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Recently, an author acquaintance of mine suggested that I start submitting my reviews and other thoughts to various e-zines and other trade magazines devoted to spec fic. But as I think about it, and do a little research on payment types and methods, I

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In one of the most enjoyable and well-answered interviews I have ever done, Jeffrey Overstreet has covered the gamut of topics from his debut novel Auralia’s Colors to Christians in fiction to review writing methods. (Here is my review of his debut novel.) I hope you ( Read more... )

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the seminal poems of English literature. This little known Christmas story was once translated by J.R.R. Tolkien. But it has always been somewhat inaccessible due to the 14th century English it is written in. An “energetic, free- ( Read more... )

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Well, all, time for my first ever favorite reads of the year. In 2007, I read a lot of books (and since it ain’t over yet, will read several more).
This is not a list of books published in 2007, but rather a list of favorite books I read this year. After all, truly great ( Read more... )

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E. E. Knight, author of the Vampire Earth and Age of Fire novels, writes about “A Need for Creed” at the Black Gate website. Knight uses Star Wars, Carl Jung, LOTR, and Star Trek to conclude that “we all need ideals, gods and heroes to look up to who offer us answers and ( Read more... )

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TOMORROW: An Interview with Stephen Lawhead
Historical fantasy might be called the red-headed stepchild of two genres of writing. The first, historical fiction can be straightforwardly defined as a story set in a historical context, using all the strictures imposed by ( Read more... )

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In my web meanderings, I came across an interesting website. Greenwood Press publishes books of all genres and stripes, but the primary focus of all of them is to produce reference titles for libraries. As stated on their website:

The Greenwood Publishing Group is one of ( Read more... )

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Lots of interesting things in my Google Reader last week. I was away at a conference, so didn’t have a whole lot of time to post or read, sorry about that. I’ve got a review of Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell coming soon, as well as several DAW releases. I’ve also got ( Read more... )