The Yanthus Prime Job
It looks like this blog may just be turning into a book review blog. Things are pretty crazy right now what with the audio book recording, trying to finish “Five Dragons” before the end of the year – a long shot, to be honest – cranking away on a...
See, Your King Comes To You
And he brings the greatest gift of all. It’s yours if you want it. All you have to do is accept it....
Let’s Get This Over With, or, Two Reviews
Writing difficult reviews isn’t a lot of fun, so this post features two. Let’s get them out of the way so we can get back to the good stuff. I’ve got a hard copy of Cirsova burning a hole in my queue.First up, Castalia House’s Loki’s Child, by Fenris Wulf...
The Freedom and Power of Failure
Have you ever been to a freeform jazz concert, or maybe a Phish or Grateful Dead concert? In these shows the artists give themselves license to play around and freely experiment on stage in front of a live audience. The audience knows this going in, and understands that sometimes...
Don’t Read Anything Written After 1980
The adventures of King Conas returns, and we learn why the three sorcerers attempted to kill him in Issue 13. The January Issue of Marvel’s King Conan sees the barbarian explore a demon haunted volcano home to an artifact that contains the soul of the first King of Aquilonia. ...
The Lost Castle
You might think you’re done with sprawling multi-volume works of fiction, but if you’re the sort to read 30+ books per year – and since you’re reading this blog it’s a safe bet you are – then you know full well you can run but not escape falling into...
Christmas Come Early, or Come on In, The Water’s Fine
Come on in! Jeffro Johnson, the editor over at the Castalia House blog just published his year-end retrospective of the best book bloggers of 2016, and it turns out your host made the list. I won’t spoil the surprise for those of you who haven’t read that post yet....
Available for Pre-Order: Sorcerer’s Serpent
“Jon’s writing is lean and mean, Chuck Norris meets Hemingway.” – Schuyler Hernstrom, author of Thune’s Vision Great news for those of you waiting for the third installment in the Five Dragons series of novellas! The Sorcerer’s Serpent will be available for purchase this Friday, December 16th. For those who can’t...
Dipping a Toe in the #NewPulp Waters
You may have noticed that I talk a big game. Well, over on twitter, Barry Reese called me out. When I opined in 140 characters or less that the New Pulp writers trade on the term pulp by slapping on the chrome while the Pulp Revolution focusses on the...
The Pulp Clique
Grab me by the neck, push me into the stall, and threaten me with a humiliation shampoo and toilet water rinse, and I’ll admit to being a member of the Pulp Revolution. But I may not be a very good member, because I’m not all that interested in which...