Quoth Og Mandino

"With each victory the next struggle becomes less difficult."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

Just hangin’ out in FLA

Here I am in Naples, FL., doing some bid-ness. KIcking ass and chewing gum, you know, the usual. I have an hour to kill, and I thought I’d sit down and do a quick blog post, but you know, it’s odd, I seem to be in a place in my life where my facility [...]

Conventions 2010

Well, that’s that! I’ve made some tough executive decisions regarding how many cons I can afford to do this year. With The Native Star coming out in the fall, I figure it’s the fall/winter cons that are most important for me—World Fantasy (at which I’d *really* like to do a launch party if all [...]

My OryCon 31 Schedule

Alternate History Fantasy?

Fantasy is often written in a pseudo-medieval society. Some authors bring freshness to the setting by traveling the world, while others go backward, or forward, in time or just adopt technology or lack thereof on a secondary world. Lace and blade, prehistoric, and other choices in fantasy, and how magic fits [...]

My World Fantasy 2009 Schedule

Bad Food, Bad Clothes, and Bad Breath

The panelists will discuss some of the less lovely realities of pre-industrial societies – like lice, food poisoning, gum disease, and soul-killing poverty. Sunday 11:00 AM | Crystal Room Jenny Blackford (moderator), Marie Brennan, M.K. (Mary) Hobson, Kari Sperring, S.M. Stirling

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