I’ve been in reviewer overload lately, reading, taking notes, and penning reviews for the next issue of Black Gate. But, more than that, I’ve also been coordinating our crop of reviewers this time out, and thinking in terms of what exactly it is that ought to be in the review section of the magazine, not [...]
After a month or so of slacking on my Blog Gate responsibilities, I have returned like MacArthur to the Philippines, sans corncob pipe, with a post all about book reviewing: Writing Book Reviews — How and Why. Since a great deal of my time lately has been going into reviews for the next issue of [...]
There are a lot of things I could be writing about now, as I look back over 2008 — stories I’ve written, work I’ve sold, the development of this site, or what reviewers have said about my fiction. Hell, I could even go into details about my personal life if I didn’t think it would [...]
With the holidays bearing down upon us like a suped-up Epcot monorail piloted by a goose-hungry Tiny Tim, as well as my ever-increasing array of other commitments (including other reviews!), I’ve decided to take a break from regular reviews until next year. That’s only three weeks away, so don’t despair, and don’t feel as if [...]
Oh no, here it comes, the inevitable urge to clack away at one’s website, adding incrementally to its once lean frame until it’s bloated text-carcass grows to resemble something the size and shape of a Tatooine crime lord. I’m feeling an undeniable need to add ‘content,’ no matter how vacuous or self-serving. To — dare [...]