Z.A. Maxfield

I just got the artwork for the cover for Notturno.  It’s mind-boggling and beautiful, but also completely not worksafe. I went ahead and posted it under the “Find It Here” section on the Blog page of my website, and since this post will hopefully be transmitted to my other blogs, I will include the link, … Continue reading »

Hi everybody and happy Sunday.  As another week opens its jaws to swallow us whole (I hate Mondays) I wanted to update you on a few things.   First, and most important, I drew Yamane’s surname out of my attractive hat, and it was Richards, submitted by the lovely and talented, K’s friend K, who … Continue reading »

I mentioned in a previous post here, and on my LiveJournal that I’m having a contest to find the surname of Yamane’s father from the book Drawn Together.  I admit that this is unorthodox as the book has been written. I really didn’t need to know the surname of Yamane’s American father because he never … Continue reading »

It’s always a little intimidating putting out a new book, and in fact, I don’t think I’ll ever be completely sanguine about my books when they’re released.  I worry whether people will like them, whether they’ll get what I’m trying to say. I worry that I’ve gotten all the little details right.  Drawn Together seems … Continue reading »

In the book Drawn Together, there was an Easter egg. That’s right, a super special secret thing that only I knew about that I turned into a contest for the inquisitive reader who would be the first person to write and ask me about it. It’s all about watching Dr. Who for me, and if … Continue reading »

I just found out from Ethan Day, author of Self-Preservation*, that I got a new review of St. Nacho’s from Joyfully Reviewed. Sabella gave it Joyfully Recommended status and had this to say: Cooper is a wonderful narrator and Z.A. Maxfield makes him a powerful and emotional voice that is not to be missed!  Get … Continue reading »

Aaaaaargh. A word about filesharing. Sorry to have to say this. Really. Sorrier than you can know. I need to say a little something about ePiracy. That is when a file of my novels is uploaded somewhere where it can be downloaded for free by anyone. That’s not legal. Is it going to bother me … Continue reading »

I am Irish.  No doubt about it.  Not by inclination alone, I hunted down my birth parents and lo and behold… Irish.  Which explains A LOT.  Not that it needed explaining exactly.   I’m torn on St. Patrick’s day because I’m adopted, the biological product of one group of people, the indoctrinated product of another, … Continue reading »

Thanks to the generosity of Jeanne Barrack, author of the (awesome) MLR Press Novel Bend in the Road and number of other books that I’m just beginning to find and realize I should be reading, I’m guest blogging at The Sweet Flag Blogspot, HERE, today, 3/16. Yes, for those of you who answered my rather … Continue reading »