How would you describe your writing mojo/style? That’s a really hard question. I can define other people’s styles really easily, but my own is hard! I guess I could name my style something. Early “Matlock-if-it-had-vampires-in-it”, maybe. Was Carrie’s limited perspective and her character always a factor in your world building for Blood Ties? I don’t think I planned it that way, but it certainly did [...]
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That might seem like an odd header, but bear with me for a second. There’s a lot of awesome out there in the world. I can’t read all of it, people! So, here’s a list of shit that’s intrigued me, but that I haven’t, for whatever reason, actually picked up. This is mostly because my life is pain. I’m going to try to put up [...]
OMG OMG OMG. I so needed this after that Dinosaur Mafia BS and Sword of Medina. Dreaming Metal is a smart exploration of the implications of AI citizenship in a future technocracy. Loved it. Basically, this is the sequel to Dreamships, where the almost-AI Manfred almost murdered Reverdy Jian. Even though Manfred wasn’t AI, his closeness to full intelligence caused a political firestorm, since if [...]
The Shadowlands series(made up of Silver’s Lure,Silver’s Bane, and Silver’s Edge) is… okay. I’d give this a solid C — interesting use of some tropes, neat inclusion of non-typical Maiden figures (a representation of Brigid as a young female blacksmith was quite nice), some all right sexin’ scenes, but points off for the demonization of queerness, essentialized gender roles, and somewhat predictable characterization. Basically, there’s a Silver [...]
Prospero Lost was really fun. Basically, it takes up a few hundred years after Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prospero and his children have funded a multinational financial empire. Miranda remains Prospero’s loyal, virginal daughter, devotee of a benevolent goddess. Miranda’s faith, service, and maidenhead stand surety for her family’s immortality. The years pass; Miranda’s grown older (though not old); the family fractures. However, Prospero remains the [...]
The Nymphos of Rocky Flats is the first of a new series of vampire stories writtenby Mario Acevedo. This was fun — Acevedo took some genre standards (nymphos, tortured vets/vamps, etc) and breathed a bit of new life into them. The plot is basically that Felix Gomez became a vampire after serving in Iraq. His guilt over having killed civilians continues to torture him, and [...]
Readers of the Blood Ties series will be pleasantly surprised at Armintrout’s foray into the world of the Faery wars. Unlike the Blood Ties world, where Armintrout’s gift for quirky histories is a bit limited due to its connection with the “real,” the Lightworld/Darkworld series provides enough space for this author’s imagination to fly free. Ayla is half-Human and half-Faery. She’s only 25, a mere [...]
