The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 5
As much as I tried to make the return to Osten Ard in The Witchwood Crown last, for there is a wait of at least a year before The Empire of Grass arrives, it had to...
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Tobias Buckell and me on Adventures in SciFi Publishing
Shaun Farrell has an excellent podcast called Adventures in SciFi Publishing. He has had many of my favorite authors on his podcast, has editors and publishers as well. It is well executed and quite...
bookrev: Russian Debutante’s Handbook by Gary Shteyngart
4 stars: Good characters and humor, plot that bogs down in the end The characterization of Vladimir Girshkin is excellent, from how he looks and dresses (which morphs through the book), to how he...
bookrev: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
From one author to another: a terrific story I was reading this novel just as I was putting the finishing touches on my own first book; Senor Zafon’s characterizations and scene descriptions encouraged and...