By J. Timothy King on June 21, 2011
When I opened my birthday present, aside from the gift itself, out fell two twenties and a ten. And the first thing I thought was, Now I can buy more groceries. As you know, sometimes the life of a writer sucks. But I do have a summer software contract lined up, which should fund this […]
Posted in Books, Judaism, Religion | Tagged birthdays, Holly Lisle, Mark Kinzer, Midnight Rain, Twilight, Used Book Superstore, used books
By J. Timothy King on April 26, 2011
When high-school bad boy Derrick Weston returns after ten years, for his grandfather’s funeral, old rivalries and new robberies place him right in Ginger’s path — whether they like it or not. I’ve been wanting to read one of Lazette Gifford’s books for a long time now, because she (like me) admires Holly Lisle’s work. […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Lazette Gifford, Return to Redlin |
By J. Timothy King on April 12, 2011
Not far from the Six Duchies lies Bingtown, hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships- rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Bingtown’s Old Traders, their wealth eroded by northern wars and the rapacity of southern pirates, now face an influx of upstart merchants […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Robin Hobb, Ship of Magic, Used Book Superstore
By J. Timothy King on April 5, 2011
I’m about 85% through Fire in the Mist, one of Holly Lisle’s earlier titles published by Baen Books. (And now available electronically from the Baen Free Library.) Holly throws the plot a curve ball at around page 210, and breaks one of the premier “rules” of storytelling. And I’m loving it! Unfortunately, I can’t tell […]
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By J. Timothy King on March 8, 2011
Can writing a bestseller be dangerous? Christian author Beth Rider’s 2nd vampire novel hit number 1. She’s flying high, until confronted by an evil she’d only experienced in nightmares. Jack Dawn, a supernatural monster belonging to an ancient race of bloodthirsty immortals, “marks†the young writer because of her book’s redemptive effect on his people, leaving […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Chasing Beth Rider, Ellen C. Maze, Rabbit |
By J. Timothy King on March 1, 2011
A simple shepherd girl discovers her wild mage powers after a murderous magician destroys her family. Now every mage in the world wants to train her. But Faia wants only to confront the madman who killed her loved ones. I was going to read something other than another Holly Lisle book, but I’m enjoying this […]
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By J. Timothy King on February 1, 2011
Hawkspar almost never made it to print. The drama started in September 2006, when Holly Lisle’s editor told her that the manuscript was too long. It weighed in at a hefty 190,000 words. So either 55,000 words needed to be cut, which would gut the story, thereby ruining it; or else it would have to […]
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By J. Timothy King on January 25, 2011
I read something today that made me want to pull my hair out. As you may know, I’ve been looking forward to Holly Lisle’s upcoming fiction journal Rebel Tales, because I love Holly’s work, and I’m expecting Rebel Tales to reflect what she values in a good story. Today, John Dye, the Rebel Tales SF […]
Posted in Books | Tagged Holly Lisle, Rebel Tales, Talyn |
By J. Timothy King on December 29, 2010
I’m just now recovering from my Christmas gluttony, as well as the work that’s backed up. But I wanted to post this quick announcement of who won the book giveaways this month on this blog. I emailed the winners over a week ago, when the giveaways ended. And most of them received their prizes last […]
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By J. Timothy King on December 14, 2010
… and one that is currently red. These are not just books I happened to have lying around. On the contrary, I picked them up while browsing the Used Book Superstore (all except for the red one), specifically because I enjoyed them. They aren’t necessarily my favorite of favorites. (For that, see the Talyn giveaway, […]
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