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The American

Just started The American by Martin Booth, and loving it.

The Rage by Gene Kerrigan

The Rage by Gene Kerrigan:

I am totally digging this Irish noir police procedural. Twisty, turny plot with lots of morally compromised characters. Love it…

propagandery:"I see your taste in friends remains...

propagandery:

"I see your taste in friends remains consistent."

wolfandmay:coldwindandiron:

Indy.

Forever.

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laughbitches:

obeydao:

laughbitches:

Happy 4th of July my fellow Americans!

IT HAS BEGUN

IT HAS NEVER BEGUN, FREEDOM IS FOREVER. 

This picture must be printed onto velvet and hung in every truckstop.

Happy 4th of July!

These are the 10 writers I will hate this year: http://the-toast.net/2013/07/03/resen...

These are the 10 writers I will hate this year: http://the-toast.net/2013/07/03/resent-that-success/

What Kept Me Writing This Week

1. Music: BANKS. She’s going to be huge, people…

2. Music: Ellie Goulding covering nerd-rockers Alt-J. And making it sexy….

3. The Magicians and The Magician King, by Lev Grossman. Devoured both of these in one go. Felt like the novels one of my smart high-school D&D buddies might have written.

"Interesting fact: Crime fiction outsells SF and Fantasy combined by about 3:1. (If I was purely..."

“Interesting fact: Crime fiction outsells SF and Fantasy combined by about 3:1. (If I was purely focused on making money by writing fiction, that’s where I’d be. (But one word of caution: writing crime is a lot harder and more specialised than I realized before I tried it. It’s got the research requirements of hardcore physics-driven hard SF, combined with the characterization requirements of literary fiction, and your plotting had better be bulletproof or it just won’t work. (Hint: write the first 90% of the book, with lots of random clues and characters. Then go back, re-read it, decide who Did It, delete contradictory evidence, and write the end.)))”

- - Charlie Stross (via wilwheaton)

Huh. Maybe I should try sci fi. Sounds easy in comparison.

Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson

RIP, Richard Matheson. Strange thing, I had just picked up a collection of his short stories ("The...

RIP, Richard Matheson. Strange thing, I had just picked up a collection of his short stories ("The Box") last week. I’d just finished it when I heard the news, so his loss is particularly keen. The man knew how to write a twisty tale…