Jason Cosmo: HERO WANTED Cutting it Close
Greetings, Loyal Reader! Relative silence in this space the last few weeks, I know.  But fear not!  Amid the distractions travel and gainful employment, I have been plugging away at getting HERO WANTED ready for release. Over the last week or so I’ve been reviewing the galleys (page proofs) for the book — that is to say, I am for the first time reading the book as it will appear on the printed page, as opposed to reading my manuscript.  It looks good! And this is pretty much the next to last step before we’re ready to print.  So although I’m cutting it close (in the best Jason Cosmo tradition) the book is on track. Well, I’

Dan McGirt on Facebook
Greetings, Loyal Reader! For those of you on Facebook, I have opened a Dan McGirt fan page (they won’t let me call it a Loyal Reader page) which you are welcome to join. It has the feed from this Jason Cosmo Update blog and is also a place where you can meet and interact with other Loyal Readers (who are, I must say, a fine looking group!). No one has actually started a discuss

Jason Cosmo HERO WANTED Cover Is Here!
Greetings,  Loyal Reader! I’ll keep this short. Picture worth 1000 words and all that. The Hero Wanted cover is here! Hero Wanted (2009) Art by Richard Hescox. Design by Kris Tobiassen. I think they did an awesome job. Hope you agree! Hero Wanted remains on track for August 2009 release from

Jason Cosmo HERO WANTED Cover Text: Take Two!
Greetings, Loyal Reader! Thanks for the comments from Original Loyal Reader (OLR) Tim and others.  You’re right, Tim–”gold pieces” is maybe a little too old-school D&D. Not that there is anything wrong with that! So here is the final draft of the back cover of the forthcoming Trove Books edition of Hero Wanted: WANTED: DEAD OR VERY DEAD Jason Cosmo is perfectly happy as a humble woodcutter in the village of Lower Hicksnittle-until a foppish stranger tries to kill him, claiming there is a huge price on Jason’s head.  Ten million gold ca

Jason Cosmo HERO WANTED Cover Copy
Greetings, Loyal Reader! A while ago we had a little fun at the expense of poor Cover Copy Guy, who had the daunting task of writing the text on the back cover of Jason Cosmo. The cover copy has to describe the book, somewhat summarize it without giving too much away, and most of all induce [...]