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Author Archives: David
Great Fabrications
And I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and copy the words of truth, and pervert many and lie and invent great fabrications, and write books in their own names. 1 Enoch 104:10
Autocorrect
I’m usually amused when Autocorrect mangles my perfectly intelligible text into something I didn’t intend. It’s funny, mostly. But now Autocorrect (as embodied in Amazon’s search algorithms) is giving me heartburn. Here’s the issue: my novel WITCHY EYE is coming … Continue reading
Symbolic Transgressions
[Sabbatai Sevi’s] transgressions, which formed so characteristic a part of his behavior, did not become a “normal” pattern. Their significance was purely symbolic. They were indicative of some special, exalted condition of the soul. —Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, Gershom … Continue reading
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Tagged Gershom Scholem, Sabbatai Sevi, Shamanism, Taboos, Witchy Eye, Yoga
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Bookshelf: Mythology 101
Keith is a gregarious, open-minded college student, with a gift for persuasion. He’s so open-minded that he turns in a paper for his Sociology class on what first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization would look like, so open-minded he’s willing … Continue reading
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Tagged Humorous Fantasy, Jody Lynn Nye, Mythology, Mythology 101, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Phoenix Rising
Ryk Spoor’s PHOENIX RISING is book one in a straight-up, classic fantasy trilogy. This is an adventure story for people who like fantasy role-playing with lots of the familiar stuff — elves, dwarfs, ogres, ancient prophecies, lost homelands, unassailable coasts, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baen, Phoenix Rising, R.A. Salvatore, Ryk Spoor, Terry Brooks
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Witchy Eye: Clerics and Magic-Users
Here’s another follow-up note from that Salt Lake Comic Con panel on writing and roleplaying authentic magicians. Games tend to put spellcasters whose abilities derive from gods into one bucket, and other spellcasters into a different bucket. Clerics vs. magic-users … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Blood Prize
Colt the Outlander is a bounty hunter, a treasure seeker, and a scoundrel. He’s an antihero, a rough man who just wants wealth, women, and to be left alone. He’s a rock and roll Conan armed with big guns, riding … Continue reading
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Tagged Aradio Brothers, Colt the Outlander, Mad Max, New York Comic Con, San Diego Comic Con, Star Wars, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Extracted
Ember is a Rifter. Operating out of a multi-story underground bunker and guided by their ghost of Nikola Tesla, she and her fellow-Rifters — with no memory of their personal pasts — travel through time, backward and forward, protecting the … Continue reading
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Tagged Extracted, Sherry D. Ficklin, Steampunk, Tesla, The Lost Imperials, Time Travel, Tyler H. Jolley, Young Adult
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Windows Into Hell
Cover reveal! I’m in this anthology, inspired by the original Steven “Hell” Peck novel, A Short Stay in Hell. Anthology drops soon!
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Tagged A Short Rest in Hell, A Short Stay in Hell, Anthology, Curiosity Quills, Steven L. Peck, Windows into Hell
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Witchy Eye: Himmelsbriefe
At Salt Lake Comic Con this year, one of my favorite panels was on writing and roleplaying authentic magicians; fellow panelists included Paul Draper, Kevin Nielsen, Charlie Pulsipher, and others. The conversation ranged to interesting places, but I want to … Continue reading
