One of the fantastic things about being part of Adventures in Scifi Publishing is access to books, often well before they are slated for publication. One of the things I’ve been reticent in doing is talking about what I’m reading and what’s coming out. So, from now on, every Friday I’ll be posting what I’m […]
Surviving Publishing Series: Bloggers, Reviewers, and You
October 25, 2014 by 2 Comments
After an article posted last Friday in the Guardian, apparently this needs to be said: Reviewers don’t review books for the author. Reviewers review books for readers. For those not aware of the article doing the viral set of rounds on social media, it details the stalking and confrontation of a blogger by YA author, […]
Game Review: Destiny
September 29, 2014 by 4 Comments
Ok, I’m not going to mince words here. The story in Destiny blows. Seriously, Destiny’s script reads like the lead writers dug up every 1990’s D&D quest doodle they ever made, pooled together decades worth of accumulated piles of Star Trek/Wars fan fic, then took turns throwing the resulting scrap paper slush pile at the […]
Book Review: How the White Trash Zombie got her Groove Back by Diana Rowland
September 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s not easy being a White Trash Zombie. One Angel Crawford, self-professed white trash zombie from the swamps of southern Louisiana, has come a long way from her days as a pain-pill-addicted high school dropout with a budding felony record. The fourth installment of Diana Rowland’s White Trash Zombie series finds Angel trying to kick […]
Book Review: Shield and Crocus by Michael R Underwood
September 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I’m not going to lie. This was an interesting one. A good interesting but on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being ‘Generic Fantasy Land, next exit’, 10 being ‘Whoa, wait a minute, where the hell am I…and… did my exit just get eaten by a cavernous black pit?’. Well, this scores a 10. […]
Game Review: Wolfenstein The New Order
July 24, 2014 by 2 Comments
This game has no right being as good as it is. There. I’ve said it. Wolfenstein: the New Order from Machine Games is an action adventure first person shooter (FPS) set in an alternate version of 1960’s Europe where the Nazis won the war. You play as special forces operative Captain William “B.J” Blazkowicz, who […]
