new Canon T2i, I snapped these shots of watery things.

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This week, I was invited to a Facebook group begging Mark Zuckerburger to allow custom profile designs and colors on Facebook profiles, akin to Myspace. I immediately prepared two sharpened pencils for my eyes in case this petition was ever successful.

My vectors are primarily inspired by The Oatmeal, whose funnies are far funnier than mine.

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I don’t really know when my liking for gnomes started. For some reason, I’ve just been fascinated with them for years. Placing gnomes in my book as an often-discriminated culture in society only seemed to deepen my respect for the creatures. In my world, sometimes it’s hard to tell a gnome apart from a very short human. If they just took off their hat, people might not even notice. But instead of giving in to what an anti-magic society wishes them to be, they go on quietly fighting for their freedom to be who they are: their very existence a silent form of peaceful protest. In the case of gnomes, size doesn’t matter in the end.

Also, I like taking photos

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My dad’s birthday was last week. I’ve been planning this gift for years but it wasn’t until now that I actually had a chance to make it happen. I don’t have my real copies of the second book yet, but luckily I had a spare ARC to get it sent in time.

I remember the first time I actually ventured out to do something creative. It was when I was about 13 and wanted to fill a radio DJ spot at a local station. Strangely enough, my dad said yes, I auditioned and got the show, and every other Saturday morning — even through the worst winter we’d ever seen in Austin, Texas — he would get up at 6 AM to drive me over an hour to the studio. Austin can get REALLY cold at times. That’s dedication.

My dad really pushed me to keep writing and was a giant influence in what the Bran Hambric story would become. For all the people who like the funny stuff in my writing: all that came from my dad.

(Except Sewey’s crazy driving: that was all my mom )

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