I have mixed feelings regarding the DVD industry that’s built up to sell us television, which we essentially get for free over the airwaves (at least, mostly free), but I can’t deny that one of the perks is the fact that shows from my childhood are available again. In some cases, this is a horrible [...]
Since the news that John Scalzi is now the President of the SFWA wasn’t the Top 10 list on Letterman – Travesty, right? I mean – come on Letterman! Finger on the pulse – finger ON THE PULSE! AND, since Scalzi did a top 10 list of his own (DAMMIT! I WAS SCOOPED! John Lennon [...]
Once again, my friend John Anealio and I had the privilege of hosting a fantastic guest over on the Functional Nerds podcast. John Picacio is an award winning artist who has put together some of the most memorable cover art I’ve seen in a long time.
His covers grace books from many different publishers, have won [...]
I little while ago, I put up a post saying that I’d like to blog for you (That offer is still open, btw). Essentially, the idea was that I would write a guest post for your blog and you would write one for mine. You pick the topic I write and I pick the topic [...]
I figured it was time to do some writing updates, since that’s what all of this is really about. Funny enough, the genesis for this piece lies lies in the live episode of ‘I should be writing’ from Mur Lafferty. They were talking about writing and publishing and whether or not to publish your stuff [...]
I bought this one because I’d read something about the author, Steven Erikson, that was intriguing. Here was a guy who plotted out 10 novels set in a world he co-created. That’s simply amazing.
So, the official stuff:
The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with ancient and [...]
Think of these posts as the opposite of a review – cuz I haven’t actually read the book yet…
I have impulse control problems – especially when it comes to buying books. SO, this results in my always having a pile of paperbacks sitting around waiting to be read.
Books like: Medalon, by Jennifer Fallon.
I admit it [...]
This week I’m talking about books that I’ve shelled out the cash for, but haven’t yet cracked open to read.
Let’s talk about: Merlin
Ok, so – if you’ve been hanging out here for a while, reading my stuff, maybe following me on twitter or listening to the podcast… Hey, ARE YOU STALKING ME?!
Wait, where was I? [...]
I never want to get bored.
To that end, I buy a lot of books. I can’t walk into a bookstore and walk out empty handed. I think it’s genetic.
This means that I have a lot of unread books lying around. This week, I’m going to talk about some of those books and try to justify, [...]
I hate shopping.
Well, that’s not true – I like shopping for certain things like DVD’s, music, video games, gadgets – but groceries, clothing, toothpaste – I hate it. Especially the toothpaste. I mean, do we REALLY need a hundred different versions of Crest?
Anyway, what I want to know is this: How do you know what [...]