I have been rereading Terry Pratchett’s Nightwatch. In it Samuel Vimes ends up going back in time to when he first joined the Watch and ends up having to mentor himself by accident. There is in the book one part where Vimes goes into one of the watch house’s jail room and finds that it’s been pretty much turned into a torture chamber. He finds ( Read more... )

Why Oromis’ statement that Galbatorix’s confidence would be shaken learning that he’s still around won’t work, but Paolini thinks it might because this is what happened in Star Wars ( Read more... )

My brain is so weird sometimes ( Read more... )

As I'm doing the various chapters in the Inheritance series I notice that I put in a lot of "What the Hell Hero" moments. I've started to wonder if I'm being fair to Paolini and Eragon, after all there is no law that says that the Hero has to be perfect. In fact, I'd like it if they weren't and isn't that what Eragon is doing? Being highly ( Read more... )

The Lonely Trickster: the Tenth Doctor from reactive helper to proactive interferer ( Read more... )

Submitted ( Read more... )

Pacifism in story telling.

Okay, it needs a better title than that, but it sort of gets to what I've been thinking about the last couple of days. A couple days ago I finished reading Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire. It was an ARC I got at Comic Con, the actual book coming out on September first. I say that because it is a good read. I enjoyed ( Read more... )

I got an email for an anthology looking for submissions. It's an erotic anthology with the theme being different cities. Not my usual gig, but I decided to look at it anyway, trying to figure out if I could write anything according to the rules.

All seemed well until I got to what the editor was looking for.

My preference is for the sex to be ( Read more... )

My thoughts on Paolini's answers to some Q&A

May 2009 Monthly Q&A with Christopher Paolini
(Interview released on July 18th, 2009)

Several people have asked: Was Vrael an elf or human?

An elf.Vrael was the leader of the Dragon Riders who got kicked in the nuts. The fact that fans have to ask this question as to his race is bad writing on ( Read more... )

This may seem a bit random, but it's something I've been thinking about ( Read more... )