Author: JRVogt

This project is a wonderful idea, so go tell Joshua Palmatier how much you appreciate him putting together something like this. The Query Project is for anyone who has ever wondered what a good query looks like. This project is for anyone who has ever stayed up until 5am changing…

Tis the wife’s birthday, so we’re out for the day and evening. You all play nice, now. I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

While it’s not the “ultimate incarnation of the fantasy novel,” as some people claim, Patrick Rothfuss‘ The Name of the Wind is one of the best that I’ve read in a long while. If you haven’t read it, I hope your excuse is that by some cosmic trick of the…

A hat tip to the blogging Editorial Assistant who scrounged up this article and its hilarious form letter that Robert Heinlein devised to respond to fan mail. I, and most people I know, are hardly in a position where we’d need this sort of thing, not having many “fans” to…

If you don’t know what an Allomancer is, then go out and pick up Mistborn, the first in Brandon Sanderson‘s Final Empire series featuring magic-users who employ metals as the source of their power–“burning” swallowed metal pieces in order to create different effects, such as increased strength, heightened sensations, etc.…

Brandon Sanderson announced that this short story, set in the world of Elantris, his first stand-alone fantasy novel, is now available for the public domain. So he was helpful enough to post it for free on his site. Here’s the linke: http://www.brandonsanderson.com/library/32/Elantris-The-Hope-of-Elantris Note- this story does take place after the…

A quivering hand snakes its way up over the edge of the desk. Fingers fumble over the keyboard. aFKASsvdvsv… After rallying for a few seconds, the fingers orient themselves and try again. 13 miles… …legs filing for divorce… …someone…remind me why running is good for the body?… With a last…

We’re only one spill of radioactive waste away from the world being taken over by arachnid overlords. Let this be a reminder! I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Maybe this is one reason I’ve always preferred computer typing over the classical. I’ve had that secret fear that sometime, in the middle of the night, the typewriter will come alive and start munching on my fingers. Enjoy these works of art, but be cautious the next time you hit…

And here’s the second review of the weekend. Tobias Buckell‘s Sly Mongoose recently showed its face on the shelves, and once my copy arrived, I launched through it fast enough to leave burn marks on some of the pages. From that reaction, I’m sure you can tell that I enjoyed…