40 people killed in Lebanon’s bombing Thursday. A still-being-counted number of dead in the Paris attacks last night. I was in Manhattan on 9/11, within the shut-down zone. I know some of what goes through your head, how your heart races, and your brain is never quite the same afterward. And I know that there […]
I am not Paris. I am not Lebanon. I was New York. Read More »
Borderlands (SF) Bookstore’s October Bestseller List. Â Considering the top five names, I am not at all depressed to be #6. Â :-D (thanks to everyone who bought copies – there or elsewhere!)
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The Vampire Book Club reviews SILVER ON THE ROAD, and invokes both Faith Hunter’s Jane Yellowrock and Diana Gabaldon’s Claire in OUTLANDER in their discussion of why they gave it 4.5 stars…. “I’m happy to think they can keep traveling the Road indefinitely”
New Review Happiness for SILVER ON THE ROAD… Read More »
Okay, we’re doing this. Or you’ve got the chance to do this, and in turn make me do this. What’s this? #WillWrite2FeedOthers. Year three. You donate. I write. As many of you know, one of the charities I give to regularly is my local food bank. Because a warm meal makes everything else, no matter
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There are a lot of books out there about How To Write (hell, even I have one, although Practical Meerkat is less about writing than it is surviving the writing life). But here’s the thing….. The thing about writing advice is that it’s not only NOT one-size-fits-all, but we (hopefully) grow out of advice that
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Excuse me while I hit some of the review highlights for SILVER ON THE ROAD…. “In this delightful start to The Devil’s West series… Gilman skillfully plays with western folklore and history, infusing them with ambiguity and subtle strangeness to deliver a memorable adventure out on the untamed frontier. Refreshingly, her vision of the American
If anyone here a) likes ebooks, b) likes half-price ebooks – and c) likes half-price ebooks where the authors still get full royalties on the sale….  Kobo’s having a sale. Half-price ebooks if you use the region-appropriate code:  Canada October 28th – October 31st Promo Code: CA50SALE  United States/Australia/New Zealand October 27th
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Bull Spec sez: [SILVER ON THE ROAD is] a Weird West story with a teenage girl employed by the devil as the main character? The concept was so intriguing that Your Humble Reviewers had to read it. And so they did. And they liked what they read! The scenery descriptions are wonderful and the details of
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Juliet E. McKenna’s new book, SOUTHERN FIRE is out this week, and I asked her if she’d like to talk about the “making of” this new world…. Set in the Archipelago, the first book in THE ALDABRESHIN COMPASS tells the story of Daish Kheda, ruler of a peaceful southern domain. From the outer islands comes
Guest Blog: Juliet E. McKenna, on myth-making where there are no myths. Read More »
Got my first 2-star review on Amazon for SILVER ON THE ROAD! Mostly, it seems, for using “they” as a gender-neutral pronoun. “The author created engaging characters and a story that kept my interest. But… the worst, and most frequent, glitch was the use of “they” as a gender-neutral singular pronoun. “They” is always plural
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