A.M. Offenwanger's Blog

Actually, it’s a two-day sale! And the new Seventh Son is part of it! The ebook version is on for US$0.99 (or its equivalent in your currency) all weekend, Saturday and Sunday. The Cozy the Day Away Sale: Over 150 books, all Cozy Fantasy, all on sale!

It’s a great sale again, with so many different authors and books. To mention just a few of my favourites, of course there’s E.L. Bates with Whitney and Davies; there’s Shanna Swendson (through whose newsletter I found the sale in the first...

Seventh Son, the Second Edition!

The print books of Seventh Son 2nd Edition have arrived! Look at them, aren’t they lovely?

You can get your very own copy from Amazon, for the equivalent of Cdn$20. Or, if you don’t want to deal with Amazon, and/or you want a signed copy, let me know; however, unfortunately it’ll cost extra because of shipping, and at the moment Canada Post is on strike (again). You could also get your copy from Amazon, and if you want a signature to go with it without payi...

It was ArtWalk this weekend, and as per usual, it was fabulous. I got an excellent spot, on a tall counter (the top of a bank of lockers) in the hallway in front of one of the gyms. It meant that the thousands(!) of visitors all walked by my display TWICE, once going into the gym to look at everyone else’s amazing art, and once coming out again – up one side of the display and down the other on the return trip, and having the counter so high meant that my tiny detail work was right at people...

Introducing: Seventh Son, the 2nd Edition!

You know how, almost a year ago, I announced that I was re-writing Seventh Son? It’s finally done. So here it is, in its new glory! It was meant to be a tenth anniversary edition, but now it’s more like a ten-and-eleven-twelfthth anniversary edition.

This is the foreword to the new edition:

I wrote Seventh Son in 2011, and published it in 2014. It was the first novel I ever wrote and published. I was quite proud of it at that time, and wen...

Bear on family visitGerman breakfastDaisiesBear in MunichLooking at a castle (Burg Grünwald)Bloomin’ wild cherry in forestBavarian lunch (Weißwurst und Breze)Looking at a Bavarian lake (Ammersee)Bear on train to ParisJapanese cherry blossoms in ParisBear on train to NormandyNorman lunch (chevre salad and cidre)Looking at BayeuxGargoyle in Bayeux (not a bear, we think)Bear enjoying the amenities of Paris (tiny bottle of wine and big fluffy c...

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For quite some now I’ve been tossing around the idea of building a recipe website. Not one of those food blogs, where you find out about the latest and greatest in cookery trends, or where I pontificate about the most, ahem, righteous way to eat – just a simple page where I can share some of the skills and recipes I’ve gathered in my many years of feeding a family. Because cooking really isn’t hard, and there are a lot of things one can do with not very many or very fancy ingredients. But above...

I feel the weight of the cat on my legs
I hear the rumble of his purr
I see his eyes blinking at me
I feel his soft fur under my hands
Stroking the cat, I know I am stroking the cat
And I enjoy every moment of it.