Late, I know, but meh. Here were some books I read and enjoyed in 2017. As with my games post , I'm mostly leaning toward books you are,...

My head has been deep in Torment for so long that I feel like I haven't done anything else this year. Turns out I have! The public got...

John Scalzi recently described himself as "an agnostic of the 'I'm almost certain God does not exist, but intellectual honest...

I apologize for the blog silence. I'm deep in the drafting tunnels of a certain science fantasy novella and/or role-playing game . I...

I just finished reading RED GLOVE, the second book in Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy . And GAH! This trilogy! Understand: I LOV...

Title: Neuromancer Author: William Gibson Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk Published: 1984 My Content Rating: R for sex, language, an...

A scene from Jay Kristoff's STORMDANCER, based on the excerpt you can read at Tor.com . This is one of my sell-out sketches, drawn try...

Title: The Lightning Thief Author: Rick Riordan Genre: MG Fantasy Published: 2005 My Content Rating: PG for action scenes Cliffhanger...

Title: The Maze Runner Author: James Dashner Genre: YA Science Fiction/Dystopian Published: 2009 My Content Rating: PG-13 for violence...

This is probably my favorite thing I've ever drawn for Anthdrawlogy, and not just because Scott Westerfeld posted it on his blog . Oka...

Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go Author: Patrick Ness Genre: YA Science Fiction/Dystopian Published: 2008 My Content Rating: R for...

(For those of you wondering how our daughter is doing, here is the latest update . Now back to our regularly scheduled blog post.) Title...

You may recall I talked about Open Minds last year , about a world where everyone can read minds, except for this one girl who discovers sh...

Title: The Alloy of Law Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Steampunk Fantasy Published: 2011 Content Rating: R for action violence T...

Okay, I know I said we weren't supposed to hate on the haters about the whole Rue and racism thing . And I don't intend to hate, but...

I am a huge fan of sympathetic and redemptive villains. So my favorite villain of all time is . . . FIRE PRINCE ZUKO Honestly, he ha...

Because you're squishing a whole novel -- which, if adapted scene-for-scene would be about 4-8 hours -- into a tiny, tiny 2-hour box. ...

Title: Nowhere Girl Author: A.J. Paquette Genre: Middle Grade Published: 2011 My Content Rating: G Luchi Ann is an American gir...

So, a little background. The Hunger Games movie came out. In it, Rue was black. Some people were shocked, confused, and even upset . Oth...

I seem to always get stuck in the same places when I'm plotting. I'm good at figuring out my world and my set pieces, who fights who...