Is Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity too crazy for you…or not insane enough? What you need is a large dose of bacon-loving dragons and bad-assed fairies. To get it, join me for Tea with …
The Week of a Thousand Blogs continues
Yeah, I know “three” is a long way from “a thousand’, but with the house in chaos from drywall repairs and painters (who used the WRONG PAINT, so we had industrial fans running in front …
Blogging at History Hoydens today
Thanks to the kindness of Diane Whiteside, I’m blogging at History Hoydens today. The article covers the joys and frustrations of building a fantasy world set in Ming Dynasty China. If you’re working in that …
It’s Capclave Time Again
Halloween is my favorite time of year, not only do I get to celebrate my favorite holiday, I get to play at Capclave, the Washington DC area’s literary science fiction, fantasy and horror convention focusing …
“The Vampires Of” return with Tanya Huff
Tanya Huff, author of two vampire series (including the Vicki Nelson novels, which inspired a first-rate Lifetime Channel TV series) and many other wonderful SF and fantasy books, is the featured author in this week’s …
Review: Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin
ISBN-13: 978-0373296149 Book Source: Net Galley Disguised as a young man and fleeing from an arranged marriage to her brother’s murderer, Chinese noblewoman Ai Li takes pity on a starving barbarian (i.e., European) mercenary at …
Review: Breathless by Anne Stuart
ISBN-13: 978-0778328506 Book Source: Net Galley Lady Miranda Rohan committed Society’s ultimate crime. After allowing herself to be abducted and deflowered by a fortune hunter, she neither married him nor pined away in decent obscurity. …
Review: Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
ISBN: 978-0778328209 Source: Net Galley One thing must be said about large families: they don’t let you get bored. Lady Julia and her favorite husband, enquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane, were closing in on eight months …
My Dragon*Con 2010 images are now live
I’ve posted a Thursday Thirteen of pictures for my monthly blog at Beyond the Veil. But be warned, those shots are just the teaser. To see the rest of the photos you’ll need to follow the link at …
Review: Reckless by Anne Stuart
ISBN-13: 978-0778328490 Source: Net Galley Miss Charlotte Spencer wants to become a woman of the world without experiencing the messy situations the condition normally entails. But nothing works quite the way she planned. She can’t …