Jeremy Szal's Blog, page 2

You probably haven’t heard from me in a little while. That’s because I’ve spent one entire month in Japan! I’ve wanted to visit the land of the rising sun ever since I can remember. I’ve wanted to go, but I told myself I had to get Book 3 finished and delivered first. So I did.... Continue Reading →

After nearly three years, Wolfskin, Book 3 in the Common Saga, has been delivered to my editor, Gillian Redfearn, at Gollancz! It feels like an end of an era, in a way. I discovered the brooding, dark hero of Vakov Fukasawa back in December 2016, when I was just 22 years old. I’m nearly 29... Continue Reading →

The World in Worldcon: A Chengdu Report Science Fiction World, the magazine that has published and translated four of my stories into Chinese, has invited me to WorldCon in Chengdu, China. They paid for my flight, my accommodation, my expenses. I am ecstatic to be here, to be their guest. I step through the massive... Continue Reading →

This note is long overdue, but I wanted to say that it’s come to my attention that there are some typos in the print editions of Blindspace (I was as surprised to find them as the readers were), and that my publishers have corrected the errors. This means that the ebook versions of the book... Continue Reading →

Lots of writers work to music. The chances are, your favourite epic fantasy or SF or crime thriller was written to the tunes of a soundtrack, especially if those moments are epic or emotional in nature. While I can’t do lyrics while writing, since it distracts me, plugging into a few tunes really does help... Continue Reading →

Here it is, my people, the cover for WOLFSKIN – Book 3 of the Common Saga.   There is treason! Duels! Armour! Planetary sieges! Action! Betrayal! Twists! Turns! Character tension! Trauma! Gin! Wolves! Brotherhood! Found families! Nomad warriors! Alien empires! Gothic cathedral spaceships! And a lot of savage emotional moments that will (hopefully) rip your... Continue Reading →

The excellent folk over at Phantasia Press – a recently revived small press publisher of special deluxe hardback editions – have acquired the rights for Stormblood! This means that there’s going to be two hardback editions of Stormblood – one lettered, one numbered. There’ll be 350 numbered editions. The books will include a slipcase, interior... Continue Reading →

This is a post I’ve held off from making for almost a year now. But I’m at my wit’s end here, and I’m going to rip the band-aid off. Blindspace, the second book in The Common Saga and the second book I’ve published, didn’t launch well. Blindspace came out at the very end of the year, on... Continue Reading →

As some of you good people already know, I self-published a novella called Scream in Blue. It’s set in the world of The Common, but takes place before the events of Stormblood. It’s got a new cast of characters, a new setting, but the same old style and sense of adventure and danger. For a... Continue Reading →

Hey folks. That’s it. Another year gone by! Slightly less crazy than the last two, but no less busy. The Common Saga:2022 was the first year for me not to have a novel published, since Stormblood debuted back in 2020. Blindspace was published on one of the last days of 2021, and due to all the delays... Continue Reading →