And then Brazen Virtue
I did it again. I read Brazen Virtue, the sequel to Sacred Sins. Still enjoyed it, though romance will not become a favorite.
I did it again. I read Brazen Virtue, the sequel to Sacred Sins. Still enjoyed it, though romance will not become a favorite.
If you’ve been around any of my blogs for long you already know that I love Andrew Greeley, and especially the Father/Bishop Blackie mysteries. I’m a little bit less excited about his more romantic fiction, but his political fiction is also great. It’s entertaining and it makes some excellent points along the way. Thus The…
I’m a big fan of Keith Laumer. In different moods I like Retief and the Bolo series. William H. Keith, Jr. has now been extending that series, and this little book is great fun. Especially with humor, I’m really leery of a new author taking something over. Will the charm and fun still be there?…
Since I began publishing some of my “thinking” short stories on this blog, a number of people have suggested that I publish a collection. Well, how can a writer an publisher ignore such suggestions? I’ve done it! I’m embedding the press release below. It should be shipping December 5, 2011, and that means you can…
I actually thought I was reading a book by an author I’d never read before, and I still can’t remember what book I read by Harry Turtledove before, but I have a feeling that I have. Beyond the Gap is what I call good fantasy writing. It’s not action packed from start to finish. It…
I found this good suggestion at Fresh Fiction the other day. Now I’m not suggesting that you go out and do the opposite of whatever you’re doing, but I have found over the last couple of years that many of my own problems result from continuing to do the same thing even when it doesn’t…
I have reduced the price of the Kindle edition of Tales from Jevlir: Oddballs [publisher catalog page] to $0.99 from $2.99. Now such a price reduction could look desperate as a result of poor sales. Well, it’s not desperate, but it is due to poor sales. I didn’t expect too much, considering that most of…