When is your next book coming out?
The Bounds of Magic is due out on April 7, 2026. You can follow my blog or my oft-neglected social media if you want to be among the first to know what’s going on. Or better yet, see the next question and follow that link to sign up for my newsletter.
I’m switching up genres this time. This one is neither a children’s book nor an adult nonfiction title. It’s a fantasy novel, the first book in the Tryllevær series. The second book, tentatively titled The Roots of Magic, will be out in late 2026 or early 2027.
How do I make sure I don’t miss any of your book news?
If there’s news on my books, which may be anything from release dates to events, it’ll be in my newsletter. The newsletter is focused on my writing, so it won’t include any other random stuff that shows up in my blog. The newsletter also offers exclusive content that doesn’t show up on my blog.
When do you put up new blog posts?
Whenever I have something to say and some time to say it. Sometimes that’s twice in a week. Sometimes I don’t add anything for months. The best way to keep up is to subscribe!
Do you accept guest posts?
Nope. I get an endless stream of people offering to write stuff for this website, and I don’t even look at them. This is my personal space here, and I write all of it. The same, by the way, goes for Tea With Gary.
How much of your writing is AI generated?
None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. AI can’t even do a decent job of proofreading or copyediting at this point, so I’m certainly not going to have it do any of my writing. I do, however, use it for creating the header images for some of my blog posts, sometimes with amusing results.
What about your book covers?
Nope again. I do not use generative AI or LLMs for my book covers. Either my publisher provides the cover art, I hire a human cover artist, or I design the covers myself.
I found this animal poop on my lawn. Can you identify it?
It’s a venomous Australian spitting wombat*. Run. RUN!
Seriously, though, it’s difficult to ID animal scat from a photograph, and that simple question may take a a lot of my time (and yours, too) to answer. If you know your local game warden, they can probably give you an off-the-cuff answer because they know the animals in your area.
* Regular wombats have cube-shaped droppings. Venomous Australian spitting wombats have dodecahedral droppings.
Are you looking for speaking engagements right now?
I’m not actively looking, but I generally end up with a handful of speaking gigs every year. I emcee events, moderate panels, do guest appearances on podcasts, talk about a variety of subjects from tea to animal poop to closed captioning, and do classroom visits. Feel free to contact me if you have an event I can help with.
Gary D. Robson 