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Rave review of HALF-WITCH in the New York Times!
My debut novel, Half-Witch, gets a glowing review in the New York Times.
I'm in shock. But it's a good shock!
“Half-Witch” is a marvel of storytelling, balancing humor, terror and grace. Lizbet is so earnestly good, in a way that I think has fallen out of fashion but that I loved reading. She and Strix are a perfect double act, and the shape and ( Read more... ) -
HALF-WITCH is published!
My debut novel, Half-Witch, is published today by Big Mouth House, an imprint of Small Beer Press.
Lizbet Lenz, fifteen years old, lives in a Europe that lost its way on the road to modernity. The sun still goes around the earth. Goblins lurk in cellars and witches conspire in the forests. The war between God and Satan is going badly for the home ( Read more... ) -
Junior Library Guild selects HALF-WITCH
I am delighted to announce that HALF-WITCH has been selected by the Junior Library Guild. The Guild supplies libraries with the best books for young people. It's an honor for HALF-WITCH to be selected.
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Surprised to see me? I haven't posted on LJ in a long time. But I've got a good reason. My first novel is coming out, from Small Beer Press, on July 10. HALF-WITCH is a fantasy for young readers, and adults as well.
First major review is from Kirkus and they love it. I can't ask for more than a Kirkus star. Read the review here:
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I've been thinking about the HBO show Carnivàle. Amazing show. I have to watch it again, sometime. The kind of things it did are in the same realm as what I'd like to do in fiction.
Only... Carnivàle failed. HBO cancelled the show after two seasons. Is there any hope for fiction that hits the same notes? I.e., urban fantasy strongly anchored to ( Read more... ) -
Peter Pan
I've been reading J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, for the first time. Interesting, both in its strengths and weaknesses. Without much warning, the writing sometimes dips its toe into darkness, before quickly pulling it out again. And I was astonished to read that Tinker Bell, in Mr. Barrie's imagination, was 'embonpoint'. Tinker Bell! I had never ( Read more... ) -
Virtual Reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism
On lolotehe's LJ: Virtual Reconstruction of the Antikythera MechanismVery cool. Fascinating that it can do retrograde motion of the planets ( Read more... ) -
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James Patterson Inc.
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I've read only one Patterson novel, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, because I'm reading YA. It was... instructive. I'll have some words about it later. -
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Most Amazon review histograms roughly follow a power law distribution.
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Economics by the Dashboard Light
Dept. of Economics by the Dashboard Light, Part III.
Remember this post?Last Friday night, for the first time since mid-2008, my drive to work at around 11 p.m. was interrupted by a car carrier blocking the right hand lane of northbound Route 1 outside that Nissan dealership in Drexel Hill, PA ( Read more... )
