There have been worrying reports this week from Sicily about the hard times facing the Mafia. Even the crime families, it appears, are not immune from the ravages of Austerity that have beset Southern Europe this past year. First it … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Traditional Wisdom Only Goes So Far When the Future Beckons When I was a child, I once knew an adult who loved to say, “When pigs fly.” He said this to any request that he deemed unreasonable or irrational made … Continue reading
FRIDAY FINDS is hosted by MizB at shouldbereading and showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library. So, come on — … Continue reading
Up until last year, of course, I was obliged to laugh at Pi Day, because – as any fule kno – the date is properly written 14/3, not 3/14. However, hubris is its own reward, and here I am in … Continue reading
And so the saga continues. There is a new contract. It’s better than the old one. It is not, however, even yet, a good contract. Scrivener’s Error, the publishing blog for true wonks, is not terribly impressed. What it looks … Continue reading
Last weekend a quintet of Book View Cafe members descended on the Friends of the Genre Convention (FOGcon), a literary-themed science fiction and fantasy convention in the San Francisco Bay Area. We read, opined on panels, hung out in the … Continue reading
It is now official and we are allowed to trumpet the news that Book View Café author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff and co-author Michael Reaves have had their newly released novel, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI hit the New York Times … Continue reading
People wonder why I write pop culture books and (now) new adult paranormals in addition to dark/weird fiction. It is a wide array. Re books, I have thrillers, pop science, pop culture, young adult fantasies, horror, dark/weird fiction, and science fiction. Re … Continue reading
by Laura Anne Gilman WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll … Continue reading
I was an ugly duckling. The oafish, bespectacled, metal?mouthed character who sat in the back of the classroom drawing Star Trek inspired comic books with talking animals and who was the last person chosen for any sports team (until I … Continue reading