- May 3, 2016
- 2 min
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...
- Apr 23, 2016
- 2 min
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...
- Apr 16, 2016
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 26, 2016
- 3 min
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...
- Mar 25, 2016
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 21, 2016
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 5, 2016
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 6, 2016
- 1 min
Book Review: The Kick-Ass Writer, by Chuck Wendig
Chuck Wendig’s The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published, & Earn Your Audience won’t change your writing life....
- Jan 21, 2016
- 2 min
Book Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss
It’s not often an author feels the need to caveat his story in the foreword and afterword. But as Patrick Rothfuss notes (repeatedly),...
- Jan 13, 2016
- 3 min
Book Review: All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is aptly named. His World War II novel of a German boy and a French girl shines brilliantly...
- Dec 19, 2015
- 2 min
Book Review: The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss, is seven parts fascinating and three parts frustrating (give or take). The sequel to The Name...
- Nov 30, 2015
- 2 min
Book Review: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
Initially, Patrick Rothfuss’s fantasy novel The Name of the Wind drifts along at the pace of a gentle breeze. But it races like a tempest...
