Meeting Your Heroes — Why Author Interaction Matters
So…. I was brought into mind on this topic by a post made by Petrik Leo, a prolific reviewer for Booknest.EU and Goodreads. It came about in the SPFBO Facebook group, on a discussion about reviewers. Petrik had a sidebar sub-thread on brutal reviews where he stated, “I was...
Wednesday Wanderings
I posted briefly about this on Facebook, but I thought it bore another look. Most of you who are acquainted with writers (which I suppose, almost by default, means all of you) have probably heard the term "plotters vs pantsers" at some point.&nbs......
Song Styles
I've finally reached the climactic scene(s) in Surgeburnt, where the timelines come together and we finally learn what drove Maren to betray her team to save them ... at the same time that things come to a head in the present. And it makes m......
Wednesday Wanderings
I've posted before about how I don't think I would do well as a YA writer, for various reasons. Two reasons that stand out are these. One, I was homeschooled from kindergarten through highschool graduation, so I lack that very common school......
Song Styles
Lindsey is about to depart from the usual character themesong focus of this post and discuss a musical album - so if that's not to your taste, exit now, but I will tell you it has a very fantasy vibe, even though it has no specific speculative content.......
Guest post: Part-time Human
I'm over at Part-time Human (yeah, that has to be one of the best blog titles ever) talking about Scylla and Charybdis (of course) and life as a creative (complicated, but funny): https://jmhieber.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/guest-post-lin......
Wednesday Wanderings
A recent Facebook post reminded me of the old days of fandom roleplaying and fan fiction, when everyone had to post prominent legal disclaimers to avoid being sued by a favorite author, and even that didn't prevent threats and harassment. As a wr......
GoodReads Review: The Man Who Tasted Shapes – Richard E. Cytowic
The Man Who Tasted Shapes by Richard E. CytowicMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI loved the wide range of this book, from the prevailing attitudes of medicine and neuroscience to the well-described details of how to hypothesize and conduct experiments on synesth......
Song Styles
Happy Mother's Days to all the moms out there, whether your children be human, four-legged, biological, adopted, or a spark of hope for the future.Here's a song that I always associate with mothers, even though I don't believe it's explicitly mentioned......
Grimbold Interview!
My Grimbold Books interview is up on the Jackson Tango today. Check it out:https://thejacksontango.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/author-spotlight-lindsey-duncan-author-of-scylla-and-charybdis/...