Tag Archives: Deborah J. Ross

Reaching More Than One Audience

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

I sometimes joke that my work is fiction — “I make it all up” — but that isn’t true. All writers draw to some extent on our own experiences and environments, not to mention what we’ve studied, heard about from … Continue reading →


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Book Review: Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

To celebrate Book View Café member Marie Brennan’s newest book, A Natural History of Dragons, A Memory by Lady Trent, here is a review of one of her older books, one that merits a return to the limelight. Midnight Never … Continue reading →


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New Sightings – Deborah J. Ross

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

Deborah’s novelette, “Among Friends,” is featured in the upcoming (March/April 2013) issue of F & SF. “Among Friends” concerns Quakers, the Underground Railroad, and a slave-catching automaton. Here’s the cover of the next Darkover book, an action-adventure set in the … Continue reading →


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Love, Regret, and Second Chances: The Novels of Deborah J. Ross

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

If I were to sum up the works of Deborah J. Ross in one sentence, I would say that her stories are tales about the many forms of love, regret, and second chances. My only regret is that I missed … Continue reading →


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Cross Training for Writers

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Many times over the years, I have been impressed with the “other” talents of writers I admire. We are not only novelists and crafters of short fiction, we are dancers, singers, teachers, composers, musicians, farmers, cake decorators, painters, martial artists, … Continue reading →


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October Reading

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

The Mountain’s Call by Caitlin Brennan. Under her various pen names, Judith Tarr has long been one of my favorite authors, particularly when she writes about horses. This book is full of horse-magic, the usual kind because they’re so marvelous … Continue reading →


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Northlight: Evolving a Novel

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

After I submitted Jaydium, which was to become my first published novel, I began work right away on my next project. Or rather, I took a look at all the ideas and characters which were screaming inside my skull to … Continue reading →


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Let’s Hear It For Short Stories!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

I grew up with a love-hate relationship with short fiction. Having to read short stories in school almost ruined them for me. Actually, the reading was fine; it was the having to answer the brain-dead, pointless, intellectually insulting questions about … Continue reading →


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Where’s the Science Fiction?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

I just finished reading Jo Walton’s marvelous book, Among Others, and was delighted at the many references to science fiction in 1979/1980, when the story takes place. At that time, I was an avid reader of sf like the protagonist, … Continue reading →


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Winter Reading

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

I’m an unabashed fan of Katharine Kerr’s “Nola O’Grady” series. The third, Apocalypse To Go, lives up to its predecessors in inventiveness, drama, romance, and whimsy. In this urban fantasy, the heroine works for a supernatural Agency “so secret, the … Continue reading →


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