Oct 31, 2014 | Horror, On Books, Past Notes
THE DEATH OF THE NECROMANCER is an almost pitch-perfect fantasy novel by Martha Wells. This is the first novel I’ve read by Martha Wells, but I’m sure I’ll read many more of her books. There are several reasons why: First, it is rare to find a...
Oct 28, 2014 | Horror, On Books, Past Notes
Christopher Buehlman weaves together some truly fascinating mythology with the gritty reality of a “modern” warlock to create a downbeat story of love, loss, addiction and magic. I love the concept of a modern-day set of wizards who use materials at hand...
Oct 27, 2014 | On Writing, Past Notes
My novel SINFUL FOLK is told by a brave and relentless woman, who has lived as a man for over a decade in the Middle Ages. It’s interesting to me that some readers and reviewers have pointed out that they’ve found it a little unbelievable that a woman could live...
Oct 15, 2014 | Horror, Past Notes
So what is All Hallow’s Read? All Hallow’s Read is a Hallowe’en tradition. It’s simply that in the week of Hallowe’en, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book. Scholars have traced its origins as far back as this blog post. Is this instead of...
Oct 9, 2014 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Everything is relative. You don’t need to be Einstein to understand that. A human is as big to an ant as a building may be to him. However, the world always seems such a huge place; so many countries, cities, forests, oceans, lakes, icebergs. So many animals and...
