-
Clockwork, Rocks and a Tragicomic
Originally published at tansyrr.com. You can comment here or there.
I’ve finally kicked up a gear or two in my reading this month! Enough that I am way behind on my book blogging, in any case. So here’s a mass post to catch up on three books I finished recently: gaslamp fantasy YA The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, epic political fantasy The ( Read more... ) -
So, I wrote a novel. What Do I Do Next?
Originally published at tansyrr.com. You can comment here or there.
A friend has been working steadily away on his fantasy novel. When he finished, he called me up and asked me, “What do I do next?”
My advice was to write Book 2. While it might seem counter-intuitive to keep putting all your eggs into one basket, when it comes to fantasy you learn ( Read more... ) -
The Lady’s Not For Burning
Originally published at tansyrr.com. You can comment here or there.
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean.
It’s probably been close to twenty years since I first discovered this, one of the few perfect books in the world, and I would have reread it every year or two since. Not for five years now ( Read more... ) -
Dr Tansy meets Paige!
Originally published at tansyrr.com. You can comment here or there.
The other night I did a great interview with Paige Turner at local university-based community radio station Edge Radio. Paige has put up a podcast of the interview in which we discuss the appeal of fantasy in a tech-heavy world, how I come up with my character names, and the heavy ( Read more... )
