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June Rewards!

Weekly Update June 3rd

Hey all! After a couple of weeks with my head down (finishing up a project and helping my parents move), I've got an update for you. Youtube is here: Podcast form is here: And the transcript is here: Top of the morning, everyone and thank you for tuning in. This

May Rewards Part 1 (Dayblade and Above)

May Host Rewards, Part 1!

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April Rewards

Writing

A lesson from horror

I didn't intend to write a short story that straddles the blurry boundary between fantasy and horror, but that's the direction it took. As I write this story, I am being reminded of how powerful language is and how important finding the right word is. "Gnarled" evokes a darker feeling

March 2022 Rewards

WMP: Fantasy Weapons (Kinda)

This week on the podcast, Ryan and Taylor meant to talk about fantasy weapons, but it didn't go quite how they expected. Instead they ended up talking about the intersection of magic and technology, and debated whether or not the two can coexist. Full Transcript Below: [00:00:00] Ryan:

Sairo's Claw

As long-time readers of my blog know, I’m absolutely terrible at keeping up with pretty much any sort of media, from books to movies to television. The Chronicles of Gensokai is yet another example of a series that has languished on my kindle since (checks notes) 2019. I now

February Physical Rewards

February Dayblade Rewards

February Sagani Rewards!

Waterstone Media Podcast #4 - Dune and Adaptations

This week, Taylor and I dove headfirst into the waters of adaptations! I hope you enjoy. If you'd like to listen to the audio on the go, you can find all the links here: Waterstone Media Podcast [https://anchor.fm/waterstonemedia] Transcript: Ryan: Top of the morning, everyone, and welcome

Waterstone Media Podcast #3 - Our Favorite Sci-Fi

After last week's discussion about our top fantasy reads, it was time to dive into sci-fi! Our audio and video worked a lot better this time, so I hope you enjoy! Also, if you just want to listen, you can find us on most major podcast feeds by going here:

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January Rewards (Host and Higher)

January Sagani Rewards

Project Hail Mary

Last weekend I finished Project Hail Mary [https://amzn.to/3tAE5Vt], 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 few days, I’m ready to claim that I like it more than

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 that would play an important role later in the story. It wasn’t much. Putting the 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 that much overall, there was a lot about it I loved. The Long Way to a Small,

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 everything I read in Goodreads, but it’s pretty close. Looking through my reading last year, one

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 opened his window and leaned out as the train traveled along a long bend. The engine came

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 aspect that fascinates me about Crooked Kingdom is how similar to and how different it is from

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December Rewards

Reviews

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 a time the first 100 pages of a book have propelled me forward so quickly. It’s