A Subtle Thing….
A Subtle Thing…. “No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style,” The Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust Taylen
Interesting Bits
The Power of Belief
Religion plays a hefty role in many fantasy stories, and some of the belief systems are downright bizarre. All of them, though, dictate how people in that story world behave, and usually have an out-sized influence upon the politics and power figures running the show. I tend to roll my eyes at the more outlandish
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Megapacks are for Fantasy, too!
Megapacks are for Fantasy, too! I just got an email from Wildside Press announcing the release of their latest Megapacks. For the longest time, I thought these bundles were purely for Classic and Golden Age Science Fiction, but Wildside collect all the classic fiction, including mystery, horror, and fantasy. I thought I’d mention it
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The Fall of Constantinople
Today marks the 819 anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, which temporarily ended the Byzantine Empire in 1204. The attack of Constantinople was a political strategy driven mostly by the new Republic of Venice. Constantinople was the greatest city in the world at that time, measured by both
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THE RIVERS RAN RED is Top Indie Favourite on B&N
So here’s a nice little kudo. Barnes & Noble have selected The Rivers Ran Red as a Top Indie Favourite this month. Taylen
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It’s getting hotter in here….
The remains of Pompeii, Italy.I have a thing about volcanoes. Don’t know why. But of all the disaster movies and books that I’ve seen and read in my time, the ones featuring volcanoes get my thumbs-up and attention. One of my favourite movies of all time is Dante’s Peak. There’s nothing that can beat the
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Piracy Goes High Tech, And the Next Big Thing. And some UF, too.
There’s been a few interesting tidbits crossing my desk lately. Here’s a couple of them. First up, there’s been a rash of AI-adjusted pirated books appearing on the bookstores. There’s a video that explains it on Twitter (and you don’t need a Twitter account to watch it) here. The gist is, the AI writing tools
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Curated Fantasy Books
Fellow Stories Rule Press author Cameron Cooper posted earlier this month that they’d reached the semi-finals in the Self-Published Science Fiction Contest run by Hugh Howey. First off, congratulations to Cameron. Secondly, the post made me wonder if you were aware that there is an older, similar contest out there, one just for fantasy. The
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An alternative bookstore for the serious collectors
Smashwords has been around for many, many years. It was one of the first bookstores to cater to the indie publishing scene. In late 2022, Draft2Digital bought Smashwords, which was a smart move, because Draft2Digital is an indie distributor/aggregator. It didn’t have a bookstore front of its own. But now it does. I distribute books
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They spelled it wrong!
Saw this the other day: I had a good laugh — it’s been well thought out and nicely produced, which makes it even funnier. (Who said the details don’t matter??) But the first thing that struck me was that they made a spelling mistake: You don’t spell “goblin” that way!! Then my brain caught up
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