Daily Rant: Favorite Writer
"Who is your favorite writer?" If' you're a reader or a writer, you probably get this question a lot. Next is probably, "what's your favorite book?" And how many of us can actually narrow it down to one - in either…
Book Review: A Memory of Light
I read Memory of Light, the final volume of the mega-series The Wheel of Time, a few weeks ago. I set out to write my review the next day, and then reconsidered. For this one, I felt I needed to wait a bit before delving into this. It would be…
Nexus: $1.99
Go to Amazon right NOW! Today, you can get NEXUS for $1.99 for your Kindle! If you don't have a Kindle, download the FREE KINDLE APP, and read this book! NEXUS by my good friend Ramez Naam is one of those books you don't want…
Daily Rant: Pay the Artist
I should be working on either The Legacy of the Dragon Bone Flute or Book Four of Tears of Rage, but I feel compelled instead to speak once again on something that's been bugging me for a while and has kind of come to a head recently. This…
Guest post with Christopher Kellen
I'd like to welcome my good friend Christopher Kellen to the blog today. Chris is the author of the Arbiter Codex books as well as the Elements of Sorcery series of novellas set in the same world. He's set to release the third story in that…
Tears of Rage Update
Greetings to all my Tears of Rage readers out there. I know many of you are itching for some tidbit of book four, and I'm happy to say I've been plugging away at it a little here and there after taking some time off to work…
Review: NEXUS by Ramez Naam
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&…
New Idea for Appearances
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 "…
Review: Cold Days by Jim Butcher
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…
On Creative Reading
"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…
