I had just done an interview with Shawn Speakman at Suduvu when he posted his essay in Defense of George RR Martin and his ever-late novel, A Dance With Dragons. This is a topic I have thought often on, as Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series is an enormous inspiration to me, and so […]
Locus Love
The February 2009 issue of Locus Magazine is out, which contains their 2008 Year in Review and Recommended Reading List. Guess who’s on it? Long before SF fans had the internets and blogs and online forums to discuss their passion and made recommendations to one another, there was Locus Magazine, a monthly magazine that was […]
Leave George Alone!
The topic of George RR Martin (GRRM) and his ever-behind schedule Song of Ice and Fire is one that brings surprising passion from both fan and professional alike in the SF publishing world. It’s a topic I’ve discussed with friends and coworkers, people I meet at conventions and industry gatherings, my agent and editor, and […]
Blood and Suvudu
Getting a little nervous as ComicCon and the completion of The Desert Spear loom. With any luck, I will finish TDS just before I head out to the con. When I look back at what I’ve written over the last two years, I am very pleased, but there is still that nagging fear and doubt […]
The Offensive
As you can see, I found a slightly larger image of the awesome cover of the third and final manga-sized installment of The Painted Man in Japan, which went on sale just the other day. Twilight Dancer looks big and badass, almost like he was a demon himself, which is exactly how he is described […]