Daily Archives: April 12, 2013
New Books and ARCs, 4/12/13
Posted on April 12, 2013 43 Comments
Anything in this pile that catches your eye? Let me know in the comments.
Joe Hill & I Teaming Up for Two Shows in San Francisco, May 15
Posted on April 12, 2013 15 Comments
UPDATE: The dual appearances are, sadly, cancelled BUT we will both be doing separate appearances on May 15. Details here. If you didn’t catch me and Joe Hill chatting about books last night, one, catch it here, and two, you missed our big mutual announcement: Joe and I are doing two bookstore events in […]
Reader Request Week 2013 #8: Whatever Topics and Comments
Posted on April 12, 2013 27 Comments
Stephen T asks: Have the sorts of topics you write about on Whatever changed over the years since you first started your blog? And related, have you seen a change over the years in the comments you receive and has your approach to commenters changed (especially trolls)? Sure, the topics have changed a bit. One […]
The Big Idea: Shana Mlawski
Posted on April 12, 2013 20 Comments
Author Shana Mlawski is on a quest to rethink the “quest” fantasy novel. Does she succeed in her novel Hammer of Witches? Here she is to make the argument. SHANA MLAWSKI: Here’s a joke I sometimes tell when people ask me about the inspiration behind Hammer of Witches: “I was getting tired of medieval European […]
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