Interview with Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Author, ‘The Worker Prince’
Bryan Thomas Schmidt is the author of The Worker Prince.
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Guest Essay, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Author ‘The Worker Prince’
I get the question a lot: a space opera with the feel of Star Wars: A New Hope based on the Moses story? Why? Why adapt an oft-told tale? Why a biblical story? The answer is simple: 27 years ago I dreamed up a new way to tell the tale and make it fresh, and I just had to write it.
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Take Five with Rebecca Barnhouse, Author, ‘The Coming of the Dragon’
Rebecca Barnhouse is the contributor for this week’s Take Five, a regular series where we ask authors and editors to share five facts about their latest books. Barnhouse is the author of The Coming of the Dragon, available now in paperback.
1. The dragonfight in the novel comes directly from Beowulf.
2. Some of the swordfighting is [...]
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Booked! J.M. McDermott, Author ‘Never Knew Another’
Fugitive Rachel Nolander is a newcomer the city of Dogsland, where the rich throw parties and the poor just do whatever they can to scrape by. Supported by her brother Djoss, she hides out in their squalid apartment, living in fear that someday, someone will find out that she is the child of a demon. Corporal Jona Lord Joni is a demon’s child too, but instead of living in fear, he keeps his secret and goes about his life as a cocky, self-assured man of the law. Never Knew Another is the story of how these two outcasts meet.
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Author Q & A: Jeffrey L. Patrick on Wilson’s Creek
Interview with MD Lachlan, Author, “Wolfsangel”
MD Lachlan is the author of Wolfsangel, a critically acclaimed historical fantasy and the first in a series. You may also know him as Mark Barrowcliffe, author of the memoir The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange, as well as several works of literary fiction, including Infidelity for First-Time Fathers and Girlfriend 44.
Can you [...]
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The Blogging Author
Terry Brooks is going to begin blogging.
That’s right. The writer who has used me to be a bridge between he and his fans is setting that bridge on fire. Ha! Guess I should start looking for another job…
Here is that first short blog detailing his thoughts on the matter. I think it’s hilarious.
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Interview with Mat Johnson, Author, “Pym”
Mat Johnson is a bit of a renaissance man: an author of non-fiction, novels and comic books, including his well-received graphic novel Incognegro and John Constantine: Hellblazer, Papa Midnite. His most recent book is Pym, a modern take on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, which is described by the [...]
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Author Collectives
Would you like to find a whole bunch of authors in one place who write on a regular, rotating basis? There are places like that—blogs actually—which I’m going to call “Author Collectives” because it kind of has a hippie flavor to it that amuses me.
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