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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.
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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 best moderator of any panel I was on, and that Read more…
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Fantasy, science fiction, and the future of derp.
I have read some stupid assertions about Science Fiction and Fantasy over the years. As I have internet access, this is inevitable. People say idiotic things occasionally. Then I read this from the Daily Kos, and watched as the bullshit reached such a density that the article collapsed through it’s Read more…
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A random thought about SFF and sexual politics
Two things converged in my head recently. I didn’t comment about the whole Game of Thrones rape kerfuffle last month. Mostly because I don’t watch Game of Thrones. But the controversy about it seemed (to me) to spring from a deep conflict between the contemporary ethos of sexual morality and a fiction portraying a Read more…
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Upcoming Next Week
I will be talking at the Coventry branch of the Heights Libraries in Cleveland Heights this coming Wednesday September 3rd from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. I’ll be talking about writing, setting fantasies in Cleveland, and reading from my latest book, Dragon•Princess. All are welcome, though the library is asking Read more…
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We have a date
Dragon•Thief has an official publication date from DAW. It will be hitting stores in April 2015.
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So, anyone want a book?
I was talking to a colleague about the non-writing part of this writing thing. Specifically, what a mid-list author might do to get some publicity for their book. The conversation hit the obvious points, signings, distributing ARCs and so on. But he did mention something I hadn’t ever considered: having Read more…
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Me @ WFC
Just a head’s up about what’s going on at World Fantasy in a week. If you’re at the con, or just in the Columbus area, you might want to check these out: Friday, Oct 29, at 10pm – 1am, join me and authors Lucy A. Snyder, Gary A. Braunbeck, Linda Read more…
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Memorable Anti-Heroes @ SF Signal
I have been mind-melded again over at SF Signal, and the theme this time is memorable anti-heroes in S/SF: Here are three of the most memorable anti-heroes in written SF/F, at least the three that come most readily to my mind when the question comes up. First is Slippery Jim Read more…
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Myth and Asshats
So rarely does the universe provide such an enlightening conflation of shallow facile consensus political wisdom, along with elitist literary snobbery as we have in this column by Maureen Dowd. Dowd has gotten the memo, that Christine O’Donnell is the designated political chew toy for this political cycle. O’Donnell is Read more…