Reviews of books, stories, movies, and stories
Disclosure: I’ve been accepted into one of the Spring 2025 art residency cohorts at the Chateau d’Orquevaux. I’m deep into planning what I want to make and write there. That entails my usual obsessive research. I came across this enchanting little self-published book by well-known illustration artist Christina Wald. Château d’Orquevaux, A Travelogue distills Wald’s…
Read More Review: Chateau d’Orquevaux, A TravelogueWERECATS CONVERGENT, the second novel in Mark J. Engels’ The Forest Exiles Saga, starts off with a bang and doesn’t let up for a single page. Honestly, look at this cover! (I had nothing to do with making it, I just love it and how close it comes to the feel of this book.) Tormented…
Read More Review: WERECATS CONVERGENT by Mark J. EngelsOf course, I mean the wonderful Weird Western Bruce Campbell show that ran for a single season on the Fox Broadcasting Co. back in 1993-1994: ‘The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.’ Go here for a fond, detailed retrospective. My quarantine binge-watching led me back to this show and happy memories of its direct ancestor, ‘The…
Read More Let’s Talk About BriscoAge warning: the books and links shown here contain adult material. From May 3 to 4, 2018, this book and some other BDSM titles will be half-price at the NineStar Press website. Check them all out. Splurge a little: my fellow NSP writers offer really good reads! MORO’S PRICE is a space opera romance about…
Read More Flash BDSM romance sale: ‘Moro’s Price’ half-off!2018 is shaping up to be an interesting year for two of the most venerated (and often controversial) Science Fiction and Fantasy awards: the Hugos and the Nebulas. Here’s a Wikia page about 2018 Hugo Awards nominations, if you are eligible to nominate stories (or just want to see what’s already nominated.) Here’s a handy…
Read More It’s Hugo (and Nebula) Award Season againThis book (two books, actually) holds a wistful joy for me. The two stories woven within are pure McKillip at her best: lyrical, mystical, with down-to-earth protagonists and a way of bringing the eldritch in for tea. I encountered the first book in 1992 at a World Fantasy Convention, and the second in the summer…
Read More Cygnet, by Patricia McKillipWay back when, I graduated from high school in the same month I saw ‘Return of the Jedi’. Yes, that is how old I am, ha ha. From 1977 to 1983, I was a ‘Star Wars’ nerd. During the following years, I lost interest in the ‘Star Wars’ universe as expanded in dozens of books.…
Read More The Force AwakensI love this graphic novel series enough to have it in my sidebar. I follow several dozen online and print graphic novels, because they’re excellent. If I included them in the links, it would be probably bore you. Girl Genius is there for lots of reasons. Give me 600 words, and I’ll blather about why…
Read More Learn to write with Girl GeniusDelaney Green is one of them that don’t burn. Possessed of the Touch – with the ability to not only see the future but manipulate it – she’s been kept in an institution for most of her life. When the Salesman, a murderous entity with a connection to Delaney’s past, starts burning girls to death,…
Read More ‘Of Lips And Tongue’ by A.G. CarpenterSo a few days have passed. I did about as well in #SFFpit as I expected: one of the small publishers I know and trust liked my entries, as well as a few other people. It was a long shot with some hidden value beyond the pitch day, so I wasn’t that worried for the…
Read More #SFFpit: the epilogueBasic, useful writing stuff first. Here is a quick shout-out to Kristen Lamb, who tells it like it is over on her blog…far better than I can. If nothing else, new writers should learn (and tattoo in glowing ink on the inside of their eyelids) that Editing Is Most Of The Damn Job. Some smug…
Read More The Reality of Writing and Diversity, 5-18-2016Confirmed. I have to say I’m flinching at this. Crystal Skull was just…so incredibly, unbelievably bad. So bad ‘South Park’ eviscerated it. Even with Lucas out of the picture now, there were still too many multiple movie sins for me to think the new one will be better. Harrison Ford proved in the new ‘Star…
Read More Indiana Jones 5?Well, this has been a good launch day: Maestro seemed to have hit the ground running, thanks to some very good marketing by NineStar, at least two great reviews, and some fans coming out of the woodwork. I have fans. Wow, folks, thank you so very, very much! Kristin at GayBook Reviews pretty much distilled down…
Read More Maestro news, Day 1It’s not too late! Stop by Bitten By Romance to visit with Edward Hoornaert on our last stop for the Tour of the (science fiction romance) Universe. He’s also on Amazon. Why should you do this? Because romance has come a long way from the really awkward, laughable days of the 1980s ‘New Romance’,…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 25Evanne Lorraine joins up with Bitten By Romance, on the last week of the science fiction romance Tour of the Universe.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 24K.C. Klein’s Amazon bio says it better than I can: ‘KC Klein is the author of Dark Future, a sexy futuristic time-travel. She became serious about writing three years ago and was as surprised as anyone when her stories took a turn toward dark and snarky…’ Follow the button above to see what KC writes…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 23Well, my turn has finally rolled around in Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. I actually had to go check my notes for what I wrote about…oh, yeah, heh heh. The Sonta. I hope you enjoy the article. If you want to know more, follow the Author’s Notes on the left side of this blog.…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 22Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe features science fiction romance authors introducing readers to some of their favorite sexy, epic, futuristic settings. Stop by today to meet Aurora Springer and see what she’s serving up.
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 21See the button above? Follow it to connect with Shelley Munro at Bitten By Romance’s fabulous Tour of the Universe. Shelley joins a bunch of other crazy people showing off their science fiction romance settings. (Because sometimes contemporary just doesn’t do it, and you can actually have too much of fantasy dragons, elves, vampires, etc.…
Read More Tour of the Universe, day 20Greta van der Rol holds court today over on Bitten By Romance’s Tour of the Universe. Stop by to see her solid science fiction development of her alien race, the Ptorix. (Read. Comment. There might be prizes in it for you.)
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