January is the month of new beginnings. For me, that means looking ahead to what I’ll grow in the garden this summer. The kitchen table is four inches deep in seed catalogues, garden journals from several years, saved seed packets, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Jennifer Marie Brissett’s novel Elysium moved me so much that I began making a list of people to give it to. This is a perfect book for my friends who only read “literary” fiction, I thought. It’s beautifully written and … Continue reading
What are you currently reading? C.J. Brightley, The King’s Sword, (Until Feb. 11, part of an eight-book fantasy bundle.) An other-world fantasy written first-person by an ugly, scarred veteran soldier who rescues a half-frozen escaped royal heir out of the snow, and … Continue reading
I’m pausing in my writing rants to promote a non-Book View Cafe book that will be released in July of 2015 by Bird Street Books. The book is Devil’s Daughter which we—the creative team behind said novel—hope will spawn a … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough If you have been following along, we have discussed naming regular folks, and also generating names for fantasy and science-fictional purposes. But wait, there’s more. Whatever or whoever your characters are, they need a setting. A … Continue reading
Signatures by James A. Hetley John Patterson thinks he damn well earned his pension. He survived more than twenty years as a police forensic wizard, tracking down and fighting the worst that criminal magic could throw at him. If he … Continue reading
A Mindy Klasky Sampler by Mindy Klasky Passion: The Diamond Brides Series–nine tales of white-hot love set against the backdrop of the Raleigh Rockets baseball team. A May-December romance that scorches the sheets and the boardroom… A twice-jilted bride determined … Continue reading
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
(Image from here.) Before we spoke of the physical requirements of thermoregulation. Now we’re going to have fun: we’re going to see how animals solve these physics problems. But it’s a big question and the possible scope is vast. So … Continue reading
Beyond Grimm Tales Newly Twisted edited by Deborah J. Ross Hair Raising by Pati Nagle Once upon a time there was a beautiful Maiden named Rapunzel, which means “radish.” Her name was given to her by the Evil Witch who … Continue reading