Monday Night Gaming: Catan
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Settlers of Catan, the gateway game for all Tabletop! This past weekend at NorWesCon 38, I passed by a grizzled & heavily bearded man in a bandana playing Catan on his laptop via Steam. I wasn’t Read More…
Flashback Friday: You Never Forget Your First Time
This week’s Flashback Friday: You Never Forget Your First Time…Watching Star Wars! I’m happy to have science fiction author, Scott Whitmore, here for a guest post on how Star Wars influenced him as a writer. I don’t watch many movies in Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Get off the Unicorn
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey. Cover art by Paul Alexander. What I Love about this Cover: The original title of this book was called Get of the Unicorn–Get being the main character–but the publishers Read More…
Flashback Friday: Hobbits, D&D, and King
This week’s Flashback Friday: Hobbits, D&D, and King. I’m happy to have fantasy author, Erik Buchanan, here for a guest post on how The Hobbit, Dungeons & Dragons, and Stephen King influenced him as a writer. I started reading when I was Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Childhood’s End
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Childhood’s End by Aruthr C. Clarke. What I Love about this Cover: There is a simplicity to everything being central on that cover, yet a complexity in what is on the cover. This is one Read More…
A-Z Challenge & Theme
Yes, yes, my writing buddy Leetah Begallie managed to rope me into the A-Z Challenge for April (as if I didn’t have enough on my plate!). I figure I could use a little reflection amidst the chaos. For my A-Z Read More…
Flashback Friday: Three Men
For this week’s Flashback Friday post, I’m happy to have fantasy author, Django Wexler, here for a guest post on how Isaac Asmiov, David Brin, and Neil Gaiman influenced him as a writer. I started reading in the pre-Potter world, Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Small Gods
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Small Gods by Sir Terry Pratchett. What I Love about this Cover: I came late to the Discworld party, so I didn’t read this as a child. Despite that, I love the old covers for Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Myth Directions
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Myth Directions by Robert Asprin. (I also did a Flashback Friday on this series, which you can read here.) What I Love about this Cover: When I first saw it, I was 12 and very Read More…
Flashback Friday: Foundation
For this week’s Flashback Friday post, I’m happy to have science-fiction author, G. S. Jennsen, here for a guest post on how the Foundation Series influenced her as a writer. When asked if there is a science fiction novel, author Read More…
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