Northlight by Deborah J. Ross The mare kept pitching and throwing her body from side to side, but she couldn’t get her hind legs under her. Her breath came in labored grunts. I grabbed her mane as if we were … Continue reading
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“I first started thinking about editing during the years when I’d visit Marion Zimmer Bradley on a regular basis. I helped read slush for her magazine (MZB’s Fantasy Magazine) and we’d talk. I got a “behind the scenes” look at what she looked for and why, and how she handled rejection letters. She taught me that the work of an editor isn’t mysterious, in part because her own tastes were so definite. A story could be perfectly good but not suit the anthology or magazine she was reading for, or might do both but not “catch fire” for her.”
Continue readingIt’s WWW Wednesday and Deborah J. Ross is here to entertain you with her recent literary discoveries. (This meme is from shouldbereading.) • What did you recently finish reading? Sherwood Smith’s delightful Regency Danse de la Folie.. It’s engaging and fun … Continue reading
It’s WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. • What did you recently finish reading? • What are you currently reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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