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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
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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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Fandom Fest; or, Woman Cannot Survive on Bourbon and Coffee Alone
First of all, this happened: James R. Tuck, author of BLOOD AND BULLETS from Kensington, and Richard Kadrey, author of SANDMAN SLIM from Harper Collins, put me in a Big Tattooed Dude sandwich. Shenanigans also included being a corset mannequin, … Continue reading
The Problem with Present Tense (in which I tacitly pimp Chuck Wendig’s BLACKBIRDS)
Let’s be clear: I do not encourage new writers to write in the present tense. It is, by and large, not for the faint of heart – and certainly not for the faint of grammar. Present tense works in one … Continue reading
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
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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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Tuesday plugs (8/15 edition) [corrected]
Okay. I’m really tired. Some friends of mine just got finished having a baby on the other side of town, and I’ve been dog-sitting and chinchilla-sitting and getting not even close to enough sleep. So here goes: THE YEAR’S BEST … Continue reading
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Tagged basilisk, brian ruckley, caleb's crossing, dresden files, george r.r. martin, geraldine brooks, ghost story, glen duncan, holly black, jim butcher, joe lansdale, john hornor jacobs, kill the dead, korsak brothers, mark lawrence, neil gaiman, prince of thorns, richard kadrey, rob thurman, sandman slim, southern gods, terry goodkind, the edinburgh dead, the last werewolf, the omen machine, the year's best dark fantasy and horror 2011
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Book review: Glen Duncan’s THE LAST WEREWOLF
Okay. Well. This book… totally happened. As has been covered, I really dig abrasively written unnecessarily tragic love stories (WRACK, LOLITA, etc.; CALEB’S CROSSING could have been sexier). This one had all of those things in spades. The story is … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, glen duncan, jacob marlowe, nancy a. collins, richard kadrey, sandman slim, sonja blue, stephen king, the last werewolf
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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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