A modern rewrite of David Copperfield, set in Appalachia.


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Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated by Nancy Kress

A how-to-write book with the focus described above.  Starts with the externals of name, location, occupation and more -- I note that it's chiefly about more or less contemporary settings -- then the internals of motivations, attitudes, and more, and finally ( Read more... )

Book four in the Palladium Wars series.


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A girl and her dog and kaiju-sized aliens.


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A layered satire of writers and publishing taking well-aimed shots in all directions.


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Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon

Advice about coping. Keeping going, inspiration, exercise, money management, and more.

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon

A discussion of how a creative artist can communicate. Limits (no spam!), the value of teaching, the daily sharing, the way work can mean both the process and the final result.

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon

An informal and lively discussion of some useful advice for creation. You may have run across some of it before, but as he quotes, "Everything worth saying has already been said. But since no one was listening, it all has to be said again."

An Anti-Heinleinesque YA adventure.


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Turkish Fairy Tales & Folk Tales by Ignác Kúnos

A collection of fairy tales. I recognized all the types, but they are not the commonest, and they were all distinct variants.

One fool type struck me as particularly ill-organized, and there was one cumulative tale, but most were pure fairy tales ( Read more... )