In the 1980 film Somewhere in Time, Christopher Reeve (of Superman fame) plays a man who falls in love with a portrait of a young woman long dead. His obsession with her photo leads him to discard everything that reminds him of the seventies, and following a rather intense night of self-hypnosis, he travels back... Continue Reading →
WARNING: RANT AHEAD If you genuinely enjoy reading fantasy---if you delight in the works of Homer, Burroughs, Tolkien, Sanderson, Rothfuss, or any author who dabbles in speculative storytelling, you owe it to yourself to pick up the books in the Aenya Series. But if you're looking to satisfy some voyeuristic urge or wish to justify your... Continue Reading →
Parts Terminator, parts Spielberg's A.I. (Philip K. Dick's Supertoys Last All Summer Long), parts Pinocchio, T.J. Klune's In The Lives of Puppets is a dystopian Sci-Fi adventure lacking in thrills and imagination. The plot revolves around Victor, the young protagonist and the last human child on Earth, built by a robot father. While this device... Continue Reading →
The worst possible book you could be reading when you're in the hospital being treated for cancer, and you're seriously contemplating your mortality, is Stephen King's Pet Sematary. King even admits he almost didn't publish Sematary due to its bleak subject matter, so why he would begin to write such a thing is beyond me.... Continue Reading →
Can a totally nude heroine become a lightning rod for feminism? Or does sex appeal and the gratification of the male gaze distract from messages of equality? Thelana lives naked, fights naked, and adventures through the world of Aenya naked, but only because she chooses to do so, refusing to be defined by others. When, in Ages... Continue Reading →
If you haven't seen me on here lately, it's because last month I was diagnosed with cancer. Leukemia, to be exact. I am still fighting to get better, but it's been a very, very difficult process. The hardest thing I've ever had to deal with by a huge margin. Just going about everyday tasks, like... Continue Reading →
The Name of the Wind is the story of Kvothe, a brooding emo-rogue type hero and run-of-the-mill Gary Stu who suffers through all the usual cliches: mysteriously killed parents, living in poverty, attending a magic school with comically cruel teachers, etc. While Rothfuss’s writing flows smoothly, painting a vivid albeit generic landscape, the book lacks... Continue Reading →
Greetings, Aenya fans! I have decided to do something different for my upcoming project. I am releasing a production diary, starting with this one, because I am eager to share all the exciting news regarding The Magiq of Aenya. So what is 'The Magiq of Aenya'? It's the fourth book in the ongoing Aenya series... Continue Reading →
All I ever asked for was a writing desk, but my father (God rest his soul) didn't want to buy one for me despite spending tens of thousands on lavish antique furniture to fill his million-dollar mansions. Since I was six, I impressed upon him my obsession—my need—to become an author, but he didn't care... Continue Reading →
In this exciting matchup, I pit legendary authors against one another to see who comes out on top! Yessiree, folks, step right up for the fight of the century. In one corner, we've got legendary suspense author of over sixty-five books and counting, Stephen King, and his novella, The Body. And in the opposite corner,... Continue Reading →
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