Fantasy and horror books and blogposts
Friends, I have just finished The Calculating Stars, and it blew me away. I would compare this book most closely in voice and style to A Natural History of Dragons, but with a depth of urgency that, for all my love of Brennan's work, exceeds that series. Buckle up, my friends. This is going to... Continue Reading →
I loved Dune, surprising no one. I grew up on it, after all. But one thing that always bothered me about the story of the sandy Arrakis was the "divine right of kings" subtext throughout. If this also bothered you, you're in luck. I've got a book with none of that going on. Hunger Makes the... Continue Reading →
The Weird West as a fantasy subgenre is one that I've really been enjoying lately, and has cultivated a vibrant readership over the past few years. I'd say my first introduction to it was R.S. Belcher's Golgotha books, but I have read a lot of other books in the same vein since then. This post... Continue Reading →
It is a bittersweet season, because into this season has come the last of the Books of the Raksura.* I discovered these books several years ago, and they remain one of my favorites of all time. Shapeshifting? Check. Sweet aerial lizard-people battles? Check. Awesome emotional tension? Check. Gender-bending? Hells yes. Basically it's everything I'd expect... Continue Reading →
I've been reading a lot lately, because I've been super stressed, which means that I read every spare minute. Don't ask me why this is. I can't tell you. You would think that, being stressed, I would engage directly with my stressors and then take my time to enjoy books, but not. I've just been... Continue Reading →
It's November and the holidays are rolling down the chute, coming whether we like it or not. I haven't planned my entire Thanksgiving dinner yet but you'll probably hear all about it after the fact. For now, I wanted to bring you up to speed on some of the fun things I've read and watched... Continue Reading →
I thought long and hard before writing this post. This is for a couple of reasons, the principal of these being that I am white. Because of this, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that my reflections on the novella The Ballad of Black Tom are my own, and come from my whiteness, at... Continue Reading →
I've spent a lot of time this week reminding myself that I don't have to be likable. In a way, writing Liana in The Creation Saga has been an exercise in writing an unlikable female character for me. That isn't to say that I don't want humans to commiserate with her, or understand her. The... Continue Reading →
An early post this week, as tomorrow is my author signing at the Tanglewood Barnes and Noble. I'll be there and setting up by 6pm so if you have a book to bring for signing or are looking to buy a paper copy, please stop by! Now, on to the subject at hand. I've been... Continue Reading →
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