Hile, inkslingers, ne’er-do-wells, and sundry, I’ve been neglecting the blog again of late. But I have good reason. A depression low-point struck, and I’ve been self-medicating with Netflix. Also, I was sick with another of my lovely sinus infections, so it’s taken me a bit to bounce back from that. But I’m trying to get …
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” –Erica Jong Once upon a time, I got stuck and needed rescuing, and the above quote pulled me up out of the sucking quagmire. *squelches* Now, my darlingest readers, in order to help you understand just …
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PEOPLE! IT’S ALLLLLLIIIIIIIIIVVVVVE! And that’s no accidental Frankenstein reference, either. The Dying of the Light (Legends of the Light-Walkers, #3) is a monster of a book in more ways than one. It clocks in at 156k words of story and about 550 pages, give or take a “loc” on Kindle. The book has been in …
No real blog post for you today, my beauties. Because: As one is wont to say on Twitter, I #amediting. Feast your peepers: I’m on the FINAL EDIT!!!!! of The Dying of the Light (Legends of the Light-Walkers, #3) (formerly known as Legacy, formerly known as Legend’s Heir), my epic fantasy story of Rafe Skelleran …
My thoughts about the Game of Thrones Season 5 Finale, as posted on Twitter and collected here: I haven’t watched Game of Thrones since hearing about the Sansa-Ramsay debacle warned me off. (I plan to catch up in July.) But apparently several major characters kicked the bucket last Sunday. (DO NOT TELL ME WHO, OR YOU’LL …
Hile, my beloved inklings. I hope this finds you in fine fettle and pie. This is yet another post that has gestated long in my Drafts folder. Its conception occurred when I watched the first of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and then read John Scalzi’s review of the same. Since …
Thanks to the following tweets a while back, this post wrote itself. You’re welcome. Make sure your heroines can’t get taken out by an easy crossbow shot, y’all. __________________ You might also find of interest: Can We Bare It Or Bear It: The Breasts of Superheroines.
So, the most recent Game of Thrones episode. WARNING SPOILERS TRIGGER WARNING concerning rape and the victimization of women. Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 6, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” I still haven’t watched the episode. And it’s likely I’m not gonna. And it’s possible I won’t be watching the show at all anymore. The day …
This post has been languishing in Drafts for a couple of eternities. I think it began life as a comment I left on someone else’s blog — possibly Chuck Wendig’s. I thought it worth sharing here. What’s the scariest book you ever read? House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski “The Fall of the House …