Leland Lydecker's Blog, page 13
June 3, 2018
Names Matter
Something came to a head recently that’s been bugging me for a long time: we (Westerners, especially those in the United States) need to get a lot more creative with our names. Recently one of my employees pointed out the ridiculousness of creepy old men who demand to be on a first name basis with […]
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May 28, 2018
Grounded: A Dragon’s Tale Review
Grounded: A Dragon’s Tale follows a young dragon named Manycolors who has been burdened with the care of a flightless sibling. The narrative takes short breaks to focus on a human youth named Hote, who battles a mysterious illness as he works with the Watchers studying the dragons’ planet. With its themes of misfit youngsters, […]
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May 21, 2018
Flash Fiction: Ghosts
“The rain is full of ghosts tonight,” she said. I held her close, her head cradled against my shoulder, as we stood under the ancient trees. Her fingers were cold in mine. “What do they want?” she whispered. “Why do they come back?” The rain rustled in the leaves above our hiding place, and an […]
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May 13, 2018
Review: Ruhanna’s Flight & Other Stories
Within the pages of Ruhanna’s Flight and Other Stories, author Jeanette O’Hagan spins tales of shapeshifters and seafaring peoples, youthful struggles, first loves, enduring loss, and incredible courage. All but a few of the stories are set in the world of Nardva, and some of the characters will be familiar to readers of O’Hagan’s Akrad’s […]
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May 6, 2018
Motivation vs Guilt
I see a lot of motivational posters aimed at authors. You know the ones: a movie character pointing out that you should be writing. Or maybe it’s a pop culture icon. Or maybe the message is framed as a comic strip. Or maybe it’s just a blank page with the words “You should be writing!” […]
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April 28, 2018
Throttling the Flood of Conflicting Advice
Some time back, a friend posted in a group we both frequent. She was frustrated with the flood of conflicting marketing advice for authors, and listed some of the contradictory advice she’d heard. Socialize with non-writers on Facebook. Don’t try to sell. Make friends. Advertise on Facebook. Advertise on Amazon. Forget Facebook and Amazon. Focus […]
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April 21, 2018
Curses of Scale Review
Today on the author blog, Leland Lydecker reviews the first novel by author S.D. Reeves. Curses of Scale is an unusually somber tale of love, fey magic, and cursed dragons. It follows Calem, a druid who made a bargain with the fey Oberon in an attempt to break the curse on his wife; Niena, an […]
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April 14, 2018
Review: Save Our Souls
Today on the author blog, Leland Lydecker reviews the second novel by author Leighton Dean. The aptly-named Save Our Souls follows pilot and Captain’s son, Ford, and his family, the crew of the freighter Jian Seng, as they fight to survive in the face of an unholy trinity of catastrophes. The seemingly lifeless ship that barreled […]
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April 10, 2018
The Bee Transporter
Friday evening found me crowded into a shed with a motley group of individuals. The shed was attached to the back of a slant-roofed little house tucked into a steep hillside a few miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The crowd included everything from grey-haired retirees to stay-at-home moms to workers in grimy Carhartts, and even […]
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April 4, 2018
Review: Welcome to the Madhouse
Welcome to the Madhouse chronicles the adventures of Dr. Grace Lord as she begins her residency aboard the medical space station Nelson Mandela. Plenty of challenges are in store, from eccentric surgeons to a dangerously manipulative psychiatrist to an alien super-virus, but Dr. Lord is not entirely on her own: she soon finds an […]
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