Patrick Rothfuss's Blog, page 65

What's that you say? You'd like to make the world a better place while simultaneously winning fabulous prizes?

Well today is your lucky day.
Heifer International is my favorite charity. It helps people raise themselves up out of poverty and starvation. All over the world Heifer promotes education, sustainable agriculture, and local industry.
They don't just [...]

Back in June, I asked y'all if you'd like to see some Name of the Wind t-shirts.
When the answer came back a fairly resounding "Yes." I decided to do a T-shirt design contest.
We got more designs than I expected. So many designs I knew I wasn't going to be able to include all the [...]

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays.
When I was young, I dressed up and went trick-or-treating in my Grampa's neighborhood because we lived out in the country.
When I was in highschool, I toilet papered people's houses. (Mostly friends' houses, honestly. It was a sign of affection.)
When I was in college, I started throwing [...]

I was going to post up a little story about my recent Halloween adventures at Neil Gaiman's House on the Rock shindig. But I can't find the right pictures I need to illustrate it, so I'm guessing it will have to wait a little bit.
In the meantime, I have a link to a video of [...]

Today, a lot of people will be encouraging you to vote.
Not me.
I'm encouraging you to do some research into the actual facts about the candidates up for election. I'm talking about real facts here. Not what you heard on a TV ad. Not some bullshit printed on a flier and mailed to you. Facts. Not [...]

Well folks, November is fast approaching. I can see Thanksgiving on the horizon, and beyond that the Holidays are slouching toward us like some huge beast, drunk on eggnog.
This has always been my favorite time of year. I like the cool weather. I like the smell of fallen leaves. I like not having to worry [...]

Just a quick heads up. I'm going to be doing some panels for Neil Gaiman's Low-Key Gathering at House on the Rock this Halloween.
The schedule of events is posted here on the House on the Rock's website:
And the schedule for Saturday's panels are on the Low-Key Gathering's Facebook page.
There are still tickets available, [...]

Guess what showed up in the mail today?
(Click to Embiggen.)
It's the Finnish translation of The Name of the Wind. Huzzah!
I suppose I might get jaded about this stuff eventually. But the truth is, I still love seeing the new editions of the book. I love trying to figure out how to pronounce the title. I [...]

So a while back, Oot had his first birthday. Which meant that he had his first birthday party.
Personally, I didn't really see the point in this. While my baby is a lump of weaponized cute, he is still mostly a lump. He doesn't know it's his birthday. He doesn't even know it's a party.
And as [...]

So a while back, Oot had his first birthday. Which meant that he had his first birthday party.
Personally, I didn't really see the point in this. While my baby is a lump of weaponized cute, he is still mostly a lump. He doesn't know it's his birthday. He doesn't even know it's a party.
And as [...]