FSFNet Holiday Sale
The Fantasy and Science Fiction Network is holding its annual e-book extravaganza between the 19th and 31st of December. It will be hosting an event with free books, 99 cent deals, and deep discounts on fantasy and science fiction books from award-winning and...
Writers: Stop Romanticizing Rejection. Or, Why I Love Amazon.
I read a wonderful post on The Atlantic by Kavita Das the other day, which discussed one of my pet peeves. Jamaican writer Marlon James recently won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his riveting novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings. The media gleefully...
The 37 Basic Plots, According to a Screenwriter of the Silent-Film Era
We always think we're discovering new things, just because we give them new names. And yet, we're simply rediscovering the wheel. At least that's how I felt, when I read The 37 Basic Plots, According to a Screenwriter of the Silent-Film Era on The Slate. In his 1919...
Book Feature: Quirky Claus, a Fun Christmas Read
Quirky Claus meets gnomes, an annoyed reindeer, an agitated armadillo, and a cute wombat. Oh, and did I mention the penguins, sharks, fish, and other critters? Quirky Claus: The Masterfully Madcap Mishaps of an Impossibly Incompetent Santa by Sebastian White is a...
FSFNet Holiday Sale
The Fantasy and Science Fiction Network is holding its annual e-book extravaganza between the 19th and 31st of December. It will be hosting an with free books, 99 cent deals, and deep discounts on fantasy and science fiction books from award-winning and...
Loading Complete: Please Welcome Player 3, aka Marie-Nathalie
After 9 long months, we are finally able to unwrap that third controller. Please join me in welcoming to the world Player 3, aka Marie Nathalie. Born a little over 3 kilos about an hour ago, she's the spitting image of me. Scary stuff...
6 Ways to Use Neuroscience to Improve your Communication
The University of Florida recently announced a new book, aimed at giving people guidelines on how to communicate well in writing. Yellowlees Douglas is an associate professor of management communication at the University of Florida. She wrote The Reader’s Brain: How...
In Support of the Exclamation Mark
Editors typically frown on the excessive use of the exclamation mark. Some go as far as to argue it shouldn't be used at all. So, what's the deal? How did we start using it in the first place? The English Project has some interesting things to say on the subject. The...
Musiville Now Available in Print Format and on Goodreads
Following the release of Musiville -- the second book in the award-winning Niditales series -- in eBook format, the book is now available in paper format as well. i was also surprised to find some kind soul had already added it to Goodreads, when I tried to add it...
King Vampire of the Undead
Everyone knows the story of how Orson Wells caused a minor panic with his radio rendition of War of the Worlds. Not everyone is as familiar with the vampire panic of the late 60s and the early 70s, when rumors swirled that there was a "King Vampire of the Undead"...
Getting Book Reviews: Rayne Hall’s Take
You may remember Rayne Hall from my author feature. Or, you may have met her on Twitter, her preferred medium. She has literally written the book on the best ways to use Twitter – it’s called “Twitter for Writers” and is part of her celebrated Writer’s Craft series....
Musiville Release
Yes, that's right. Musiville, the second book in the award-winning Niditales series, has now officially been released into the wild. Cue glorious music, angels singing, trumpets blaring, and all the other trappings of a book launch. And, of course, gifts. You have...