Web Log
Medical Dreams & Nightmares
As mentioned earlier, both my parents are psychoanalysts. Maybe that’s one reason why I am preoccupied by dreams, my own and those of others. Those who’ve read Spellwright won’t be surprised; dreams and the discovery of their meanings figure prominently in the plot. But, not to worry, I don’t go in for aggressive analysis of [...]
Read More
News Post: Brent Weeks at World Fantasy, The Infocom Game
If ignorant of infocom games, the young are excused, kinda. Read about infocom here, the venerable Zork I here, *play* Zork I here, or listen to Strongbad explain about text based adventures hereith.
Hotel Bar
You are standing in the primordial soup of the World Fantasy Convention 2009 bar. Exits are north and west. The bar is [...]
In Praise of Audio Fiction
[The following crosspost appeared at Tor.com]
The inspiration for this post came to me when convincing an actor friend to record an excerpt of my novel Spellwright. We did everything we could to make sure the result was lovingly, if not professionally, produced. It might not win any awards, but it’s still free and (hopefully) fun. [...]
News Post: Prepare Your Speakers for The Awesome
US publication is upon us! Fortunately the mayhem over here is of the benign, amusing-to-people-who-aren’t-you flavor. The present champion of entropy in Blake’s apartment is an exciting audio project. One of my best friends from high school, Mark D. Hines, has become a professional stage actor. We met so long ago, I had hair. Those [...]
Read More
Write about What You Fear
The following crosspost appears originally at Magical Words, a brilliant blog that focuses on the craft of writing and the business of writing for aspiring novelists. It’s a wonderful resource that deserves your perusal.
Imagine that someone asks you to have a long, serious discussion about writing. Imagine you care about this person. Imagine you are [...]
SPELLWRIGHT Book Tour!
Dearly Beloved You People: Should you want to be dazzled by the light glinting off my head, hear me read, see me get nervous about signing books while talking at the same time, here’s the present calendar for the Spellwright DIY Tour. (For updates you can check back here or watch my blog.)
March 14th, 2:00pm: [...]
How Playing Dungeons & Dragons™ Will Prepare YOU for Medical School
Lately I’ve been fielding questions from earnest, interested parents about helping their children to one day reach medical school. I usually have to resist the urge to ask a snarky question about why the parents want to punish their children. But I do resist, mostly because deep-down, I have loved medical school (or all that [...]
Read More
News Post: The Son-of-Two-Psychoanalysts
A quick fact about me: both my mother and my father are psychiatrists. (Yes. The answer to whatever question you’re wondering right now is ‘yes.’ Trust me.) More interesting still, they’re both psychoanalysts.
More than anyone, Mom and Dad deserve the credit for any success I’ve had overcoming my disability. Their devotion, kindness, and patience were [...]
If Snark & Snide had a Love Child, It Would be This Interview
(The following cross post appears originally on the web page of my very dear friend–the best selling, award winning, incorrigibly witty, and infinitely teasable Gail Carriger.)
Today, Gentle Reader, I am pleased to present a not-so-normal interview with my regular writing-buddy, Mr. Blake Charlton. Someday I will tell you all the story of how we met, [...]
How a Problem with Tolkien’s Modern English Helped Inspire Spellwright
(The following post was written for http://voyageronline.wordpress.com/ and will be posted there around when the book hits Australian shores. When asked to write a post for Australian fantasy readers, I struck upon this topic by considering possible similarities in linguistic experiences between someone who’d grown up in Sydney (though my knowledge of Australia is admittedly [...]
Read More