About the Author David writes fiction in a variety of genres: SF/Fantasy, horror, thrillers; as well as non-fiction about film and video games. He also teaches courses on film, games, literature and creative writing. You can visit David’s blog here and follow him on Twitter. REVEALED! DISAPPOINTINGLY BANAL APPROACHES TO WRITER’S BLOCK If writer’s block…

About the book Lenk can barely keep control of his mismatched adventurer band at the best of times (Gariath the dragon man sees humans as little more than prey, Kataria the Shict despises most humans, and the humans in the band are little better). When they’re not insulting each other’s religions they’re arguing about pay…

About the Author Bradley P. Beaulieu is the author of The Winds of Khalakovo the first of three planned books in The Lays of Anuskaya series. In addition to being an L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award winner, Brad’s stories have appeared in various other publications, including Realms of Fantasy Magazine, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Writers…

The other day I hit a wall when I was trying to write a review. This was incredibly annoying to me. I’ve never really had that problem before and it was rather hard for me to clear my mind, forget the frustration and find a new angle to write what I was trying to write….

About the book Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin. When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a “delicate situation”—a child born during the Great…

On Monday I went for a routine cancer scan. I didn’t expect them to find anything but, as it turns out, the doctor saw one nodule that is assuredly cancerous and two more that are “showing signs of being cancerous.” I guess he saw all this on my last scan in May but decided not to…

About the book When he was nine, he watched as his mother and brother were killed before him. At thirteen, he led a band of bloodthirsty thugs. By fifteen, he intends to be king… It’s time for Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath to return to the castle he turned his back on, to take what’s rightfully…

About the book Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of…

When Tad’s lovely and wonderful wife Deborah approached me about reviewing The Dirty Streets of Heaven, I was thrilled. Then, I decided I better grow a pair and ask if I could interview the man himself. A year ago I never would have done that. Never. Tad Williams is one of my all time favorite…

I was going to post a review today, but I decided to let it percolate a little and put it up tomorrow instead, when I’m hopefully a little less frazzled than I am today. It will be a review of The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross. In the meantime, I’m…