Squee! (Er, manly squee!). I grew up reading trilogies. I grew up watching trilogies. I lived in trilogies, walked the lands of trilogies until I knew them better than my own neighborhood, lived many lives through trilogies, fought evil and triumphed in trilogies. I dreamed of writing a trilogy. It is surreal to have actually done […]
And Book Makes Three! Read Post »
In writing, you are told to say, “Yes, BUT”. In improv, you are told to say, “Yes, AND.” I think we all need a bit more of the latter in our real lives right now. ~~ “Yes, the character gained invisibility, BUT now she is blind and begins to freeze to death because the sun’s
We Need More “Yes AND” and less “Yes BUT” Read Post »
Seeing the millions of people marching yesterday was inspirational, and the perfect counterbalance to the events of the previous day. Thank you! But when I woke up this morning, my brain couldn’t help but wonder, what’s next? It is the day after the march. Although millions marched, they weren’t even mentioned on Fox News today
Occupy Marching Forward Read Post »
When you close your eyes and think of ancient Egypt, ancient Rome, feudal Japan, what do you see? What symbolizes “Vikings” to you? If you had to make a person walk into a room and have an “experience” (without food or drink) that is French, or Irish, or Mexican, what would you do? How do
Rise Up – they are coming for our art and history Read Post »
Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free is now out in Trade Paperback! (links below) Now is the perfect time to jump into the series if you have not already, with book 3 coming out in March to complete the trilogy arc. In fact, Tor has re-posted the first three chapters to book 1 on the Fantastic
Bigfootloose Paperback Release Day, and Finn Fancy Giveaway! Read Post »
One of my big nerdjoy moments recently was when I found a virtual Choose your Own Adventure book while adventuring in Skyrim, titled Kolb and the Dragon. And that got me remembering all the big predictions and promises at the dawn of ebooks and tablet computing about living, interactive books. And that made me think
Where Are the Interactive Books We Were Promised? Read Post »
I am pretty terrible about updating folks on Finn Fancy world, so here’s two quick exciting updates: First, UK Cover for Smells Like Finn Spirit (from Titan UK), where they continue the fun 8-bit art theme! And here’s the US cover from TOR again just for fun:
Bigfootloose Paperback plus UK Cover for SLFS! Read Post »
Happy New Year! I thought I’d once again offer a bit of new year’s encouragement and advice to help with the coming year. While this is aimed primarily at my fellow writers, the same advice can also, I think, be applied to most any goal or creative pursuit, and to life in general, so just replace
Setting your Goals for 2017 Read Post »
The future remains in our hands. Whether you woke up today feeling gutted, or terrified, or victorious, and regardless of who wins an election, the things that you can do to be happy and healthy remain much the same. Except now I feel one of those things takes on even more importance. Before I offer
What Now? One Possible Option Read Post »
I created this handy election map in case folks were trying to understand where we stand. Polls show that much of the blue areas are due to Hobbit, High Elvish and Good Wizard influence, thus the movement to #unmakethe3rings that gave the elves and Gandalf power to influence the vote, and the push to send
The Real 2016 Election Map Read Post »