Dave Higgins's Blog, page 102
February 17, 2016
Fix Deployed
After over a fortnight of the publisher poking and prodding Amazon, All These Shiny Worlds is free on Amazon UK. So, now’s a great time to grab a copy if you haven’t already. And now a little music to celebrate.
February 15, 2016
Shining Light Pollution in Dark Places
The stars turn again, echoing forward 313 days to that most urgent of festivals. And so the madness slips back into slumber, withdrawing back to the precincts of its cult. I speak of course of Valentine’s Day adverts. For those who do not celebrate Valentine’s Day – or celebrate with gifts sought truly outwith the […]
February 12, 2016
Anamakee by Garret Schuelke
With a protagonist who can’t win if he does play and a solid grasp of the difference between knowing there is more and knowing how to get it, Schuelke creates a USA where coasting through mediocrity might be the least worst option. Dividing his time between entry-level work at a linen service, Community College, and […]
February 10, 2016
A More Fluid Interaction
Sean Follmer’s idea is good just for the reasons he gives, and I can see others: Being able to “pass” objects to people in other locations? Remote support and training gain most of the advantages of an on-site presence. Furniture that changes shape in response to the user? No more fiddling with handles to obtain […]
February 8, 2016
Silence is Not Consent
As frequent readers will know, I believe in supporting equality and rejecting sweeping labels. So I was pleased to come across a discussion of the place of people who happen to be male in the quest for a fairer world that didn’t consider all men as the same. However, it did suffer from the bystander-burden […]
February 5, 2016
Shadeborn by Garrett Robinson
Expanding the skilled mix of world-building and character struggle to an international scale, Robinson brings the epic threats hinted at in previous volumes into the light. This novel is the fourth volume in the Nightblade series. This review doesn’t reveal everything, but my life is too short to weave a path around any and all […]
February 3, 2016
There Are Many Shiny Worlds Like It, But This One Is Mine
The ImmerseOrDie Anthology 2016 is now out; and I am in it. As are fourteen more top indie authors. So, if you are interested excellent speculative fiction, grab a copy. From hard sci-fi to high fantasy, from visceral horror to glimmer bunnies, there is something for everyone. Available from the following retailers. Pick up your […]
February 1, 2016
The Bullet Catcher’s Author: An Interview with Rod Duncan
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Non-Gendered Polite Mechanicals, Davetopia is proud to present for your edification the question-answering talents of Mr Rod Duncan. Marvel as he forms a coherent sentence! Gasp in awe at his ability to sustain an argument! Observe, if you dare, the innermost workings of his mind! 1. Your official bio is below. But […]
January 29, 2016
Witch’s Curse by Crissy Moss
Combining the epic power and constant peril of classic fantasy with nuanced character development and social conflict, Moss weaves a tale that both shows world-spanning tyranny and puts a human face on the cost of resistance. This novel is the second volume of the Witch’s Trilogy. While I’ve put a Friday morning sort of effort […]
January 27, 2016
One Habit of People With One Perspective
As a self-employed author-publisher, I spend an amount of time researching improvements to my processes; and I receive – directly or to groups I’m part of – recommendations for articles and methods that have boosted the greatest entrepreneurs to uber-mega-greatness. And some of the advice I find is very useful. But some of it misses […]
