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Home in the Rookery

I like to read the Writer’s of the Future blog, and a few weeks back they had a little contest to see who could name the author (Patrick Rothfuss) of the map drawing they put up. I figured it out, and posted my answer, then forgot about it.  Recently they posted again saying they wanted to mail out

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Protection Money, by Wen Spencer

The Bookshelf

Protection Money, by Wen Spencer Short Review: A well fleshed-out world and tough characters bring this story to life.  Gritty by turns yet emotionally touching, I found it a very enjoyable read. Long Review: The truth is, I’m trying not to gush.  The depth of the world-creation is very impressive, and the characters will live on

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WOTF Early Entry

4 CommentsWriting

Okay, so maybe I’m just a few days early, not weeks or months, but it’s still a first for me.  I finished the final draft of ‘Way of the Priestess’ on Friday, printed it over the weekend, and finally got it off today, Tuesday. (You may see this as Wednesday, but then, you may go

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This Won’t Take Long

Just for Laughs

Similar to sentences like ‘You can’t miss it’, ‘Consider it done’, and ‘You won’t feel a thing’.  The fates of the world sharpen their ears, day and night, for such foolish mortal slips.  When such a phrase is heard the fates whoop and swoop toward the target of their ridicule, intent on rubbing the puny face of the

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The New Apocalypse

2 CommentsSpeculative Science

Here’s a new way to spark your end-of-the-world novel.  According to Bad Astronomy, the star Eta Carinae could go supernova at any time.  Of course, if I were to write an apocalypse novel, I’d probably get everybody good and scared, have them run around like crazy chickens, then end it with a near miss, with

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