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On Ruining Lives
At our regular Thursday night NaNoWriMo write-in, one of our participants started asking questions about horses. This led to her confessing that she felt bad for her main character, and was trying to throw her a bone. When you start … Continue reading
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Tagged black moment, changes, character conflict, chuck wendig, conflict, doctor who, doomsday, dresden files, harry dresden, heaven's spite, jill kismet, jim butcher, lilith saintcrow, miriam black, mockingbird, nora sutherlin, original sinners, raymond chandler, rose tyler, russell t davies, tenth doctor, the siren, tiffany reisz, wesley railey, writers ruin fictional lives
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How I Learned to Write a Damn Book
A lot of you probably wonder why I fangirl so ridiculously hard on Jim Butcher all the time. A lot of you probably think that I have some kind of crazycatlady crush on the man–or maybe on Harry Dresden. You … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged amwriting, chuck wendig, creative nonfiction, devon monk, dresden files, fantasy, glen duncan, harry connolly, harry dresden, how i learned to write a book, hunter s. thompson, james r. tuck, jim butcher, joe hill, kalayna price, kat richardson, kate griffin, kevin hearne, laurell k. hamilton, learn to write a book, lili st. crow, lilith saintcrow, morgan llewelyn, nancy a. collins, nanowrimo, national novel writing month, neil gaiman, patricia briggs, richard kadrey, rob thurman, science fiction, seanan mcguire, short story, urban fantasy, writing, writing a novel
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Search: “books like the dresden files”
Okay, so I get this a lot. It’s all over Goodreads, it’s a search query that brings folks to my blog at least every other day, never mind all the real people I run into that ask me that question. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fun Stuff
Tagged a madness of angels, aftermath, alex craft, aloha from hell, american gods, anansi boys, anita blake, atticus o'sullivan, basilisk, blackout, bloodsucking fiends, books like the dresden files, c.e. murphy, cal leandros, cassandra clare, charlaine harris, child of fire, chimera, christopher moore, circle of friends, coyote blue, dresden files, ellen datlow, faith hunter, felix gomez, fragile things, game of cages, george r.r. martin, ghost story, glen duncan, good omens, graveminder, greywalker, grimrose path, harry connolly, harry dresden, holly black, infernal devices, iron druid chronicles, j.f. lewis, jacqueline carey, jane yellowrock, jim butcher, john taylor, kalayna price, kat richardson, kate griffin, kelley armstrong, kevin hearne, kill the dead, laurell k. hamilton, lilith saintcrow, mario acevedo, matthew swift, mean streets, melissa marr, mercy thompson, merry gentry, misha korsak, mortal instruments, my big fat supernatural honeymoon, my big fat supernatural wedding, naked city, nancy a. collins, neil gaiman, nightlife, nightside, niko leandros, october daye, p.n. elrod, patricia briggs, paula guran, rachel caine, ray lilly, remy chandler, richard kadrey, richelle mead, rob thurman, rogue mage, sandman slim, seanan mcguire, sherrilyn kenyon, side jobs, simon r. green, songs of love and death, sonja blue, stefan korsak, strange brew, tanith lee, terry pratchett, the last werewolf, the midnight mayor, the neon court, the year's best dark fantasy and horror 2011, thomas sniegoski, trick of the light, trickster, trixa iktomi, twenty palaces, vampire academy, void city, walker papers, wicked lovely
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Book reviews: Rob Thurman’s CHIMERA and BASILISK
Let’s talk about science fiction versus fantasy. Let’s talk about Michael Crichton and Dean Koontz and Robin Cook. Let’s talk about guns, pipe bombs, and Dexter references. Let’s talk about thrillers. CHIMERA came out last year – about this time … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, Writing
Tagged basilisk, book review, cal leandros, chimera, dean koontz, dexter, dragoncon, dresden files, genetic thriller, harry dresden, jim butcher, korsak brothers, medical thriller, michael crichton, misha korsak, niko leandros, rob thurman, robin cook, science fiction, stefan korsak, thriller
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Tuesday Plugs (8/1 edition)
New weekly segment! Since Tuesday is new release day, I will be taking some time on Monday nights to give the highlights of tomorrow’s releases, as well as congratulations to folks who have made it onto bestseller list(s). First! Congratulations … Continue reading
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Tagged a dance with dragons, another kind of dead, basilisk, black prism, bloodhunt, brent weeks, charlaine harris, chimera, downpour, dreg city, dresden files, game of thrones, george r.r. martin, ghost story, greywalker, harper blaine, harry dresden, heather graham, home improvement undead edition, jim butcher, kat richardson, kelly meding, lightbringer, mark lawrence, melissa marr, night angel trilogy, patricia briggs, prince of thorns, rob thurman, sentinel wars, shannon k. butcher, tuesday plugs
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“I could fly my nerd flag with any of you guys.”
I hope you’re sitting down for this today. It’s gonna be a doozy. Thing the First: I went to Jim Butcher’s book signing in Atlanta last night, and have fun anecdotes and pictures. Thing the Second: I read GHOST STORY … Continue reading
A note on publication dates
There are a lot – a lot – of good books coming out this summer, and since I have the dubious pleasure of working at a bookstore, knowing published authors, and wanting to be one myself, I was reminded of … Continue reading
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Tagged alex craft, basilisk, bestselling author status, cal leandros, chimera, dresden files, ellen datlow, gail carriger, ghost story, grave dance, hammered, harry dresden, heartless, holly black, iron druid chronicles, jim butcher, kalayna price, kevin hearne, kill the dead, melissa marr, mercy thompson, naked city, new york times bestselling author, niko leandros, parasol protectorate, patricia briggs, publication dates, richard kadrey, rob thurman, sandman slim
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The first step is admission
So here I am, deep in the throes of editing – So here I am, deep in the throes of eating graham crackers for breakfast and waiting for Blur to get out of the shower, and it’s occurred to me … Continue reading
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Tagged alex craft, anita blake, cal leandros, charlaine harris, dresden files, elements of fiction, fantasy, fantasy noir, genre, harry dresden, j.r. ward, jacqueline carey, james stark, jim butcher, john taylor, kalayna price, kate griffin, laurell k. hamilton, mercy thompson, merry gentry, nancy a. collins, nightside, niko leandros, olivia monck, paranormal romance, patricia briggs, richard kadrey, rob thurman, robyn thurman, romance, sandman slim, science fiction, scifi, sherrilyn kenyon, simon r. green, sonja blue, trixa iktomi, urban fantasy, writing, writing a novel
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The trouble with RPG characters
A published writer friend (nancygray.blogspot.com) of mine told she started my manuscript. I, reasonably enough, asked what she thought so far. She said, “Your writing style sounds a little Dresdenish.” I laughed and said, “Well, the narrator was born a … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, anita blake, cal leandros, character generation, dashiell hammett, detective fiction, dresden files, dresden files rpg, dresdenverse, harper blaine, harry dresden, jim butcher, jimmy stark, john taylor, kat richardson, laurell k. hamilton, mercy thompson, noir, noir fantasy, patricia briggs, phillip marlowe, raymond chandler, richard kadrey, rob thurman, rpg characters, sam spade, sandman slim, simon r. green, urban fantasy, world generation, writing, writing a novel
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