(sorry, Dear Reader: WordPress was down for a bit, hence the delay in posting): I don’t write alpha males. I don’t like them. Pushy, overbearing jerks, most of them. Well, I should say, I do write alphas, they just aren’t my heroes. Lord Tharp is an alpha male, and what Read more…
Charles Stross writes them. So does Taylor Anderson. Eric Flint‘s 1632 is all about portals! So why are portal stories so bad? When I was shopping Gordath Wood, I heard from a couple of agents that the “portal” novel was overdone. Joshua Bilmes and Kristen Nelson both said that the Read more…
Joe drove the back roads from the farm, winding his ancient Impala around the narrow country lane, a cold beer between his knees. He passed Balanced Rock, hulking off the highway, a massive boulder sitting lightly on three small rocks. He shivered for a second. His grandmother had a saying: Read more…