My Kickstarter campaign to fund Shapers of Worlds, an anthology of short stories from some of the authors who were guests my Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers, in its first year, was a great success, raising $15,700 CDN, well above the original goal of $13,500. As a result, the anthology is full-steam ahead, heading for an August …
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My ebook odyssey
All the cool kids are writing about their experiences with ebooks these days, and since I’ve long aspired to be cool (though, alas, I have yet to reach that exalted state) I thought I would give a brief account of my own experiences as writer and reader of same. I take you back to those …
Book review: Storm from the Shadows by David Weber
I first discovered David Weber’s Honor Harrington series rather late, reading the first few installments in ebook form on my hieBook reader when they were made available for downloading at the Baen Free Library. I loved them, and moved on to buy the next few in paperback. Now I am fully addicted and purchase them in hardcover …
What I’ve Just Read: By Schism Rent Asunder
By Schism Rent Asunder is the second book in David Weber’s new series that began with Off Armageddon Reef. Before I read it someone warned me that they thought it didn’t really work as a stand-alone novel: it’s very much a bridge between what happened in the first book and what’s going to happen in …
What I’ve Just Read: Off Armageddon Reef
I’m a big David Weber fan (and had a chance to meet him and be on a panel with him at ConVersion in Calgary a couple of years ago)…or perhaps it would be more accurate to say I’m a big Honor Harrington fan, since nothing else he’s written has captured my interest as much as …
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Episode 56: Kelley Armstrong
An hour-long conversation with New York Times-bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, author of numerous fantasy, mystery, and thriller novels in multiple series for adults, including the thirteen-book Otherworld series, which began with her first novel, Bitten, and other series and standalone novels for young adults and middle-grade readers. Websitekelleyarmstrong.com Twitter@KelleyArmstrong Facebook@KelleyArmstrongAuthor Kelley Armstrong’s Amazon Page The… -
Episode 55: Adria Laycraft
An hour-long conversation with Adria Laycraft, author of Jumpship Hope (Tyche Books), freelance editor, and wood artisan, an Odyssey Writers Workshop alumna whose short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, both online and in print. Websiteadrialaycraft.com Facebook@adria.laycraft YouTubeCarving the Cottonwood Girl Gone to Ground The Introduction Adria Laycraft is an author, freelance editor… -
Episode 54: Lisa Foiles
An hour-long chat with actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, voice-over artist and writer Lisa Foiles, former cast member of Nickelodeon’s All That, author of the new middle-grade novel Ash Ridley and the Phoenix. Websitelisafoiles.com Twitter@LisaFoiles Instagram@LisaFoiles Facebook@LisaFoilesOfficial Lisa Foile’s Amazon Page The Introduction Lisa Foiles is best known as a four-year series regular on the Nickelodeon sketch… -
Episode 53: Bryan Thomas Schmidt
An hour-long conversation with Bryan Thomas Schmidt, national bestselling author and Hugo-nominated editor of adult and children’s speculative fiction whose debut novel, The Worker Prince, received Honorable Mention on Barnes & Noble Book Club’s Year’s Best Science Fiction Releases and whose short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies and online. Website/Blogwww.bryanthomasschmidt.net Twitter@BryanThomasS Facebook@bryanthomass Goodreads… -
Episode 52: Nancy Kress
An hour-long interview with Nancy Kress, bestselling Nebula, Hugo, Sturgeon, and Campbell Award-winning author of thirty science fiction and fantasy novels and novellas and five short-story collections, including Beggars in Spain, Probability Space, and Steal Across the Sky, as well as three non-fiction books for Writer’s Digest on the fundamentals of writing. Websitewww.nancykress.com Nancy Kress’s Amazon Page The Introduction Nancy Kress… -
Episode 51: Barbara Hambly
An hour-long chat with Barbara Hambly, New York Times-bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century, about her creative process. Websitewww.barbarahambly.com Facebook@BarbaraHamblyWriter Barbara Hambly’s Amazon Page The Introduction Since her first published fantasy in 1982, The Time of the Dark, Barbara Hambly has touched most bases… -
Episode 50: S. M. Stirling
An hour-long conversation with S.M. Stirling, author of numerous science fiction and fantasy novels, including the novels of the Change and the Shadowspawn series, and most recently Shadows of Annihilation, Book 3 of the Tales from the Black Chamber series, about an alternate First World War. Websitesmstirling.com Facebook@worldsofwhatif S.M. Stirling’s Amazon Page The Introduction S.M.… -
Episode 49: Ira Nayman
An hour-long chat with Ira Nayman, editor of Amazing Stories magazine, proprietor of the Alternate Reality News Service (11 books so far), and author of six novels in the Multiverse series published by Elsewhen Press. WebsiteLes Pages aux Folles Twitter@ARNSProprietor Ira Nayman’s Amazon Page The Introduction Iray Nayman is the proprietor of the Alternate Reality… -
Episode 48: Tim Powers
An hour-long conversation with three-time World Fantasy Award (and two-time Philip K. Dick Award)-winning fantasy author Tim Powers, whose sixteen novels include The Anubis Gates, Forced Perspectives, and On Stranger Tides. Websitewww.theworksoftimpowers.com Facebook@AuthorTimPowers Tim Powers Amazon Page The Introduction An hour-long conversation with three-time World Fantasy Award (and two-time Philip K. Dick Award)-winning fantasy author ,… -
Episode 47: Carrie Vaughn
An hour-long chat with Carrie Vaughn, author of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel Bannerless, the New York Times-bestselling Kitty Norville urban fantasy series: more than twenty novels and upwards of 100 short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. Websitewww.carrievaughn.com Facebook@carrie.vaughn Carrie Vaughn’s Amazon Page The Introduction Carrie Vaughn‘s work includes…
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