Exciting news! Das Flüstern der Nacht (the German translation of The Desert Spear) is in the running on the German book lovers’ site LovelyBooks for their “Der Leserpreis – die besten Buecher 2010” award! It made it to the Shortlist in the category “Fantasie/Science Fiction”, in which I am competing with 35 other books. I’m […]
Final Homemade Heroes Entries (3 of 3): Bratz
This entry is so damn cool. Really, they all have been, and I am running out of expletives to describe them. Especially since a recent post netted this e-mail from my mom: I cringe every time I see the “F” word or reference to it on your peephole. Is that the kind of thing you […]
HH: Sharik Hora
OMFG. New Homemade Heroes entry, and it is so fucking awesome words fail me. This one from Mia, who is apparently from here in NYC. Check this shit out. You can click on the pictures to enlarge them: Hi. Attached are photos of my entries — the Sharik Hora, a sand demon and One-Arm. I […]
Homemade Heroes: Legos and Barbies
I was starting to worry I overreached a bit with the Homemade Heroes Contest. Oh, there have been some absolutely fantastic entries, but just a trickle compared to the other contests. Part of this I realize is that this contest was a little more skill-specific. Far less inclusive than “ward something” or “take a picture […]
French Made Heroes
Usually, I laud the awesomeness of my readers before showing you their entry, but sometimes, when the reader is as awesome as French Jess, there is nothing I can add that competes with her own words and pictures. You will see therein that her boyfriend is awesome, too. This is good. I wouldn’t want her […]