FF: I’ll Be Reading From Wolf’s Search!
Persephone Traps The Kindle!
Today begins Bubonicon! Programming for me starts at 5:00. You all voted, so I’ll be reading from Wolf’s Search! I’ll also be taking questions and telling you about some future projects. If you don’t get there in time, I hope you’ll drop by and say “hi” during the Mass Signing on Saturday. As long as I’m not actively putting graffiti on people’s books, I enjoy chatting.
For those of you just discovering this part of my blog, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week. Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines.
The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.
Once again, this is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in.
Recently Completed:
Theater of Spies by S.M. Stirling. Book Two in his series set in an Alternate World War I. The first, in case you’re interested, is The Black Chamber.
In Progress:
Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher (which is a secret identity of one of Bubonicon’s Guests of Honor, Ursula Vernon). After reading several novels focusing on the Big Picture of war and destruction, the adventure of a twelve year-old mage with only three spells (none of which are terribly devastating) is proof that the microcosm works as well as the macro for creating an absorbing story.
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant. Audiobook. We’re now to the Philosopher Emperors. I admire how Durant has used the first portion of the book, which is focused on Rome in her various incarnations from the founding now into empire to show why, when Christianity began to spread, Rome was such a fertile field for it the new religion’s spread.
Also:
Wolf’s Soul is now moving along. After re-reading what I’d written before I took my hiatus to get Wolf’s Search through production, I realized there was a lot in my head that hadn’t gotten into the text. Now I’m actually writing it, rather than just imagining it!
