And here we are, at the beginning of a new year. 2018 was a wild one for me, personally, professionally, and as a writer. It would be a huge marketing error if I didn’t take the chance to say that one of the things I did in 2018 was write a post-apocalyptic road trip adventure novel with wizards and alternate dimensions called Tar, and you can read a free preview of it here.

If you’ve got some Amazon gift cards from Christmas lying around and you’re looking for books to read in 2019, may I re...