Brad asked some great questions, so it was a fun interview: An Excerpt: BRAD: With the Prospero books, you have conjured a quasi-mystical reinterpretation of a classic story. Would you call yourself a classical fantasist, and to what degree do you “wax Shakespearean” in any of your books? JAGI: I fear the only degree to…
I was about to post about another author friend when I realized that today is the release in Trade Paper of PROSPERO REGAINED, the final book in my Prospero's Daughter series. For financial reasons beyond the ken of mere mankind, Tor released the first two in paperback (mass market size) and the third one in the…
Today's entry. Best caption wins!
We had more trouble than normal picking a winner. So it's a tie: What's so odd about this? It's just a vixen wearing a fox. and Shortly after this photo was taken, the fox pictured was splashed with red paint by a member of the AETP.
Mab here, Prospero Inc. company gumshoe. As part of my campaign to protect you woefully-uninformed humans from your own folly—in hopes of saving even one of you from an elf-induced death, or worse—here is some of my gathered wisdom concerning the supernatural world. Read. Pay attention. And maybe you’ll live. For those of you who…
Another interview with me. I think this one is still offering a Kindle copy of my book to some commenter. http://nearly-brilliant.blogspot.com/2013/12/book-giveaway-unexpected-enlightenment.html#comment-form
In honor of Christmas, here’s a reposting of my article on writing about Angels. Some things are intrinsically hard to write about. Angels may be one of those things. I have almost never seen them done well in fiction. I have, however, read really stirring accounts of people who believe that they have seen real…
Pierce Oka wrote a terrific and amusing review of The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin. He also did some gr eat fan art pictures of some of John's characters and some of my Prospero characters, which I will post occasionally over the next week or so. But for now… Mr. Oka also kindly scanned in…
Today, I am posting a few recomondations that might make good Christmas presents. Romance: The Ruby Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan A paramedic goes back in time to Independence, Missouri, to solve a family mystery. Her quest is jeopardized when she meets a lawyer who resembles the ghost who…