Earlier posts acquainted you with the main heroes of my novel-in-progress, The Whitemaiden — namely the healer sisters Catirna and Alruna and the sage Axel. Now I think it’s time to present one of the villains! Meet Galyek Basilekel*, the dreaded captain of the guard at the Thornwood Citadel. WAIT. HOLD UP. That’s not Galyek. That’s Josef. … Read more…
Thank Amazon for free Kindle samples…because what a difference an opening chapter makes. The other day, after finishing Mariette in Ecstasy, I hungered for another good story and so consulted my ever-growing to-read list. There were two books in particular that I was curious about, so I downloaded their opening chapters to compare. It was a good … Read more…
I’ve been meaning to read this novel and didn’t get to it until just recently — and now I can see why it’s one of his most well-known works. (And why it’s a much-anticipated movie coming out later this year.) I’m not a big sci-fi fan — I’m more into swords and castles than ray … Read more…
This afternoon, more than two months after buying the thing, I FINALLY finished reading Epic: Legends of Fantasy, the epic fantasy anthology edited by John Joseph Adams. I’m sure I would have finished reading it earlier but for the great tsunami of grad school work that washed over my life this semester. Yet even with … Read more…
Friday night I finished reading Enchantment by Orson Scott Card — and I was caught between the pleasure of having read such a great book and the sadness of finally coming to the end of the adventure. The plot summary you can find on Amazon, but basically Enchantment is a modernized and Russianized retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It … Read more…