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A Good Year for Scifi and Fantasy
This is a good year for science fiction and fantasy. This summer Unfettered, an epic anthology of scifi and fantasy short stories by over 20 authors will be released. If you haven’t gotten your copy, I think there are a few of the hardback trade editions still available at grimoakpress.com. Terry Brooks will release his … Continue reading
Writing News – Article in Chicken Soup for the Soul
What seems like eons ago, I submitted a piece to Chicken Soup for the Soul. Over a year later, I had completely forgotten about it. Then I got an email telling me my manuscript was in the final round. When I saw my manuscript again, it was awful. Either my writing improved a lot over … Continue reading
Book Review of The Essence (The Pledge Book 2) by Kimberly Derting
If you like fantasy, dystopian literature, or sweet teen romance stories, you should check out The Pledge Series by Kimberly Derting. I read book one, The Pledge, and loved it, so when I heard about a GoodReads contest for book two, The Essence, I entered it even though I never win anything. Well, I was … Continue reading
Book Ideas for the Reader on Your Gift List
Do you have a reader on your gift list? Here are some gift ideas for the reader in your life: GoodReads : The GoodReads Choice Awards are the best books of 2012 divided into 20 categories. They are voted on by actual readers; not critics. If you click on the picture of the winning book in … Continue reading
#BooksAsGifts – Support Your Favorite Authors This Holiday Season
Thursday is Thanksgiving and the next day is the biggest shopping day of the year. As you fill your carts for the upcoming holidays, think about supporting your favorite authors. Everyone hears the glamorous stories of authors making it big (like JK Rowling). But normal people don’t usually hear the statics on normal writers. At … Continue reading
Over a Dozen Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors All in One Limited Edition Autographed Book and for a Good Cause
New stories from Terry Brooks, Patrick Rothfuss, Robert Jordan /Brandon Sanderson, Tad Williams, Jacqueline Carey, Daniel Abraham, Peter V. Brett, Robert V. S. Redick, Peter Orullian, Geno & R.A. Salvatore, Todd Lockwood, Carrie Vaughn, Blake Charlton, Kevin Hearne, Mark Lawrence, David Anthony Durham, Jennifer Bosworth, Eldon Thompson, Naomi Novik, Michael J. Sullivan, Lev Grossman, and Shawn … Continue reading
What Kind of Book Reader Are You?
The Atlantic Wire recently published an article of types of readers (not eReaders, but people who read), and a followup article that shared even more types of readers. I don’t think I necessarily fit into any of the categories they listed. Perhaps a combination of multiple categories. I like to collect books and display them like … Continue reading
Books in a Series or Stand-Alone Books?
I hope everyone had a lovely Labor Day. I did. I can’t believe the summer is almost over. This summer, most of my reading involved one series, The Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris. Many of you may be familiar with the HBO tv series, True Blood, which is based (loosely) on the books. A number of … Continue reading
Ponderings on Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian Literature
Every culture and religion seem to have their own story about the end of the world. People seem to be strangely fascinated with potential end-of-the-world theories. Take the Mayan calendar, for example. Their calendar ended when the stars were in the same position in the sky as when the calendar started – one complete cycle; not the … Continue reading
