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 11, 2011
When I think about my plunge into the emotional smoothy-blender we call “writing fiction,” I usually credit an experience from late 2002 that inspired me to write a novel, tentatively entitled When the Sun Stood Still. (And aside from the fact that you can’t actually pronounce that title, I still like it.) I quickly discovered […]
Posted in About Tim King, Humor, Writing | Tagged Broad Street
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 […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Fire in the Mist, Holly Lisle |
By J. Timothy King on April 1, 2011
This morning, a radio ad began, “Now that the beautiful spring weather is here in New England…” Ha! Good joke! Especially for April Fool’s. That made my day. You see, God sometimes has a bizarre sense of humor. One year, for April Fool’s, he allowed me to get laid off from my job, and so […]
Posted in Humor | Tagged New England, weather
By J. Timothy King on March 21, 2011
When I first met Jeffrey Tanner, fictional costar of my short story “The Widow’s Granddaughter,” he told me, “Nice guys finish last.” I didn’t believe him then, and I still think he was seriously misguided. Fortunately, that character discovered that there is much more to life than alpha-male-ism. What an appropriate memory for the days […]
Posted in Customer Relations, Judaism, Religion | Tagged Esther, Purim
By J. Timothy King on March 16, 2011
Sharks are infamous for the feeding frenzy. They smell blood, and they lose control. All their instincts go on high alert. They turn into a finely tuned hunting machine, with one goal, to eat the kill. Other animals, too, have their frenzies. The predator hunts, and the prey runs. Instinct tells them to panic, and […]
Posted in Fear and Love | Tagged anxiety, black-and-white thinking, emotion, fear, feeling frenzy, herd instinct, news media, spirituality |
By J. Timothy King on March 11, 2011
This past week has been the busiest writing week in a long time. I’ve decided to focus more of my effort at my writing blog, including posting each morning a link to an interesting article along with my comments. Most afternoons, I’m still posting a writing article there, too. It’s been exceptionally easy to come […]
Posted in Humor | Tagged busy, coffee
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 7, 2011
One of the quip-hits from an ebook I’m putting together for Read-an-ebook week, Catnapping for a Living: Humorous Sketches and Tails (because I don’t have enough time to think of a better title): “Tomolok the Romulan is dead now, you know. But he’ll always be G’Kar to me. I am such a geek.” And if […]
Posted in Entertainment, Television | Tagged games, Star Trek |
