Welcome to Creature of the Week #6! First a public service announcement: Sword of Fire and Sea is live on Amazon Kindle! It's been up for about a day and has popped onto a "top 100" list, so many of you have found it already, but this is a more persistent heads-up. :) Two nice reviews have also come in, one from Scott Barnes at NewMyths.com, who ( Read more... )

For those of you kind and intrepid and incredible folk who have been interested in signed copies of Sword of Fire and Sea, here are some answers!

( Read more... )

I've been thinking about this blog post for a long time, and thinking about the subject for even longer. But as is often the case with such things, a picture gives you the important information faster. :)

( Read more... )

Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test is an enthralling read for anyone who is even the slightest bit odd. (And if you're reading this, chances are I mean you.) It's a wild ride, a Philip K. Dickian roller coaster through some of the darkest crevices of human behavior, spiraling out into the macro-levels of societal power structures and human history, ( Read more... )

I've been sitting on this awhile, though some of you know this already, or have kindly pointed it out to me ( Read more... )

I have a bunch of links and posts to catch up on, but I'm just quickly logging in to post this link for those of you who have been waiting for Apple to release an e-reader to trounce Amazon ( Read more... )

I haven't done a meme in ages, but I have a new book (it has pages and everything), so I am ganking this one, which I've seen making the rounds in a few places recently ( Read more... )

I have a Kindle.

It is now terrifyingly easy for me to buy books.

Hey all you bibliophiles -- my fellow '05 Odyssey grad devilwrites is running a Pyr Books giveaway over at her journal. Check out her three posts on the Pyr rundown to get an idea what each is about.

I very coincidentally only recently became aware of Pyr distinctly -- I knew of them in a vague sense, but had become more aware after talking to Lou Anders ( Read more... )

I've been trying to think of a way to gracefully segue into more regular posting, but I'm going to fall back on announcements and links. But thank you to everyone who sent me notes about the fires -- again, greatly appreciated. My family was fortunate to escape without heavy property loss -- some broken windows from the wind, an inch of ash and ( Read more... )