Mo reads Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
Several years ago, I read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and really liked it. The book was given to me as a gift and came with the added bonus of being signed to me by Card himself. I would have never picked it up on my own and I would have been poorer for [...]
Should I bite the bullet?
I have a confession to make: I have never read any Harry Potter or Twilight novel. I haven’t even glanced at a page from either franchise. This is a fact that I’m actually proud of – I can look down on the hype from my “above it all” perch and pat myself on the back for [...]
Mo reads Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Lots of months ago, I asked for suggestions for good sci-fi/fantasy books. Bradley, docmagik and PhotoNinja gave me some GREAT suggestions and I’ve been trying to make a dent in that list ever since. In those suggestions was Jim Butcher’s Storm Front… but not because I would like it. In docmagik’s words, “it’s sort of what [...]
The trouble with writing out of your element
“They” say that one of the best things a writer can do to hone his/her craft is to read. I read. Quite a bit, in fact. I read non-fiction, contemporary fiction, classical fiction, cookbooks, how-to books… I read it all. I don’t read sci-fi/fantasy. There are a few notable exceptions, but for the most part, [...]
Kick-Start
Let’s start this year off with a bang – I begin with total honesty and full disclosure: At this moment, with my “Untitled Sci-Fi/Fantasy Project” I have written slightly over 50k words. I haven’t made much progress at all since NaNoWriMo ended… in fact, most of the words I’ve added to my initial 47k WriMo [...]
