I am a big Terry Brooks fan. I’ve said it before. I’ve said it more than once. I’ve said it several times, in fact. If Tolkien is the grandfather of modern fantasy, Terry Brooks is my awesomely cool uncle. When I was a kid, Tolkien, specifically The Hobbit, aroused my interest in fantasy, but it […]
Forum Testers Wanted
Hi, this is Peat’s friend and webmaster David here. Over the past few weeks, Peat and I have been working on a prototype version of a forum for this site. We’ve decided that it’s finally ready for beta testers. What we’re releasing today is an imperfect work, with the idea being for it to be […]
World War Spear
Germany and Poland are at war. No, it’s not 1939. This current war is about who can be awesomer this week, and the fighting is fierce. Germany has already racked up an impressive number of points. As I mentioned yesterday, Das Flüstern der Nacht, the German translation of The Desert Spear from publisher Heyne, just […]
I’m a Functional Nerd
A couple of months ago I attended Balticon, and at a live recording of the podcast I Should be Writing (which I will be appearing on soon), I met John Anealio of Scifisongs.blogspot.com, who has an SF/tech podcast of his own called The Functional Nerds with writer Patrick Hester. Earlier this week they had me […]
Foreshadowing
So the Warding Contest is finally over. This is a mixed blessing. On one hand, there is no sense of endless wonder every time I log in to get my e-mail, but there is also no sense of impending dread as judgment day approaches and I have to pick a handful of winners from an […]