Category Archives: Warlocks of Talverdin
Casting On. Again.
Well, the epic sweater continues to share its uncanny kinship with my writing process. (“Out of cheese error, redo from start …” as Pratchett’s Hex would declare. If there’s ever a literary award for most drafts of a published novel, … Continue reading
World-Building: Clarkesworld Round-Table
A while ago I took part in an interview for a round-table discussion of world-building in fantasy and science fiction for Clarkesworld Magazine; it’s up on the Clarkesworld website now. Gods, devils, magic systems, things readers don’t know about the … Continue reading
Nice mention of The Shadow Road
There’s been a nice, succinct, and complimentary notice of The Shadow Road in the annual publication of the Pennsylvania School Librarians’ Association: “Followers of The Warlocks of Talverdin will relish this fourth book, while those new to the series can … Continue reading
Nightwalker and The Witch’s Brat
I wrote recently about reading an ad for Diana Wynne Jones’s The Ogre Downstairs when I was a child and never getting to read the book till I was an adult. Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Witch’s Brat is another book that … Continue reading
From the Wild Forest - Thoughts on a Writing Life 