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Winds makes Mad Hatter’s Best of 2011

Winds makes Mad Hatter’s Best of 2011

I was excited to see that The Winds of Khalakovo made The Mad Hatter’s Best of 2011 list! Now this is the long list, and I might be jinxing myself by talking about it, but I’m really honored to be considered among those other novels. You know, novels such as: Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick Seed by [...]

In Which I Interview Pat Rothfuss

In Which I Interview Pat Rothfuss

At WorldCon in Reno (still twitching from the lights and bings and pops on the casino floors), Greg Wilson and I sat down to talk with Patrick Rothfuss about the writing life, language, and poetic magic. I tried to leg wrestle Greg for this one too (see note on our previous epic match over our [...]

Sowing Confusion for Fun and Profit

Sowing Confusion for Fun and Profit

Over at Grasping for the Wind, I talk about the perceptions of characters and how, as writers, we can use them to our advantage to create tension and mystery, and to give the story a verisimilitude that would otherwise be missing. I've recently been reading The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss, and I used [...]


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