November 19, 2019
Smack dab in the middle of the speculative fiction universe, lies a parochial planetary empire, somewhere to the right of the Cyteen System in firm Space Opera territories, lies Barrayar. Ruled by an emperor, Barrayar is primitive, patriarchal, and flat out backwards in the viewpoint of one of its most famous ladies — Countess Vorkosigan — Captain Cordelia Naismith of…
November 18, 2019
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with E.L. Chen, whose latest (which is two books in one!…
November 16, 2019
What? Are we really halfway through November?! If you’re doing Nano, how’s it coming along? If you’re gearing up for the holidays, what are your plans? This is the time of year where things may get a little overwhelming…so make sure you’re taking care of yourself, drinking plenty of water, enjoying good food, checking in with someone you love and…
November 15, 2019
In 2005, I was privileged to attend the Odyssey Writing Workshop at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. My particular class (not that I’m biased or anything) had this amazing synergy together, and one of my fellow writers was Scott H. Andrews. Scott, ever the champion of literary adventure fantasy, went on to create Beneath Ceaseless Skies, which just won…
November 14, 2019
On the weekend of October 18-20, 2019, a brand new event was birthed! Multiverse Con, almost two years in the making, finally happened! Multiverse was created with the idea that each of us is our own universe, bringing uniqueness to our fandom, that there is room in the multiverse for all of us. We wanted to make sure the convention…
November 13, 2019
One of the most common questions authors face is a deceptively difficult one to answer: “Where do you get your ideas?” Yet, the answers to that common question can be almost as interesting as the resulting story. Welcome to You’re My Inspiration, a new column dedicated to discovering what inspires a particular author and their work. Whether it be a…
November 13, 2019
Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus (2019) Written by: Wizards of the Coast Genre: Tabletop Game Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Why I Chose It: I am always curious about the newest Dungeons & Dragons games, and this one heads straight into hell (literally). I had to check it out and see what adventures had been crafted. The Premise: Welcome to Baldur’s…
November 12, 2019
The recent spate of live action remakes of Disney classics has been hit or miss for me, but I genuinely enjoyed 2014’s Maleficent, which reimagined the evil queen from the classic Sleeping Beauty into the true love’s kiss that wakes Aurora from the curse. I fully anticipated loving this second installment in the continuing story, and was deeply disappointed by what unfolded…
November 11, 2019
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with Kate Heartfield, whose novel, Armed in Her Fashion, just won…
November 11, 2019
This is a hard post to write. Earlier this year, Sandra Kasturi of ChiZine Publications reached out to me with a wicked cool idea: a daily post in October that would feature a horror movie paired with a cocktail. The idea was right up my alley, so she and I began making plans to pull off the ambitious project. I…