The best books are those that stay with you, that make you think about the questions they ask long after you put it down. In his stellar debut novel, Ramez Naam does exactly that. Naam offers us a near-future, roller-coaster adventure that will grab you by the throat and won&…
Between my storytelling show, Science Fiction conventions, and random author events I make quite a few public appearances throughout the year. I'm always trying to come up with new ways make my shows (yeah, I count pretty much every time I get in front of people a "…
I am an avid Harry Dresden fan! Love the books. Been hooked since I read page one of Storm Front. I've felt every Dresden book has gotten successively better than the last, up until Ghost Story. While I liked Ghost Story, I was prepared for it to not…
"There is then creative reading as well as creative writing." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Today's SPELLPUNK post will be late, if it happens at all. You can thank my writer buddy, Ramez Naam for that. The other night, I started reading his debut novel, Nexus when…
One of my all-time favorite moments on my wife being supportive of my writing came while I was working on Arms of the Storm, book three in the Tears of Rage sequence. I was dragging my feet writing a scene where a particular character had to die. Yes, for a…
Yeah, I know that part of the fun of the internet is watching people flame each other and spout off about bullshit with little to no actual intelligent discourse. Yes, I admit I snicker some when I see those conversations... But for the love of anything, some of you are…
I first heard about WOOL from a review of one of my books, where someone used Mr. Howey's book to disparage mine, by way of talking about how awesome WOOL is. I filed the title away for future reference for when I was looking for something new to…
So...Dubbler I'm really grooving on this Dubbler app. REALLY. I think it's the start of something big, or at least, it's a lot of fun for me. Anything I have fun with is big. Since I'm getting really into this thing,…
As a self-published writer, I'm always on the lookout for some new way to get my work in front of new readers. Usually that means diving into new twists on the social networking/media craze. I have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, ad infintum, ad nausium, etc. I…
Oddly, it's not closer than it appears. Look, there it goes, fading into the distance. At first, I wasn't going to do one of these silly year-in-review blog posts, but then, I realized, this has been a pretty big year for me with lots of ups…
