by Michael Pearce | Jan 29, 2014 | Blog
So I’ve spent the last twenty-plus years being a custom knife and sword-maker. As financial decisions go it’s hard to defend that choice; the business model would have even the most starry-eyed Venture Capitalist giggling. “I’m going to make a luxury good with a...
by Michael Pearce | Jan 21, 2014 | Blog
Hard-Science Heroic Fantasy. It seems like a contradiction of terms, but it really isn’t. In a fantasy novel everything should work and be technically feasible. Weapons, armor, combative techniques, building methods, transport, medicine and what have you. To me...
by Michael Pearce | Jan 6, 2014 | Blog
George RR Marten has become rather broadly famous owing to his ‘Game of Thrones’ series of books and television series. Mainly for making complex, believable characters that we genuinely care about and then killing them. In job-lots sometimes. A lot of...
by Michael Pearce | Dec 13, 2013 | Blog
This week Steve McHugh expands his excellent Hellequin series with a new novella- Infamous Reign. Seriously good stuff- give it, and the other Hellequin books, a good read! In late 15th century England, two young princes are given over by Merlin to the protection of...
by Michael Pearce | Dec 6, 2013 | Blog
Last summer it was pointed out that the front of our house had become rather overgrown with blackberries and other vegetation. Here in the Pacific Northwet we have Himalaya Blackberries that some thoughtful person imported because they were hardy and productive. Of...
by Michael Pearce | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog
The Dreaded 8-Letter Word: Revision (And How to Do It) By Charlie Holmberg With National Novel Writing Month behind us and that burst-of-life manuscript in-hand, many new writers ask themselves, “Now what?” What does one do with this novel now that it’s done? It’s...
