I love fantasy but there are fantasy characters that make me put a book down as soon as I see they’re involved. Vampires Werewolves Zombies Dragons Wait, what? Dragons? How could dragons be on the list? It’s the most iconic monster in all of fantasy. Smog, anyone? And that’s the thing. The dragon is the…
So here I am. 🙂 The busy season has passed. At least until it arrives again (which for me will be January). This year (in my new department) hasn’t been even half as bad as the two previous where I was expected to work 14-hour days with weekends and basically go balls to the wall…
I don’t read erotic romance, but that doesn’t make Roni Loren any less cool. We have a great rhythm on twitter where she posts a blog entry, people comment, she says “Go check out the controversy!, and I go see one person disagreeing with her. I then wag my finger at her for hyberbolizing controversy…
Completely unrelated to my previous post (and apologies for its rushed nature), but I’ve been spending a measurable amount of time pondering book signings lately. Specifically how I cannot attend them. I don’t buy paper books any more. It would be awkward going up to an author and asking him to sign my nook. Mostly…
I follow George Martin on LiveJournal. I thrilled to see the amazing actors that will perform in “A Game of Thrones.” (Peter Dinklage!!!!) I have watched the trailers and am anxious to see the finished product in hopes that it will be as great as it appears. I even follow A Game of Thrones on…
Mentioned previously, I’m reading CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins. It’s the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. With the exception of this morning’s dumb decision on the part of the main character, the book maintains the style of the first book I enjoyed so much. There doesn’t seem to be a lot going on,…
I have two thousands words left before I complete JEHOVAH’S HITLIST. I just bought SHADOWHEART, the fourth and final volume of the Shadowmarch Tetralogy written by my favorite author, Tad Williams. This is a time for writing and reading a big ass book. …yet SHADOWHEART sits on my table (damn that thing is heavy to…
Tiffany Reisz is one of Sara Megibow’s erotica authors. She wrote a guest post for Fiction Groupie that just blew me away, so I thought I would bring it to your attention. Now, as a liberal adult, I have been instructed to be open about sex, and I am. So is my wife. We’re cool…
Nathan Bransford invited readers to post comments about Harry Potter on their own blogs and link back in his, for which this post is created. Depending on how long you’ve been following me, you might have listened to the episode of the PodgeCast or even read the older post on my LiveJournal that covered the…