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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
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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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
Posted in Fun Stuff, Writing
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
Posted in Writing
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
Posted in Writing
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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