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The Happiest (possible) V-Day to You!
I don’t know about you, but when I think about Romantic Love I think about one or several early Christian martyrs with little or nebulous historical record but surrounded by semi-morbid stories of an unjust religious imprisonment, passionate letters handwritten while incarcerated to an undetermined someone else, followed by a public beheading. Oh and cutout-paper [...]
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What do Medicine and High School have in Common?
The other day my internal medicine research team met up at the project lead’s office and we walked over to a conference (eight pairs dress clogs go clomp clomp clomp) that was then occupied by a research team. They were running over the time they had signed up for. We stood outside, waiting for them [...]
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News Post: Exclusive Spellwright Excerpt & DIY Book Tour FTW
Hermanos y Hermanas de la Fantasía:
Here’s a pretty frakken important med student tip: Should you be listening to a Medical Spanish podcast about sexually transmitted diseases, do *not* listen and practice pronouncing the vocabulary from said podcast while running on a treadmill in the gym. ¡Estoy embarazada! Oh…wait…that mean ‘I’m pregnant?’ ¡Ay caramba, Charlton!
Excerpt!
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What Happens to a Debut Author’s Brain on #Amazonfail
[Soft lights up on a small messy room. BLAKE lies sleeping fitfully on mattress with a unlikely tangle of sheets. Down stage and to the right of the bed lies THE UNIVERSE INCARNATED IN A PROTEAN PILE OF CLEANED BUT UNFOLDED LAUNDRY.]
THE UNIVERSE INCARNATED IN A PROTEAN PILE OF CLEANED BUT UNFOLDED LAUNDRY: [quivering as [...]
Self Q&A: Why You Can’t Pre-order Spellwright on Amazon Right Now
Q: Blake, why can’t I pre-order your book on Amazon?
A: Well, Blake, MacMillian (publishing conglomerate) and Amazon are fighting about ebook pricing.
Q: Why?
A: It’s kinda messy. Likely not worth your Sunday.
Q: I like messy.
A: That’s not really a question.
Q: Bitch, please.
A: Fine, here’s MacMillian’s message to authors/illustrators and Amazon’s response. There are plenty of intelligent [...]
Huzzah! SPELLWRIGHT receives a *Starred* review from Booklist!
I’m excited to announce that SPELLWRIGHT has received a coveted starred review from Booklist, the publication of the American Library Association. I’m especially proud to add this to the starred review from Library Journal! See below for an advance uncorrected version of the review that will appear in the 2010 February 15th issue.
Spellwright.
Charlton, Blake (Author)
Feb [...]
Book Recommendation: High Yield Embryology
I discovered this novel during my first year of medical school and found it difficult, insightful, but nothing worth comment. Since then I have had two years to write novels, read reviews in the New York Times Review of Books, wear skinny pants, and walk my labradoodle around The Mission in San Francisco. As such, [...]
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First Video Interview (courtesy of Peter V. Brett & EtOH)
The Warded Man himself, Peter V. Brett has posted a bit of video reconnaissance from last year’s World Fantasy Convention. Click here for the full report also featuring NYT best seller Brent Weeks & the infinitely charming Gail Carriger.
See below for an embedded interview in the hotel bar
“Adult” Fantasy
Just as in this popular humorous post, an infinitely fractional* part of the below actually happened to me.
[Lights up on an atrium after grand rounds--fichus plants, white walls with tasteful hospital art. Upstage stand several folded tables with bagels on them. The CROWD OF DOCTORS, dressed in white coats, is milling about the table, chatting, [...]
Two Sides of Thirty Something
The holidays and my birthday have passed, and somehow I’m thirty. Not at all sure how this happened. Certainly didn’t plan for it. Thinking back to the chap I was ten years ago—a hyper anxious undergrad who was sure he had been admitted by mistake and _worse_ had only just figured out to shave his [...]
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