Forge of Darkness is the 1st book in the Kharkanas trilogy written by Steven Erikson. There are currently only 2…
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A BLACK DRAGON ON RED by P.L. Stuart
Ouch! Argh! Oh, the pain! P.L. you are killing me! This book, this ending. Where do I begin? Stuart does…
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THIS RIVER AWAKENS by Steven Erikson
Erikson is well known among us book tubers as the author of the fantastic epic fantasy series The Malazan Book…
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THE CHRYSALIDS by John Wyndham
This short novel delves into another made up society in a post-apocalyptic world. Wyndham deftly blends new ideas with the…
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TIMESCAPE by Gregory Benford
Another month goes by and another Sci-fi Masterwork gets read. This one seemed intimidating at first glance. It’s longer than…
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OATHBREAKERS: The War of Brothers That Shattered and Empire and Made Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry
Alright fantasy fans, have I got a book for you! A history book that takes non-fiction and gives the “truth…
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READ ALONG VS. READ ALONE
Regarding Song of the Mysteries by Janny Wurts: a masterwork of this level requires attention, active participation, and patience to…
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WHILE DARKNESS GATHERS by Philip Chase
While Darkness Gathers is a follow up novel by author and professor Philip Chase to his fantastic Edan trilogy. It’s…
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MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
I sit and stare at this book and I have the same mental block toward writing a review on it…
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DESTINY’S CONFLICT by Janny Wurts
There comes a time in a long, epic fantasy series when the end is in sight and you start chomping…
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DANCE WITH ME by Livia J. Elliot
An enticing silhouette; a sparkling glint of enhanced design; a subtle turning of musical key; an elaborate dance of an…
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DESTINY’S DOOM by Vaughn Roycroft- Book 3 in THE SUNDERED NATION trilogy
This third volume in the excellent Sundered Nation trilogy continues to tell the epic tale of Vahldan, Elan, and their…
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THE GREAT WHEN by Alan Moore
So here I am, beginning a brand new novel by an author whose work I’ve enjoyed quite a bit over…
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EMPHYRIO by Jack Vance
There is nothing quite like getting immersed into another world, taking in the sights and sounds of an alien place…
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THE VANISHED BIRDS by Simon Jimenez
Last year, Jimenez’s second book, The Spear Cuts Through Water, was my book of the year. It was a book…
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STORMED FORTRESS by Janny Wurts
An ending, of a sort. Stormed Fortress brings to culmination a long arc of storytelling that is nearly unrivaled in…
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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS by Octavia E. Butler
In a projected near future novel, an author always takes a risk that they may live to see the timeline…
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FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes
This introspective science fiction master piece was first published back in the early sixties. What makes this book different from…
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BLOOD AND BONE by Ian C. Esslemont
A novel of the Malazan empire, this book is the fifth in a series with that title and it is…
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NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, by YUVAL NOAH HARARI
In this next “chapter” of a series of books that started with Sapiens and attempts to explain history with an…
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THE DISPOSSESSED by Ursula K. LeGuin
Are you ready for an out of body experience in a dark spooky sci-fi setting where consciousness is fleeting and…
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REVOLVO by Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson! He takes jabs at commercial art! He throws a haymaker at critics! He strikes body blows at “serious”…
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Some thoughts on AMERICAN PSYCHO by Bret Easton Ellis
I truly never thought I would not finish a book due to the fact that I despised it as much…
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THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi
Imagine a future that creates a working elephant from the lost DNA of a mammoth and improves on that DNA…
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TIGANA by Guy Gavriel Kay
Welcome to a romantic tale of magic and love; an ultimate fairy tale without the fairies; a tale of love…
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BOOK REVIEW: 1984 by George Orwell
Join me if you will, in my regimen of Double Speak. Embrace my hate for this pamphlet of praise for…
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BOOK REVIEW: SPEAR by Nicola Griffith
Hearken to the days of old! When magic filled the air! And those who had the will could grasp destiny…
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Book review: The Devil Delivered by Steven Erikson
In The Devil Delivered, Erikson is the devil who delivers us a tale of a grim near future that may…
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ADVENTURES AT ICFA-PART 4, DAY 4
Art by Lauren Brown
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ADVENTURES AT ICFA- PART 3, DAY 3
Day 3: You may have noticed in my last post that I had an extremely eventful day 2 at the…
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ADVENTURES AT ICFA- PART TWO, STILL DAY TWO
PART 2 I lied. Not because I meant to. I was just mistaken about the timeline. There was even more…
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ADVENTURES AT ICFA- PART ONE, THE FIRST TWO DAYS
Journey to Another World
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CRITICS AND ARTISTS
I was listening to NPR the other day and they had a show on that was discussing the music review…
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DEEP DIVE – PART 5
So now that we have all this information, what do we do with it? Easy answer. Whatever you want. These…
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DEEP DIVE- PART 4
Take a look at the above chart. The blue arrows symbolize the word interrelates. As human beings, our emotions are…
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DEEP DIVE- PART 3
This week’s purpose is to break down Theme and Form into its most basic definitions: Theme is: what to say.…
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DEEP DIVE – PART 2
What are we looking for in a story? What makes a story good or bad for us? For some of…
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS DEEP DIVE 1
Let’s start, if you dare, by taking a deeper dive into story analysis. Yeah, I know. Who am I to…
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CHOICES
Last week I brought up the topic of Player Characters and the choices (or lack of) they have in a…
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WORLD BUILDING
Part of the appeal of playing Dungeons and Dragons, especially during my younger creative years, was building your own world…
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THE LEAP (You Tube beginnings Part 2)
A big thank you!
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THE SEARCH (you tube beginnings part 1)
A Critical Journey
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CREATIVE ADAPTING
Short Film-A Last Resort
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REVIEW TIME
Writing reviews can be tricky. There is something to the adage of know your audience when you take on the…
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UH, OH, IT’S MAGIC!
Back in the mid 1990’s, a new game arrived with a big splash called Magic the Gathering. It’s a collectible…
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THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS
It’s all about the art.
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SIDE TRIP
So, I’m back in New York City this weekend for the first time since 2009. This time it’s to look…
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WRITING IS HARD
So… it turns out that writing is hard to do. At least for me it is. I have a strange…
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SELF PUBLISHING THE WRONG WAY
Over the course of ten years of schooling I would manage to write a short story or two. These are…
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CUT!
Next I tried my hand at directing. We at Mindbeside Studios had two films under our belt. The director for…
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THE INSANITY OF COLLECTING
To Collect or not to Collect?
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CREATIVE PASSION- FEATURE FILM
The Killing Hand
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DID I LEARN NOTHING IN HIGH SCHOOL?
Inspiring Professors are so important!
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READING BEGINNINGS
I was a late bloomer. That’s a pretty broad statement, but I’m specifically referring to reading. Sure, I read a…
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