The next few weeks are going to be quite busy for me as I make the final revisions to Evil in Thebes and prepare to start the query process. Consequently, this blog probably won’t be updated much in the meantime. … Continue reading
As I read more and more ebooks on the Kindle, I’m starting to detect a quality-control problem. For example, in both of Aliette de Bodard’s Aztec mysteries (which are awesome, by the way), I’ve noticed formatting glitches galore. Hyphens … Continue reading
I was going to pick up Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon after I finished The Man with the Golden Torc, but along the way I got distracted by something very, very shiny: Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard. … Continue reading
This morning, I finished The Man with the Golden Torc by Simon R. Green. It’s been on my To Read list for four years now, but it wasn’t until I got the Kindle that I finally got around to picking … Continue reading
Reasoning with Vampires has got to be one of the best things I’ve ever stumbled upon. It’s a forensic examination of the Twilight series where the books are carefully dissected and their inner workings exposed to the harsh light of … Continue reading
I’m embarrassed proud to announce that I’m now on Twitter. You can follow me at JasonLoch where you’ll get 46% more harping about the importance of historical accuracy and 65% more soporific commentary on the writing process. All in 140 … Continue reading
I’ve crossed one book off my summer reading list only to add three more: The Secret History of Moscow Sixty-One Nails Shades of Milk and Honey At this rate, I may never finish! Tweet
I can cross a book off of my summer reading list! As you may have seen in my last post, I was unsure of what to read first, but I ended up settling on Mechanique: a Tale of the Circus … Continue reading
I am a reluctant ebook reader. I knew they were the wave of the future, but I was still determined to resist them for as long as possible. But when I got my iPhone last summer, I spent some time … Continue reading
I came across two interesting pieces about indie publishing on agent-turned-author Nathan Bransford’s blog. The first is by Nate himself: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2011/05/why-i-chose-traditional-publisher.html The second is a guest post by Tracy Marchini, self-published author of Pub Speak: A Writer’s Dictionary of Publishing … Continue reading