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Monthly Archives: April 2015
It’s Not a Job
One piece of wisdom I’ve heard at many writing conferences goes something like this: “Writing is a job. You have to treat it like a job to be successful.” But that’s wrong. Writing is not a job. A job means … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Thousand Names
I recently read Lytton Strachey’s catty and interesting Eminent Victorians. During the fourth of his vignettes in particular, the biography of Chinese Gordon ending in Gordon’s ill-starred standoff with Her Majesty’s government and eventual martyrdom at the hands of the … Continue reading
Bookshelf: A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk
I first met Oberon Malieux as a contestant in a Space Balrogs game called Steampunk Supervillain Smackdown. He was a dastardly rogue, played by Scott Tarbet in goggles, top hat, and kilt, whose plan as supervillain was to mechanically augment … Continue reading
Bookshelf: A Short Stay in Hell
I love Steve Peck for many reasons, one of which is his utter refusal to be pigeonholed. I have read and enjoyed The Scholar of Moab, which is Utah’s answer to Titus Groan, the fragmented saga of an idiotic would-be … Continue reading
Professionalism
I was asked on Facebook a few weeks ago whether I’d learned anything in my time as a corporate lawyer that I found applicable / useful to my career as an author. The answer is, absolutely yes. With that as … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Echoes of a Shattered Age
What if the best Saturday morning cartoons of the ‘80s had starred Toshiro Mifune? What if the enemies in The Seven Samurai had been demons summoned from the deepest, foulest pits of hell — and one of the Samurai was … Continue reading
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Tagged Demons, High Fantasy, Kung Fu, Ninja, R.J. Terrell, Samurai, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Toshiro Mifune, Wordfire Press
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For Dan Wells
…and other readers of historical fiction, a list of some of my favorites, in alphabetical order. Where I recommend the first book (marked with an asterisk), you should understand that I’m recommending the series. (Dan may have read some of … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Beasts of Tabat
Cat Rambo’s Tabat is a fantasy steampunk city riven with tensions. In the annual hieratic gladiatorial contests, Winter has had a long winning streak, and the city’s folk are tired of short springs. The Duke’s ancestor promised a democracy after … Continue reading
Posted in Bookshelf, Steampunk
Tagged Beasts of Tabat, Cat Rambo, Steampunk, Wordfire Press
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