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My Favorite Romance Novels
For serious. I didn’t realize when I started reading the Lymond Chronicles (Book One is The Game of Kings) how much heartfelt self-denial and doomed romance I was getting in for, but it’s there. On some level, and almost from … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Actuator
Today only, fellow Space Balrog James Wymore’s genre-busting novel The Actuator is a Daily Deal on Amazon. If you’re the kind of reader who likes a little sci-fi mixed in with your epic fantasy… or a little hard-boiled detective, or … Continue reading
Wordfire Press
So, I’ve been working an exciting development in (relative) silence for a few months, and I think I can now share it. I’m going to stop being a self-published novelist. Nothing wrong with self-publication. It’s been good for me, not in … Continue reading
Where the Magic Happens
Because I’m sure you wanted to know. (And of course, sometimes the magic happens on airplanes, at 30,000 feet.)
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Bookshelf: Valcoria
It’s hard losing your father, even if he dies in an act of great heroism, but Sittrell Trauel has no time to mourn. The city of Amigus, entrusted to his care, falls to treachery and is taken by the aggressive … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackpowder Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Jason King, Rayguns, Valcoria
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Tree City Comic Con
Here we come.
Some Part of Heaven’s Design
You are not entitled to know every detail, but I will tell you what the gods permit. At one time, in my folly, I was rash enough to disclose the plans of Zeus from start to finish. I now realize … Continue reading
Delusional
“I took a bright boy—quirky and a little out of control, but bright and basically healthy—and I’ve turned him into a delusional maniac.” “I’m pretty sure I’m not delusional.” “You talk to animals.” “Yeah, and I also get them to … Continue reading
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Tagged Doctor Burkert, Jake Jackson, The Boy Who Could Hear, The Tarantula Thief
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The Mystery Which Guides
“Sculptors and creators of every kind are aware of inspiration and flashes of insight; and the greater they are, the more reverence they show as they refer to the mystery which guides them.” — Walter F. Otto, Dionysus: Myth and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dionysus: Myth and Cult, Inspiration, The Muse, Walter F. Otto
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Have You Considered
“Have you considered reading something less… adventure-y?” she asked, setting aside her completed stack of books. “Like stories about boys whose dogs die? Or whose friends get cancer? Or who learn how important it is to tell the truth, or … Continue reading
