Tag Archives: Baen

Bookshelf: Phoenix Rising

Posted on October 14, 2016 by David

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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Witchy Eye: Clerics and Magic-Users

Posted on October 12, 2016 by David

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 →

Posted in How to Write | Tagged Baen, C.R. Bilardi, Chippewa Customs, Frances Densmore, Haitian Vodou, Keith Thomas, Mambo Chita Tann, Religion and the Decline of Magic, The Red Church, Witchy Eye | Leave a comment

Witchy Eye: Himmelsbriefe

Posted on October 3, 2016 by David

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 →

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Bookshelf: 1632

Posted on September 29, 2016 by David

I’m late to the party on this one. For sure, better late than never. In the middle of a wedding, the small West Virginia mining town of Grantville is suddenly, without explanation, and apparently permanently transported into Germany in the … Continue reading →

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Witchy Eye: The First Map

Posted on August 23, 2016 by David

I just dug this out of a box today. As epic fantasy novels are wont to do, WITCHY EYE started with a map. My son was being homeschooled at the time and his curriculum included this folding, laminated … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baen, Dwarfs, Elves, Epic Fantasy, Home Schooling, Toni Weisskopf, Trolls, Witchy Eye | Leave a comment

Support the Pacification of the Ohio

Posted on July 25, 2016 by David

Serve Your Emperor… !! SUPPORT THE PACIFICATION OF THE OHIO !! ~ Join the Imperial Army Today ~ Dragoons : Musketeers : Grenadiers : Pikemen : Artillerymen Bonuses Paid for Friends Recruited

Posted in Writing Sample | Tagged Baen, Ohio, The Emperor Thomas Penn, The Pacification of the Ohio, Witchy Eye | Leave a comment

Witchy Eye: Real-World Christian Grimoires

Posted on June 29, 2016 by David

One of the fun things about writing my epic blackpowder fantasy WITCHY EYE (Baen, forthcoming) and now its first sequel (WITCHY WINTER) has been exploring real-world ideas about magic. It turns out, for instance, that right into the nineteenth century … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf, History, How to Write | Tagged Baen, Christian Magic, Francis Barrett, Grimoires, Johann George Hohman, The Long-Lost Friend, The Magus, Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter | 2 Comments

Bookshelf: The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera (2014)

Posted on June 13, 2016 by David

The Year’s Best has a longish title, so I will abbreviate it. The title is also pretty direct and thorough; some of these stories are crunchy and technical military science fiction (e.g., Linda Nagata’s “Codename: Delphi”, which follows a “handler” through a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Baen, Brad Torgersen, Charlie Jane Anders, David Afsharirad, David D. Levine, David Drake, Derek Künsken, Eric Leith Davin, Holly Black, Linda Nagata, Matthew Johnson, Michael Barretta, Michael Z. Williamson, Military SF, Robert R. Chase, Seth Dickinson, Stephen Gaskell, William Ledbetter | Leave a comment

Witchy Eye: Roots of the Setting

Posted on May 2, 2016 by David

My blackpowder fantasy novel Witchy Eye: Flight of the Serpent’s Daughter has been acquired by Toni Weisskopf at Baen. I’m excited about it, and am going to start sharing some of the book’s roots from time to time. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in How to Write | Tagged Albion's Seed, Baen, Brothers Grimm, David Hackett Fisher, Heart of Europe, Holy Roman Empire, Peter H. Wilson, The Brothers Grimm, Toni Weisskopf, Witchy Eye | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: Son of the Black Sword

Posted on April 29, 2016 by David

Larry Correia takes a turn away from guns and monsters (which are awesome) toward India-inspired epic fantasy heavy with prophecy, curses, dynastic politics, oaths, demons, and chivalric orders. This is great stuff. Son of the Black Sword tells the story … Continue reading →