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Bookshelf: The Feather and the Moon Well
Shean Pao’s debut novel The Feather and the Moon Well is a deeply romantic fairy tale told about and from the points of view of the fairy creatures, that asks the question: can a creature change its nature? The owner … Continue reading
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Tagged David Farland, David Farland Discovery, Fairy Tales, Ireland, Shean Pao, The Feather in the Moon Well, Wordfire Press
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Salt Lake Comic Con, Here I Come!
Salt Lake Comic Con is one of my favorite cons, and I say that as a guy who goes to a fair number of them. It’s a huge event, the organizers treat writers like the attraction they are, the green room … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Shattered Shields
In light of the recent (ongoing?) guffaw-faw over the Hugo Awards, I was a little surprised and immensely pleased to pick up Shattered Shields and see the list of authors it includes. Without assigning people to sides, and at the risk … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Spirit Walker
The Serpent Catch series is Jurassic Planet: in a far future, homo sapiens has terra-formed a world and filled it with neanderthals and dinosaurs (as well as sea serpents and dragons). Thousands of years later, our hero is Tull, half-human … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Million Dollar Outlines
I occasionally remind myself of craft principles by going back to the well and reading a book about writing. This week, I read David Farland’s Million Dollar Outlines. If you’re trying to write your first novel (or your nth novel) … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Bloodletting
The Affinities Cycle is an epic fantasy saga in a Farlandesque or Sandersonian vein… 5/5 stars, and bring on the sequels! As in Sanderson’s and Farland’s most famous books, magic here is schematic, tied to an ordering of the world, its … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Sanderson, David Farland, Epic Fantasy, Mark Ryan, Peter J. Wacks, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Slags and Embers
Debut novelist Brian Lindow has launched an epic of which C.S. Lewis would be proud. The Soulscape Code: Slags and Embers is the first of a series set in a ruined world. Deprived of its defenders (the three Forges of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Sanderson, Brian Lindow, C.S. Lewis, David Farland, Slags and Embers, The Soulscape Code, Worldbuilding
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