I’m barely functioning tonight. Last night I needed sleep and wanted sleep, but my brain (which hates me. With some justification) wouldn’t let me sleep. So just a few links.
My new novel, West Oversea, was just reviewed at The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, a journal for homeschooling families. Nice review, too.
One of my favorite blogs, Mitch Berg’s Shot In the Dark, has begun a series of hard-hitting exposes of the true, never-before-revealed roots of organized crime in America — the Norwegian mob. Mitch calls the Capo di tutti capi De Godenfar, but I prefer the name we used (in hushed whispers) back home — The Codfather.
Part One here.
Part Two here.
Part Three here.
More to come.
Also some scintillating comments from one of America’s finest young novelists.
Hey, the copy I ordered arrived – that was fast.
Very nice cover art!
Now to resist reading it before I make a present of it.
That’s the hard bit.
That cover – it’s attractive. Those Irish half-uncial headings – they call to me. Perhaps if I just sniff the pages – what harm could that do? Riffle through, see if there are any maps?
“What, read it before I wrapped it? That’s not a coffee ring, that’s…an imprint of the Snettisham torc. Yes.”
I’m very pleased with the art, all by Forge Toro.