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News Post: A French Translation of Spellwright
Nota Bene: This Friday, March 19th 7:15pm I will read and sign Spellwright at my hometown bookstore: Kepler’s Books & Magazines. If you’re in the area, please come say hi and/or join me for a pint afterward. Between high school and college, I spent a summer in Moroccan Atlas Mountains, splitting my time between two [...]
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Guest Post: Mytusmage on Language & Magic
The following was originally a comment on my last post by Mythusmage. Who guards a corner of the internets known as Mythusmage Opines. I’ve annotated with remarks distinguished by brackets () CAPITALS and a pirate voice. I’m not going to spellcheck it, because pirates don’t fucking spellcheck. Arrrr. (I BE BLOGGING BOUT YON MG READING [...]
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News Post: Mysterious Galaxy!
Yesterday, I had a privilege of ending my jaunt around Southern California with a reading at Mysterious Galaxy (web facebook twitter) in San Diego. They invited me down after the lovely co-owner, Maryelizabeth Hart kindly reviewed Spellwright. See facebook for the pictures. But back to the point: This store is a gem! The staff booksellers [...]
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News Post: Southern California Tour so far
The first official event of book tour starts tomorrow with a reading at Mysterious Galaxy. Stop by if you’re in town. I came down to LA a few days earlier to stay with my sister and play super uncle to the Cutest Niece Ever. Sister is an inspiring therapist at a school for the disabled. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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) [...]
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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 MoreSpellwright’s Lost Invocation
The inspiration for Spellwright came to me in a rush; it began with a moment of sharp pain but then evolved into a flight of ideas that felt…almost incandescent. As origin stories go, it’s not a bad one; you can find it here. I’ll remember the day it happened forever. I was in New Haven, [...]
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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 [...]
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