After my previous review, I read some reviews of J.K.Rowling's Casual Vacancy on Amazon. Some people said that the second half was better than the first, so I decided to keep reading. And, it did get better! All the secret reasons for the behaviors of the characters unfolded in the second half, so one's sympathy…
Nice interview with Douglas Cobb, who has appeared here, over at Nick Wale's website. Just posting it to give a shout out for both of them (Douglas and Nick) Excerpt: "Douglas Cobb is a man on a mission. I noticed from the start of the interview that he was easy going and self assured. I…
The title phrase refers to my husband's youthful answer to the question: what would you wish for if you had three wishes. His answer: I would want to be magic forever and do anything, then I wouldn't need the second two wishes. Assuming being magic forever and doing anything was NOT an option…what would you…
Recently, I've been wondering: how many traditions and superstitions of the past were like Santa or the Toothfairy or the Easter Bunny. — all of these are carried on by people who do not believe in them, and yet who, year after year, do the correct things to keep up the mythos. How many of…
The boys were doing something odd with the Master Mind game. Mom: "What are you doing?" Juss: "Nothing. Just watching an evil demon lose against Orville." Orville: "No actually, it's an evil master mind from outer space." Juss: "You think that if he were a master mind, he would be good at Master Mind."…
Juss loves board games. No one else in the family does. But recently, he's been learning the secret that if you pick games your parents like, they might play. He already has an offer from Daddy that Daddy will play chess any time Juss asks, unless he's writing. But now he discovered Mommy's weakness, too…Master…
Juss comes home from school and says: Two guys are sneaking along in a basement: First guy: "Why am I hearing spy music?" Second guy: "The fourth wall is still broken."
Iris Meadowsweet, talking to her father, the Archangel Gabriel: "If it were up to me, I'd be happy with something small. But I think the little hobbit life I expected is going to turn out to be Frodo's."
The first thing I heard about J. K. Rowling’s CASUAL VACANCY was that it would be a humorous book about a small town election. That sounded like it could be fun, but I wasn’t particularly interested. Then, I heard that it had one or two darker elements. I decided I would wait to read…
Tea with Jagi Lamplighter and John C. Wright at Constellation Books in Maryland Start: 12/08/2012 3:00 pm End: 12/08/2012 5:00 pm DC area fantasy authors Lamplighter and Wright chat with us about their work. Coffee/Tea/Cocoa and munchies available… http://www.constellationbooks.com/event/tea-jagi-lamplighter-and-john-c-wright