This blog post is included in: No Time to Spare Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler December 5, 2017 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Some of you may remember that, barely one month ago, Western Europe was on the brink of collapse. Not the economy this time but drought – the worst since 1976. Reservoirs were less than half full, rivers were drying up, … Continue reading
by Sue Lange I survived the shoot and I had fun, but I have to say I’m glad it’s over. I’m exhausted, drained, worn out, bereft, and confused. I mean that in a good way, of course. To be honest, … Continue reading
I have my indie backlist books distributed to Sony, iBooks, Kobo, etc. through Smashwords.com. So I keep up with what Mark Coker, CEO of Smashwords, has to say about the marketplace. Today, I’m sharing some VID (very important data). … Continue reading
I deal with religion, magic, faith, or some sort of spiritual belief system in most of my books and quite a few of my short stories. If not the main thread, these form at least a subtle part of the … Continue reading
(A slightly different version of this post originally appeared at Hahví.net) I like to read adventure novels. Science fiction, fantasy, historical: I enjoy them all. The important thing for me is a good, meaningful story, which by definition requires well-drawn, … Continue reading
by Phyllis Irene Radford I had a book come out today here on The Book View Café. Guardian of the Promise, Merlin’s Descendants #4 by Irene Radford. In many ways this was my favorite of the 5 book series. Well, … Continue reading
Gattaca is coming true. Remember Gattaca? Guy can’t get a job because some personal genetic failure has him dying in his 30s. Okay, he can get a job, but not THE job, the job of astronaut. He won’t take no … Continue reading
By the time this gets posted, I will be in the throes of shooting my little video. But right now, as I write this, it’s five days before that. Right now I’m in the long, dark teatime of my soul. … Continue reading
I remember the first time I approached my local Borders for a book signing. The events manager (this was when Borders was new and actually had enthusiastic community building ideas) liked romance and was happy to let me arrange for … Continue reading