Category: Writing
Interviews for the Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West “Telethon!”
To celebrate my Kickstarter for the Wyrd West Chronicles, I’m doing a series of livestreamed interviews with people who are doing similar stuff to what I’m doing in Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West! These interviews will appear on Kickstarter Live and will be simultaneously streamed to my Facebook Author Page, then uploaded […]
Read More Interviews for the Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West “Telethon!”Book Review: A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge. This was actually the first book in this series I read. It so absorbed me that I sought out the rest of the series wherever I found it. Once again, a […]
Read More Book Review: A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’EngleOnce Upon a Time in the Wyrd West Kickstarter!
Today I launch my first ever Kickstarter! Tell all your friends! And make sure to get your copy of the book, or collect some of the other great rewards I’m offering! Here’s the blurb from the Kickstarter page: Hi! My name is Diane Morrison, and I’m a hybrid author (which means I’ve been both […]
Read More Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West Kickstarter!Your Protagonist’s “I Want” Song
By Kathryn Craft Today’s mad skill comes to us via Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the music and lyrics for one of my favorite musicals, Wicked, based on Gregory Maguire’s bestselling novel of the same name. The show tracks the early life of Elphaba, the girl who is destined to become the Wicked Witch of the West. On […]
Read More Your Protagonist’s “I Want” SongBook Review: A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge and the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge. I read this book as a child (obviously I don’t remember what day, but I’m guessing based on the age I was and […]
Read More Book Review: A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’EngleBook Review: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge and the Space Opera Challenge. I last read this book when I was still a child. I was prompted to a re-read because of the release of the movie, so I could compare and […]
Read More Book Review: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’EngleTolkien: On Fairy Stories
So You Want to Have a War?
Originally posted on The Toy Soldier Saga:
By Django Wexler I am, I have to admit, a war buff. I read military histories for fun, the kind with fold-out maps covered in little colored arrows and notations like “Kollowrath (40,000)”. As I am also a fantasy novelist, the nature of war in fantasy fiction has…
Book Review: Beasts of Tabat by Cat Rambo
Beasts of Tabat by Cat Rambo My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Women of Genre Fiction Challenge. I read this book in part because I’ve come to know Cat Rambo through my work with the SFWA YouTube channel (for those who don’t know, she’s the current President of SFWA.) I heard she […]
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