Infographic: The Health Benefits of Reading
Designer Raphael Lysander has produced this beautiful Infographic on the health benefits of reading, first published on his excellent blog. The image features statistics on how reading can help with stress relief, mental skill development, and forming relationships:...
Hot Off the Press: Honest Fibs, a Collection of SSF Short Stories
Here is the promised update on the progress of Honest Fibs, my third collection of short stories, written in my trademark combination of speculative and science fiction: it's alive! Sorry, I mean, it's live. And you can buy it for the exclusive preorder price of $0.99...
Remembering The Media Panic Over Fantasy’s Origins
These days, The Big Bang Theory presents Dungeons & Dragons - one of modern Fantasy's origins - as an innocent pastime. However, Eric Grundhauser of Atlas Obscura reminded me recently of the media panic over the game when it had first appeared. Back in the early...
Honest Fibs and a Perfect Ending
I have a major announcement to make, as Victoria Chase might put it. My third short stories collection, Honest Fibs, was just will be published in a few days - and I now have the draft cover in my hands! Looks good, right? The stories are told by two fishermen, hence...
Honest Fibs: Happy April Fool’s Day
I have some great news: my third collection of short stories is now ready, and waiting for my cover wizard friend, Alex Saskalides, to work his magic. The title is Honest Fibs, since the stories are narrated as an exchange of tall tales between two fishermen. To...
How to Ensure a Book’s Success: Lessons from the Silver Screen
IN 1983, screenwriter William Goldman coined the famous saying that in Hollywood, “Nobody knows anything” when it comes to predicting which films will succeed at the box office. This holds true for books, too. However, the Economist recently published a 10-year study...
The Great Debate: Maps in Fantasy
When working on Pearseus, I decided to include a map. In fact, I ended up drawing at least three versions, then buying Cartographer and doing another three versions there. Then, I realized a lot of people hate maps in books. A recent post by A.J. O'Conell of...
Pearseus is Featured in the Silverlight Cafe Magazine
When someone approaches me, asking for my contribution to a new magazine, I have no way to know what the end result will be like. Well, in this case, it looks fantastic, so I'm more than happy to share! The Silverlight Cafe Magazine is a new magazine, put together by...
Amazon Wants to Duplicate its Indie Books Success with Gaming
A recent Wired report describes the way Amazon is attempting to disrupt the software environment through Amazon Underground, a new model that’s grown exponentially since launching a few months ago. For those unfamiliar with Underground—which, realistically, includes...
Critical Software Update for Kindle E-Readers: Last Chance to Update
Customers using an outdated software version on Kindle e-readers require an important software update by today (March 22, 2016) in order to continue to download Kindle books from the Cloud, access the Kindle Store, and use other Kindle services on their device....
Bookwraiths Reviews Pearseus: Rise of the Prince
I don't normally post reviews of my work, but I couldn't help it this time. I've been following Bookwraiths for a while now, enjoying Wendel's excellent reviews of fantasy and science fiction works. He has introduced me to a number of great authors, and the other day...
After Sinister Spam, Comes the Goofy One
You may remember the recent spam I'd been getting from some persons offering to off anyone annoying me - or, at least, teach them a lesson. Mercifully, this sort of spam has stopped. In its place, I started receiving spam from lawyers. Kinda makes sense, I guess. You...