To young men of a studious turn of mind, who did not desire to go into the Church or the Law, magic was very appealing, particularly since Strange had triumphed on the battlefields of Europe. It is, after all, many centuries since clergymen distinguished themselves on the field of war, and lawyers never have. It … Continue reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
Here, for the first time on any stage, is the draft of the cover for my upcoming e-book, Troll Valley. Our own Phil Wade is the artist responsible for this work of wonder (though I took the picture of the house). And the tag line, of course, was provided by commenter Adam. What do you … Continue reading Cover story
Thanks to all who made suggestions for the tag line for Troll Valley. Although I had decided to go with something else, I thought it over and concluded that commenter Adam had the best suggestion. His tag line will go on the book, in a slightly modified form: “The Fairy Tale Your Grandparents Never Told … Continue reading We have a winnah!
I’m pondering a small problem with my upcoming e-book, Troll Valley. And I thought, hey, I’ll crowdsource it to the world’s smartest people, the few, the proud who read Brandywine Books. Our own Phil Wade has been applying his considerable graphic skills to creating a cover, based on a photograph I took of the Gunderson … Continue reading Help needed
The Gunderson House, Kenyon, Minnesota, which I borrowed for my new book. [Thousand Ills That Flesh Is Heir To Dept.: My cold continues pretty much unchanged, like a visitor you expected to come for dinner, who means to stay a month. I still have no voice. It’s a little disturbing to realize that I can … Continue reading Publishing update
I picked Cousin Trygve up at the airport on Friday afternoon. I took him home to Blithering Heights (“Is this Mrs. Hermanson?” he asked when he saw my car. Probably the only time that’ll ever happen). He gave me Sissel Kyrkjebø’s latest CD as a gift, and I played it while we got acquainted. We … Continue reading Lars Walker, down the mean streets
“This summer on my way to work,” writes The Public Humanist at The Valley Advocate, “I found something just for me in a box of cast-off books on a sidewalk in downtown Northampton . . . a yellowed and fragile New York Times Book Review clipping, from April 2, 1978: a list of the books … Continue reading These Books Were Most Influential on Tolstoy
I was in the embarrassing situation of having Larry Correia as a Facebook friend but never having read any of his stuff, even though he seemed to have his head on pretty straight. So I remedied that by downloading Hard Magic, Book One of the Grimnoir Chronicles series. It’s pretty good. The story is set … Continue reading 'Hard Magic,' by Larry Correia
Several people have reviewed Lars’ latest novel in various avenues, but only one review has been posted to Lulu.com, the main ebook publishing site for the book. If your review is on Amazon, for example, copy it here. Of course, if you have not reviewed the book, but you have read it, please take a … Continue reading Hey, Reviewer, Post Your Thoughts.