Dear readers: stop whining about cliffhangers and unfinished series
I’m a voracious reader. I understand that it can be frustrating when a two-part book or the first or second book in a trilogy ends on a major cliffhanger. And I read a lot of epic fantasy so I also...
View ArticleWhat my GoodReads ratings mean
The conventional wisdom is that working (or aspiring) fiction writers should not rate books on GoodReads. I’ve rated and reviewed every book that I have read since signing up back in July 2007. I don’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recommended Reading for Writers: Tastes of Paradise
Writers often plumb nonfiction books for rich details, interesting characters, startling events, cool names, and more. The lifted details are often tranmuted or transposed, especially by genre fiction...
View ArticleWhen I knew Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation had hooked me
I was, of course, inclined to like Annihilation before I even cracked the cover because I have enjoyed VanderMeer’s previous work immensely. And the opening line is excellent as is the entire beginning...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading for Writers: The Tigress of Forli
While reading Elizabeth Lev’s biography of Caterina Sforza The Tigress of Forli, I realized that I was just as interested in the quieter aspects of Sforza’s life as the big dramatic events and aspects...
View Article
