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J.T. Greathouse is the BFA-nominated author of the Pact & Pattern trilogy. His short fiction has appeared, often as Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Writers of the Future 34, Deep Magic, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, and elsewhere. In addition to writing, he has worked as an ESL teacher in Taipei, as a bookseller, and as a high school teacher. He currently lives in Spokane, Washington with his wife Hannah, two cats, and several overflowing bookshelves. ...more

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J.T. Greathouse When I get writers block, it's usually because I've either intimidated myself by overthinking whatever I'm working on, or run out of creative fuel by …moreWhen I get writers block, it's usually because I've either intimidated myself by overthinking whatever I'm working on, or run out of creative fuel by working too hard for too long a stint. I find that I can "reset" and get past writers block by distracting myself for a little while either with a movie, some YouTube videos, a video game, or something else that engages a different part of my brain. That way, my subconscious can work on the story in the background and find that inspiration again.(less)
J.T. Greathouse During the pandemic summer of 2020 I read THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones, which was phenomenal, as well as EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON by…moreDuring the pandemic summer of 2020 I read THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones, which was phenomenal, as well as EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON by S.C. Gwynne and THE VANISHED QUEEN by Lisbeth Campbell. (less)
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The Tower of the Tyrant by J.T. Greathouse
"4.5 but I’ll round up because I feel like this book is underrated! It took me a bit to get into the swing on the book, but once I did, I didn’t want to stop reading! It weaves very nicely threads between all the groups of characters, and every single" Read more of this review »
The Tower of the Tyrant by J.T. Greathouse
"The Tower of the Tyrant hat für mich genau die richtigen Tropes getroffen auf eine Weise, die sich überraschend stimmig anfühlt.

Im Kern lebt das Buch von einer klassischen, aber sehr wirkungsvoll umgesetzten Dynamik: Unterschiedliche Charaktere, die " Read more of this review »
The Tower of the Tyrant by J.T. Greathouse
"4.25 Stars — I LOVED this book. Like, genuinely, deeply, truly, loved it.

First of all: our FMC, Fola, is 46 years old. Forty. Six. And she is hands down one of the best female main characters I’ve ever read. Her depth, her history, her strength, her " Read more of this review »
The Tower of the Tyrant by J.T. Greathouse
"5⭐️

I adored Tower of the Tyrant. I was hooked by the characters and the constant sense of tension, especially as the political situation slowly spirals toward civil war. Nothing ever feels stable, and watching the different factions and powers shift " Read more of this review »
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One of the point of view characters is asexual (and canonically so, but would not think in these terms, so is not referred to as such in the text). Two of the secondary characters in the "found family" are married gay men.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
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Eldritch, "Lovecraftian," weird horror is very hard to do well. So much of it feels derivative, or campy and absurd rather than properly, chillingly weird. John Langan's THE FISHERMAN is one of the best modern examples of the genre, up there with Jef ...more
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
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This book has genuine moments of insight and wisdom, and the last third begins to explore what a world where borders no longer make any sense might look like, but I never felt entirely engaged by the narrative. Well, that isn't strictly true. The fir ...more
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The further adventures of Thomas Cromwell, and the further misadventures of Henry's wives. Mantel's rendition of the Tudor court remains fascinating, her examination of one of the first of the powerful middle-class equally so. The narrative voice in ...more
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“If you do nothing - or worse, if you help them - they will win. There is no middle ground in this. You must choose. Either the empire or those who fight them.”
J.T. Greathouse, The Hand of the Sun King

“Magic could reshape the world. Its power was undeniable. It needed no argument to bolster it, nor any faith to make it true.”
J.T. Greathouse, The Hand of the Sun King
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“The best lies anchor themselves in irrefutable facts. They draw their strength from that which cannot be denied, lending all that is false about them the facade of truth.”
J.T. Greathouse, The Hand of the Sun King

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“If you do nothing - or worse, if you help them - they will win. There is no middle ground in this. You must choose. Either the empire or those who fight them.”
J.T. Greathouse, The Hand of the Sun King

“Magic could reshape the world. Its power was undeniable. It needed no argument to bolster it, nor any faith to make it true.”
J.T. Greathouse, The Hand of the Sun King
tags: magic

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