March 27, 2020
I really love heist stories — heists, capers, feats of daring-do and espionage — and I’m realizing that I need to explore more of them, since my overall experience is limited to things like Ocean’s Eleven and The Italian Job. I especially love when I can get these types of stories in with my fantasy. Mixing in different genres like…
March 4, 2020
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…
March 1, 2020
An Illusion of Thieves (2019) Written by: Cate Glass Genre: Fantasy Adventure Host: Kendra Merritt Discussion Date: 3/27/2020 The Premise: A ragtag crew with forbidden magic must pull off an elaborate heist and stop a civil war in An Illusion of Thieves, a fantasy adventure from Cate Glass. In Cantagna, being a sorcerer is a death sentence. Romy escapes her…
November 1, 2019
We came, we saw, and we lost steam. It’s nobody’s fault, really, that our first attempt at launching a book club didn’t gather a crowd. But I am nothing if not persistent, so I sat down with our previous book club moderator, Merrin, and we hashed out what we could do differently in the future. And we were both, if…
January 8, 2018
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 Speculative Chic contributor Betsy Whitt. What does she love when…
August 23, 2017
I can’t actually remember which of Carol Berg’s books I read first, but the Lighthouse duet has always been my favorite. It might have been the covers that drew me originally with their evocative colors, or it might have been the name of the series. I come from a family of sailors, and I’ve always liked the idea of lighthouses as…