Last week I recorded another podcast with SF Signal. The topic of this one was “What SF/F character would you want to be and why?” I was on there with the infamous author Django Wexler, Patrick Hester, and Jeff Patterson (he also does The Three Hoarsemen podcast). Check it out. It was a lot of fun.
Continue ReadingThis morning I got an email that really stood out (partly because the rest of my email this morning has been, “I know you don’t review paranormal romance, but I think you should review mine because it is special.”) Here’s what it said: Dear Sarah, I love your website, and I think your reviews are…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Masks, the first novel in a mesmerizing new fantasy series, draws readers into a world in which cataclysmic events have left the Autarchy of Aygrima—the one land blessed with magical resources—cut off from its former trading partners across the waters, not knowing if any of those distant peoples still live. Yet under…
Continue ReadingThe title says it all, folks. Yesterday my interview with author Jacqueline Koyanagi went live. I absolutely loved interviewing her. She was so willing and ready to answer my harebrained questions (much appreciation for that). I learned a lot about her, and how she managed to make such realistically disabled characters in her book. I…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Cassie Klyne, nineteen years old, lives in the United States in the year 2015—but it’s not our United States, and it’s not our 2015. Cassie’s world has been at peace since the Great Armistice of 1918. There was no World War II, no Great Depression. Poverty is declining, prosperity is increasing everywhere;…
Continue ReadingAbout the Author Jodi McIsaac is the author of The Thin Veil contemporary fantasy series, which is based on Celtic mythology. The second book in the series, INTO THE FIRE, was just released on November 12. Find out more at jodimcisaac.com. Links: Amazon Website Facebook Twitter Goodreads — Why I Love Speculative Fiction Even though I’m now a…
Continue ReadingDamn you, Chuck. The last thing I needed was another author addiction. I like my fantasy the same way I like my tea, black, unsweetened, and deep. Chuck Wendig is one of the rare authors who seems to tap into that without any shame or apology. That’s probably why, despite the fact that I’ve only…
Continue ReadingI have spent two weeks sicker than a dog. I’m finally (after three doctor visits) getting over it (yay!) but all the downtime has given me a lot of time to think up ideas. One of my ideas I’m going to start on right away. I love talking about books, but I’m also anxious to…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Something is wrong in Aquae Sulis, Bath’s secret mirror city. The new season is starting and the Master of Ceremonies is missing. Max, an Arbiter of the Split Worlds Treaty, is assigned with the task of finding him with no one to help but a dislocated soul and a mad sorcerer. There…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Instead of the deadly force it once was, magic is now a useless novelty. But not for Shame Flynn and Terric Conley, “breakers” who have the gift for reverting magic back to its full-throttle power. In the magic-dense city of Portland, Oregon, keeping a low profile means keeping their gifts quiet. After…
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