Book Review: A Memory of Light
I read Memory of Light, the final volume of the mega-series The Wheel of Time, a few weeks ago. I set out to write my review the next day, and then reconsidered. For this one, I felt I needed to wait a...
View ArticleDaily Rant: Favorite Writer
“Who is your favorite writer?” If’ you’re a reader or a writer, you probably get this question a lot. Next is probably, “what’s your favorite book?” And how many of us can actually narrow it down to...
View ArticleThe Life and/or Death of Frodo Baggins
It’s Tolkien Reading Day, and so I thought I’d dust off this old paper I wrote years ago for a Literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy class I took a while back. I’m going to “polish” it up a bit so...
View ArticleFrom the Front Lines: WonderCon
Two days later, (okay, a week, but this took longer to write than I thought it would) I seem mostly recovered from WonderCon without having lost most of it to the clutter that fills my brain in...
View ArticleDaily Rant – Sexual Equality Must Go Both Ways (Storytelling is Not Consent)
Just got back from the San Jose Fantasy Festival, played with my baby girl, recapped with my wife, and had a few moments of down time before opening my computer to catch up on everything I missed while...
View Article“Tell a Story Day” chain story kick off.
April 27th is “Tell a Story Day,” and a group of writers has gotten together to celebrate by writing a group story. You can see the participating authors at the event page at www.genreunderground.com....
View ArticleFrom the Front Lines – San Jose Fantasy Faire
Since I’m heading off to the Tulare County Renaissance Faire this weekend, I suppose I should make my post about the San Jose Fantasy Faire. Second year for this event, and with a few minor bumps here...
View ArticleTell A Story Chain part 19
Well, it’s back to me again. This thing has gone in places I never expected. To see my post that started this strange and awesome journey, go here. To see a complete list of the participants and their...
View ArticleTell A Story Day Finale
Well, here we are. Almost two weeks and over 11,000 words later, and we arrive at the final post. What a wild ride. Hope you all had as much fun following along with this as we did writing it. Yeah, it...
View ArticleDaily Rant – Spoilers…or…Aren’t You Special That You Got To See That Midnight...
Last night Star Trek: Into Darkness played for the first time in public theaters for the general public. One of the big questions is: Who exactly is Benedict Cumberbatch playing in the movie. I’ve...
View ArticleAn Unseen Danger of the Indie Book Revolution
Over the last two years since I began my career as an indie author, I’ve seen many people throughout the publishing industry write and speak of the indie book revolution weighing in on the pros and...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Working On
Judge of Dooms is late…. WAAAAAY late. Tears of Rage readers will be happy to know that it’s almost here. Even before the first draft of the book was finished, my editor pointed out some things that...
View ArticleDaily Rant: Batman Casting News
Ben Afleck… Now that I’m done NERDRAGING…well, I think this might be the eye of the storm…however, I’ve calmed down enough to think about this rationally. I”m posting this to the blog, so I can just...
View ArticleJudge of Dooms Release
Release News: Judge of Dooms “M Todd Gallowglas is the real deal!” Brandon Sanderson Book 4 in the Tears of Rage sequence is now available for Kindle and Nook. Kobo and iTunes are coming soon. I know...
View ArticleOctober Updates
So last week I was lurking around on my various social media outlets, and as I frequently do, I followed this link that looked kind of interesting. I do this mostly with stuff about publishing or...
View ArticleThe Most Powerful Button in Social Media
Between my previous “day job” and promoting my books, I’ve had ample opportunity to make some observations about social media. What I’m about to say has no bases in anythings outside of my own...
View ArticleWriters Need to Grow a Pair
I had an entirely different post planned for my writing tonight, but I’ll save that for tomorrow. It’s going to be a hell of a rant, so you’re going to want to check back. Instead, this post is a call...
View ArticleHalloween Jack and the Red Emperor teaser
Hey all! Wrapping up work on Halloween Jack and the Red Emperor, and I thought I’d give you a little sneak peak. *** As he always did when surrounded by enemies with no hope of escape, Halloween Jack...
View ArticleConvolution Schedule
Greetings all! Coming up on the second time around for one of my favorite conventions: Con-volution. Last year it was ROCKING – the best first year con I’ve ever been too! This year does not appear to...
View ArticleDead Weight Teaser
Wow…It’s been a while since I posted anything. Been busy with family and figuring out where I’m going to take my writing in 2014. Been creating a priority list for upcoming projects, and I think I’ve...
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