I suppose it should come as no surprise that the best way to attract attention for your blog is to be controversial.  Talk politics or religion, suggest doing something playful but unpleasant to animals, take on whatever juggernaut is dominating the opinion pages of the paper. I have, on my own blog, done my share [...]

If you’re anything like me, that title is already killing you. You are itching to correct me.  To find a bottle of virtual white-out and make it right!  Too bad. Generally speaking, I only torture characters, but today, I get to torture you, my fellow authors.  ‘Cause this is exactly what I want to talk [...]

The October 2012 issue of Locus Magazine, a specialty publication for the science fiction and fantasy publishing industry, features a lovely interview with author Kij Johnson, who is known for fantasy, but has a background in history. She makes the observation: “History looks a lot like fantasy.  Fabulous people, doing things that we don’t understand, [...]