appearances
Libertycon 29
If you were following me on Facebook you know I attended Libertycon 29 this past weekend. I had a blast. Even though it was a bit outside my normal stomping grounds, I found no shortage of folks to talk with— Read more…
about the blog
And I am back again…
I have returned. (Not that I’ve actually gone anywhere.) My wife is cracking the social media whip at me, telling me I should stop ignoring the blog portion of my site. So I’m going to start posting here again so Read more…
blatant self-promotion
Arriving March 1st
The third in the Dragon* series is coming March 1, 2016. It’s full of new soul-swapping shenanigans, new gods, and new apocalyptic threats to the Kingdom of Lendowyn. Also, Dudley is still a dick.
appearances
Buckeye Book Fair
Tomorrow, Saturday November 7, 2015, I will be at the 28th Annual Buckeye Book Fair. The event will be held from 9:30am to 4:00pm in the Fisher Auditorium, 1680 Madison Ave, Wooster, OH 44691. Directions are here. Brochure is here. Read more…
appearances
Coming Soon
Coming this October, The Moreau Quartet Volume Two. Amazon is accepting pre-orders, and next week I’ll be starting another Goodreads book giveaway. (Watch this space.) In other news: In the /r/Fantasy subreddit, I will be holding an AMA on September Read more…
publishing
A literary snob pisses on Terry Pratchett’s grave
A couple of days ago, Toni Weisskopf posted a link to this letter from Edgar Rice Burroughs to a young Forrest J. Ackerman. It’s a pithy letter, shorter than most blog posts, but is a prescient rebuttal to this hot Read more…
rants
A point about the Hugos that someone needs to make. . .
Those people on the other side of the debate, the ones you attack with such righteous fury, who called down your wrath by acting in such an asinine and nasty fashion. . . they’re you. They’re called to this genre Read more…
asshat
Yes, I’m a little pissed, how can you tell?
Fuck this shit! Up to now I’ve been pretty quiet about this, but you all have finally pissed me off. I’m seeing all sorts of grandstanding, self-congratulatory, “I’m so fucking proud of fandom,” nonsense all over the place. This is Read more…
blatant self-promotion
And Coming This Month!
This month sees the omnibus re-issue of Forests of the Night and Fearful Symmetries in a single snazzy new package: The Moreau Quartet Volume One. For those of you that are worried about breaking up of the original Moreau trilogy, Read more…
fantasy
7 Things in Every SF/F Story
Last weekend I had a fun time at the Confluence convention in Pittsburgh. One of the panels I attended was titled “7 Things That Every SF/F Story Contains.” Kudos to the panel moderator Joshua Palmatier who managed to be the Read more…