Following Michael Hudson’s announcement on his Facebook profile, I am happy to inform all interested parties that Chasing the Mermaid, the first story in the Le Corsair series has been picked up by Raven’s Head Press, and will be out in 2016.
I have talked before of my project for a series of thrilling adventure stories set in the 1950s, in the Mediterranean area.
Well, here goes.
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A festive Silk Road recipe, from the wonderful Silk Road Gourmet
Ah, big monsters stomping all over Tokyo!
What’s not to love?1
So here’s Negadon: the Monster from Mars, and a little beauty it is.
Science fiction, 1950s nostalgia, a big monster and a giant robot.
Enjoy!
It started with my friend Claire’s latest post – which you can find here.
Go read it.
Done?
Fine.
Contrary to what Claire seems to think, science fiction and fantasy writers get asked quite often why they write what they do.
It’s even worse for horror writers.
Adventure writers tend to get a lot of blank stares.
In general, should you ever reveal to your friends and acquaintances that you are a writer1 and write imaginative fiction, you’ll get asked, basically
Why?!
The answer, of course, is usually that we write what we like to read. Continue reading
An epic illustration by Tim Hildebrandt.
Does it give you any idea?
Karavansara 