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Writing Urban Fantasy: Making Weird Seem Normal 21 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
I don’t always write Urban Fantasy books. I’ve written in a few different genres, most of them trending far more towards real life as we know it. But this current series I’m working on is most definit...
Your Relationship with Your Book 14 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Last week I slipped a disc in my neck. This is a recurring injury that happens whenever I get sloppy with my stretches and let my posture at my desk go. Though, actually, the slipped disk isn’t the p...
Dead Tired of Traditional Horror Books 7 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
Who among us can really say whether we could face the same fears that we read about in a book? Well-written horror books can take a small piece of reality, and distort it in such an extremely believab...
A Jersey Boy in the Hamptons 31 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
I spent last weekend in the Hamptons. This is not a phrase I have ever said before in my life. I’ve been a Jersey Shore person since I was born. To take someone like me, a guy in his thirties who has...
Pondering Air Conditioners and Writing 24 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
It’s been hot recently. I’ve mentioned this a few times on here. But, seriously, it’s been hot. It’s been hot to the point that even with the air conditioner on, it’s still hot. This is a weird con...
On Outlines and Books 17 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
I can remember, sort of, writing my first book back in college and how in awe I was when the structure finally revealed itself to me. I became very enamored with structure at that point. I can rememb...
Deconstructing Urban Fantasy 15 Jul 2013 | 07:24 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The fantasy genre is something of a mystery to those who aren’t familiar with it. A lot of people dismiss it as nothing but wizards and dragons, ...
Writing a Snowball in Hell 10 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
At the moment it is, roughly, forty-kajillion degrees outside. With the air conditioner on in my apartment I manage to cool things off to the point where water only reaches a slow boil while sitting o...
A Shokunin of Words 3 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
Over the weekend I watched the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. It was one of the more enjoyable hour-and-a-halfs that I’ve spent in front of my television recently. The film is an understated look ...
Top Eleven Zombie Books for Summer 2013 Reading 27 Jun 2013 | 06:39 pm
Walking Dead fans – what are your summer plans? How are you going to fill your previously-filled-by-glorious-zombie-action time? While zombie movie marathons are always an option, you, the die-hard zo...
