Project Hail Mary
Last weekend I finished Project Hail Mary, and I’m just going to go ahead and say that I really, really liked it. Now that I’ve been sitting with it for a
The Magic of Writing
Sometimes, I understand why so many writers think of the act of writing as a magical process. In the chapter I was editing this morning, I had a note to add a detail
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
I tend not to write reviews about stories that didn’t work for me. But I wanted to write a review about this story, because even though I ended up not liking it
2021 in Books
2021 was a great year for reading! According to my Goodreads profile, I read 24,008 pages in 78 books. The number is probably a bit low, as I don’t record quite
Demon
WARNING: Spoilers for A Sword Named Vengeance below!YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! The train car wobbled, bodies tilting left and right in unison, as the monstrous engine pulled them away from the city. Tomas
Crooked Kindgom
About a week ago I finished Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. It's the second book of a duology that starts what Six of Crows began, and I considered it a stunning triumph. One
December Rewards
Six of Crows
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo vaults to the top of my favorite reading of 2021!
Project Hail Mary and Mystery
This past weekend I had the pleasure of beginning Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, of The Martian fame. I’m not quite halfway through the book, but I can’t think of
Thanksgiving 2021
Top o' the morning, all! I hope this post finds you doing well, whenever you might stumble upon it. Here in the US, it's the Thanksgiving holiday. My daughter is home from school,
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Back from Vegas!
I just returned on Friday from a week in Las Vegas at a trade conference, the largest in the world for independent authors and publishers. It was a tremendous week, and a fantastic opportunity to meet with author friends both old and new.