My Letters to Conceiçãoby Jorge Molina del CallejoFiction/FabulismPublished in October, 2021 by Incorgnito Press During a business trip to Cambodia, a man is given a package of letters by a mysterious woman. The letters prove to be unmailed letters written by a thirty-something American man named Vasco to his lost love, Conceição. The return addresses … Continue reading Book Review: My Letters to Conceição
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Sunday Sum-Up: October 3, 2021
And like that, it was October. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The first couple of days of October have been particularly autumnal. It's been cool and cloudy, and constantly threatening rain. Leaves are turning, crows are showing up everywhere, and the nights are getting longer. This is definitely my time of year. I didn't go … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: October 3, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: Perilous and Fair
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R. … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Perilous and Fair
Sunday Sum-Up: September 26, 2021
It's been a lovely autumnal week around here. I've gone for long walks (but didn't take any photos, oddly) and generally just enjoyed the cool nights and clear days. After a long, hot summer I'm happy to have nighttime lows a little above freezing. When I look at the weather map, the alerts for the … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: September 26, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: Rose Nicolson
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. Rose Nicolsonby Andrew GreigHistorical Fiction464 pagesPublished in 2021 From … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Rose Nicolson
The Grim, the Dark, and the Light of Middle-earth
Once upon a time, in a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, George R.R. Martin made a few comments about The Lord of the Rings and the flaws he saw therein. While he stated that he is a fan of Tolkien and of The Lord of the Rings, Martin declared that Tolkien had a "medieval philosophy" … Continue reading The Grim, the Dark, and the Light of Middle-earth
Sunday Sum-Up: September 19, 2021
The weather is continuing to slowly cool down. Over the past several evenings I've had the windows open with the breeze blowing in, and the cicadas have finally stopped buzzing. So now, instead of having their ear-piercing static song droning all through the night, we're getting crickets. Crickets are much quieter and more melodious than … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: September 19, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: The Bronzed Beasts
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. The Bronzed Beasts (The Gilded Wolves #3)by Roshani ChokshiYA … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Bronzed Beasts
Historical Adequacy and Me
Recently, while I was working on the edits for my current work in progress, I made the following changes for the sake of historical accuracy, as my fantasy series takes place in an alternate version of northern Europe in the sixth century CE: I removed all instances of the word ‘orange’ from the current story … Continue reading Historical Adequacy and Me
Book Haul. From the Last While Or So.
I can't remember the last time I did a book haul here. Was it after Christmas? In the spring? I don't know. But I've gotten several books over the past few months, so I thought I would share them with you and talk them up. There was one book I forgot to put in this … Continue reading Book Haul. From the Last While Or So.
