Think it’s weird that I’ve made no posts for a week and then do two back to back? Suck it. That’s how we Bretts roll. Just ask Cassie: So anyway, I get home from WFC, exhausted from 15 hours of travel, and find an e-mail in my inbox from John Smedley. In case you don’t […]
World Fantasy 2009: Calgary
So the flight to Calgary was at 7:55am on Thursday. Being the anal-retentive American traveler that I am, I decided to leave my apartment at 5am to make sure I had plenty of time to deal with airport BS. It’s a good thing I did, but not due to any airline problems, believe it or […]
A Call to Arms
A month or so ago, one of my readers was kind enough to create a Wikipedia page for The Painted Man. The article is a stub however, and will be deleted soon if some other user does not help to expand it. I would do it myself, but I feel that it would be inappropriate […]
Writing to Sell, Part II
As I said in my last post on this topic, Robert Jordan once told me to only write what I wanted, and to ignore what fans and patrons wanted from me. With all due respect to a giant of fantasy literature whom I admire greatly, Mr. Jordan was wrong. On the other hand, some of […]
Writing to Sell, Part I
Apologies to anyone who has been waiting on this post. I know it’s taken a long time for me to write it, but that’s because it’s a topic close to my heart, and I wanted to take time and put my thoughts in proper order to do it justice. I also knew it would be […]