I do not normally share the reviews of my novel, The Ministry of Thunder, here on my blog.
I like to keep things classy, you see.
But when one of the most popular and well-loved authors of science fiction out there takes a moment to write a review of my book, what the heck… I know it’s not classy at all, but I have to share it.
I spent many summers reading S.M. Stirling‘s books.
I am proud, and moved, that he now read my novel.
OK, full disclosure: I knew about the river Amur because of crosswords puzzles.
Russian river, four letters
Maybe, had I known it is also called Black Dragon River, I would have checked out the Amur river before.
Luckily, I was offered an ARC 1 of Dominic Ziegler’s Black Dragon River.
The tag-line A journey down the Amur River, at the borderland of empires sums up nicely the contents of this thick volume that Pengiun Books will be releasing later this year.
What’s so hot about the Amur? Continue reading
I’m taking part in the latest Flash Fiction Challenge from Chuck Wendig.
The challenge: create a character in less than 250 words, and leave it open to use in the forthcoming Flash Fiction Challenge.
So, here goes… Valerie Continue reading
Today, a different kind of writing inspiration.
Having published it in All Story in 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs proposed his novel, Tarzan of the Apes to a publisher for a book edition.
This was the reply.
Burroughs would eventually publish twenty-four Tarzan novels in book format.
Today is H.P. Lovecraft’s 125th birthday, and here on Karavansara HPL is sort of a patron saint.
Can we really say something new, original and interesting about the Old Gentleman?
Well, I just saw this, posted online, repeatedly.
That’s HPL’s most famous quote, probably.
And while I repeated it often, like some sort of mantra, there is another quote by the Master of Providence that really is my favorite.
The Lovecraft quote, as far as I’m concerned. Continue reading
I got this photo through the Ancient Explorers group1. In July 1939, Gandhi wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler. Basically, telling him not to be a dick – but in a classier way.
These few lines, that show the courtesy and tact of a sensible man trying to tackle a very poisonous snake, got me thinking. Continue reading
My friend Claire loves elephants, and of course we’re just a few day after the Elephants Day, and basically this is the long tail of the unreliable week, I just rewatched Mogambo, and so I thought… why not post a gallery of pictures of ladies with elephants?
More serious content is coming, but for the time being… send in the pachyderms!
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