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Some interesting quotes on writing

For some reason, I never really got into Terry Pratchett. I tried to read several of his books but although I love Douglas Adams and Monty Python and even (in high school at last) Tom Holt I just never enjoyed … Continue reading →

The old Genre vs Literature debate

It is of course problematic, not to mention silly, to separate “literature” from”spec fic” or “genre” (the latter two which I will treat as synonyms from hereafter). Many great (and some not so great)��books fall firmly in both camps. (Murakami, … Continue reading →

Grimdark, what is it? Joe Abercrombie in discussion with Ahimsa Kerp.

Originally posted on Damien Walter:
Joe Abercrombie needs little introduction. He’s one of the most successful fantasy authors working today and the face of “grimdark” both for the sub-genres fans and its detractors. In this forthright interview Abercrombie attacks the…

Beneath the Mantle – Release Day

When Gary Lucas of Severed Press which books I wanted to write, I knew for sure that one of them had to be a Journey to the Center of the Earth type. I had recently re-read the first 5 or … Continue reading →

Beneath the Mantle – Cover Reveal!

  I will have more to say when it is actually published, but in the meantime here is the cover. While it’s not exactly how I imagined it while writing it, I am nonetheless quite stoked! Smilodon! ��Auggh!

Frank Herbert on Writer’s Block

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You’re there now doing the thing on paper. You’re not killing the goose, you’re just producing an egg. So I … Continue reading →

Now available in auricular flavor too.

“Ahimsa Kerp deserves tremendous credit in imagining the Crawling Chaos as a 60s guru making deals with gullible and stoned hippies.” ��— Innsmouth Free Press My story “Turning On, Tuning In, & Dropping Out At The Mountains Of Madness” which … Continue reading →

A Song of Eldritch and Gibbous

I normally don’t write fanfiction, but I did this as a challenge in 2005, back when I was somewhat active on the Westeros boards. ��It has since been sitting in a random folder on my hard drive and I thought … Continue reading →

Beneath the Mantle – Rough Draft Completion

Phew. It took two and-a-half months, which on one hand is too long but on the other is record time by my sluggish countries, (in my defense, I did move countries twice) (also in my defense, I’m lazier than I … Continue reading →

2014 – Publish or Perish!

On one hand, 2014 was for me a year like any other.  Every new story I wrote this year was rejected, many multiple times. I racked up well over 50 rejections this year, and most of the stories I think … Continue reading →