My Experience with 12 by Sean Platt & David W. Wright
TWELVE HOURS. TWELVE LIVES. WHO LIVES? WHO DIES?
My Experience with Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Love Jane Austen, but you wished that it had a fantasy angle?
My Experience with The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Weeks has built a world that nods to the modern epic fantasy tropes and sensibilities while at home with the post-modern cannon in terms of execution and character.
My Experience With Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson
Perfect State is a novella by Brandon Sanderson that is almost all action and very little slow-burn worldbuilding that we usually get with his full-length novels.
My Experience With The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
This is the first novel in the first trilogy of Mistborn books, and Sanderson doesn’t hold back any creativity.
My Experience with "Dead City" by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant
It's definitely more conspiracy thriller than zombie book.
My experience with The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
I swiftly moved from “this is okay, I guess” to sobbing in a corner, wondering why I’d waited so long to start this story.
My re-read of Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
I believe this is my second favorite of Terry Goodkind’s stories, and, like the first book, Goodkind exhibits a passion for his characters, and the idea he wishes to share.
The Last Jedi: A Slow Re-Watch Pt. 1
I'm currently rewatching it slowly to appreciate each moment as much as I have with the original trilogy.
My re-read of Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune by Frank Herbert is not only an SFF must read, but a story I hear far too little about in my circles of geekdom.
My experience with The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg
The Paper Magician is a YA alternate history fantasy in the Victorian era.
A few thoughts about What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
This book will make you think, laugh, and wonder "who the hell asked this question?"
Development Diary #15: Alpha Reading for Project ROM
While I’ve been in a writing critique group before, the alpha reading done at Emergent Realms is much more intimate.
My reading of Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Don't get me wrong. Jorg is definitely a sociopath.
My 5th Read of Wizard's First Rule
Rereading this, I understood both sides in a way I hadn't before.
My experience with A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ever since the passing of Ursula, K. LeGuin, I’ve wanted to go and check out the work I’ve missed from her (which is a lot of it). This is the first of many dives into her catalog that I’ll be undertaking.
Revisiting Tolkien
I've just finished reading The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy through the lens of who I am as a writer.
Development Diary #14: The Slow Climb
I'm somewhere between 50% and 60% finished the first Continua novel's first revision cycle.
Your Creative Metabolism #2 - Your Creative Diet
In the previous article of this series, we talked about the importance of balancing your creative input and output. In this article, we’re just looking at the input, and then discussing the importance of balancing it.
Your Creative Metabolism #1 - Balancing Consumption With Production
When moving from good to great, creatives need to be conscious of their consumption habits. An imbalance of input vs. output can lead to some major issues. This isn’t a problem that can be solved prescriptively. This takes a measure of intra-personal intellect.