I Believed a Quote That Wasn’t True
The author reflects on a misundertood quote and how it shaped him as a writer.
Of Butchery and Meta Data
He found plenty of references to surprises, shocks, twists, and endings that readers hadn’t seen coming. That suggests a very different kind of book.
A Perfect Blindness and Tales of Another World
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When that Feeling Something’s Wrong Keeps Growing
I had a breakthrough. But not until suffering through the terror I might have wasted the past two-plus years.
Libraries, Levels, and the Readercon
For kicks and giggles last week, I checked World Catalogue again. The book is now in 11 libraries!
808,483, but Who’s Counting?
So, I stopped the blind stabs of opening files and hopeful keyword searches and used Scrivener to build an Index
Busy with Fun and Not Fun Stuff
Lots of potential here: the parallels between narcotic use and necromancy are interesting, the language is often Chandler-esque in a good way, and it delves into some interesting psychological territory.
“However….”
Too Early in the Morning for an Epiphany
Since that spill, I’ve borne a grudge against the sinister presence that created “right” ways. That enforced its rules whimsically, letting me do it my way much of the time. Tricking me other times. Sometimes even punishing me with a broken glass or painful scrape.
The Musicality of Water
Generally, I avoid books featuring fae, finding them too often derivative or pollyannish. Mississippi Missing, an urban fantasy laced with fae, came as rather a surprise. It neither demanded I know everything about the entire fairy world. Nor assuming I share a fan’s devotion to the intricacies of Welsh, Scottish, and whatever-all-esle mythologies. Sure, a […]
