THE HAND OF THE SUN KING – Cover Reveal!

The Fantasy Hive hosted the cover reveal for THE HAND OF THE SUN KING, the first book in the Pact and Pattern trilogy! Click through to check it out, along with my (very, very positive) reaction. https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2021/02/the-hand-of-the-sun-king-by-j-t-greathouse-cover-reveal/

Deal Announcement! – Debut Trilogy sold to Gollancz!

After years, and years, and years of hard work, I finally have my first book deal! My debut epic fantasy trilogy has been acquired by Brendan Durkin at Gollancz, who will be publishing the series in the UK and Commonwealth (so the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and a few other places, but not Canada or …

Now, for the first time ever, my Awards Eligibility!

It's that time of year again, when writers toot our little horns to let the speculative fiction community know what (if any) stories we have out there that are eligible for awards. And now, for the first time ever, I actually have an eligible story! This was the year of my first professional publication, "The …

Writers of the Future Volume 34: Cover Reveal!

Whew. Keeping up a blog is not easy while in a full-time Masters program. I plan to write here more regularly once I've graduated. For now, I'm just dropping in to post about the absolutely spectacular cover for Writers of the Future Volume 34! Featuring me! And also other fabulous people! I'm particularly thrilled by …

Story Sale Announcement: The Game of Games!

I've made my second professional rate sale! My short story "The Game of Games," a fantasy ghost story loosely inspired by Pascal's Wager and the Deck of Many Things from D&D, will be appearing in the anthology "Pirates & Ghosts" from Flame Tree Press. Here is a link to the announcement over at Flame Tree's …

Worldbuilding: Dark Settings and their Purpose

Today my first professionally published story, "The Broken Karwaneer," came out in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. I thought I would write a blog post about my thoughts on an important element of that story. If you haven't read the story yet, please do so before going on. This post will make more sense context. In the story, …

Blog Update! + Writers of the Future!!!

Hello there! A couple of years ago I decided to stop blogging in order to focus on improving my fiction, and, well, I just won Writers of the Future, so that seems to have worked. Given that, I figure its time to dust off the old blog and start posting weekly (or biweekly...or monthly...we'll see...) …