The internet(s) gives and gives and gives.
There are some great sci-fi/fantasy bloggers out there, fans who are devoting a lot of time and energy into supporting authors and their readers. Variety is the spice of life, as they say, and with the menagerie of unique and very different individuals out there contributing, it produces a whole that is better than its parts.
Last week, Suvudu featured the First 50 Pages of Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno. Matt Staggs showcases Kelley Armstrong writing the Top Rules For Writing Supernatural Couples, as well as featured Magic Swords! Eric Geller featured the newest Star Wars HoloNet Digest. And I interviewed Patrick Rothfuss about his new novella, The Slow Regard of Silent Things, as well as interviewed Greg Bear!
In other areas of the professional internet(s), Tor.com posted thoughts about the new J.K. Rowling story, Pyr Books introduces Rene Sears, and Orbit Books announces the ebook release of The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes!
Here are some of the blogging highlights I found outside of Suvudu week ending 11/1/14:
- Update: The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams, posted by A Dribble of Ink
- Review: Sword In Steel by Douglas Hulick, read by A Fantasy Reader
- Review: The Scarlet Tides by David Hair, read by Fantasy Book Critic
- Review: Darknesses by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., read by Fantasy Literature
- Feature: The World of Ice & Fire, given by Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
- Extended Trailer: Avengers: Age of Ultron, posted by Sci-Fi Chick
- Video: GRRM vs. GRRM Trivia, posted by SF Signal
- Comment: Seventh Season of Game of Thrones?, posted by Wertzone
Shawn Speakman is the author of The Dark Thorn, an urban/epic fantasy hybrid novel bestselling author Terry Brooks calls, "a fine tale by a talented writer."
He is also editor and contributor of Unfettered, a fantasy anthology featuring some of the best writers in the genre. When Shawn isn’t lying for a living, he runs The Signed Page and Grim Oak Press.