Book Review: League of Dragons, by Naomi Novik
What happens when you take Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey and grant his ship thoughts, wings, and the ability to breathe sonic waves? You...
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Writing Tips: Plotting Your Pants (Wait, That Sounds Bad…)
Here's the text of a post Janice Hardy kindly allowed me to make on her excellent Fiction University site: Some authors plot their novels...
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Book Review: The Paper Magician, by Charlie Holmberg
For a book that clocks in at only 226 pages, Charlie Holmberg’s The Paper Magician sure delves into a lot of backstory. Stranger still,...
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Book Review: The Drawing of the Three, by Stephen King
Most authors wouldn’t start the second installment in a seven-book series by maiming the protagonist. But The Drawing of the Three was...
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Book Review: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Did gods create the people of Earth to believe in them? Or did the people of Earth create gods by believing in them? In American Gods,...
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Book Review: Stormbird, by Conn Iggulden
History rarely presents a neat narrative, and the Wars of the Roses are about as messy as it gets. Multiple royal houses battling for the...
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Writing Tips: First-Person Character Creation
Character creation’s hard. For me, at least. Plotting comes relatively easy, whether I plan it, pants it (i.e., improvise it by the seat...
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Basketball: The Most Dispiriting Bulls Season in 20 Years
I can’t remember a more depressing Chicago Bulls season. Derrick Rose blowing out his knee in 2012 was rough. And they’ve had worse...
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Book Review: The Hero of Ages, by Brandon Sanderson
In many ways, The Hero of Ages, the conclusion to Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy, is the most traditional epic fantasy of the...
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Author Reading: The Red Wraith
Only two days left to get The Red Wraith for $0.99 as part of Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing's Spring into Spring eBook...
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Discount: The Red Wraith Spring into Spring Sale
As part of its Spring into Spring eBook Sale, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing is offering The Red Wraith for $0.99 today...
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Book Review: The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson
If The Final Empire was essentially Middle Earth if Sauron won, then The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson’s second entry in the...
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