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Phoenix Comicon 2013

As of the time of this writing, it is now May 10th, 6:00 in the evening.

In another six hours, it will be May 11th, 12:00 in the morning.

As my birthday is May 11th, by 6:00 in the evening …

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Here There Be Monsters

So, I’m reading Douglas Hulick’s Among Thieves right now and it’s quite good.

It has almost everything I want: witty dialogue, in-combat banter, pirouettes and pivots, thieves’ cant, underworld politics, magic systems, histories, rich cultures and nary a feasting scene, …

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Felinity

I received my very first piece of hate mail today.

It had to happen eventually.  As an outrageous online persona possessed of views that sometimes skew the readership and skewer the meek, I often find myself at odds with certain …

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Women of Significant Gravity

I didn’t want to like Tomb Raider.

I mean, I really didn’t want to like it.  The earliest footage of its gameplay looked like something out of a snuff film with a heroine who was constantly moaning and whimpering at …

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Ode to Joy

It occurs to me, in all my haste to slap a label on “grimdark,” that I forgot to tell you how the Tucson Festival of Books went.

In a word: good.

The crowds were very sizable, very receptive, very enthusiastic …

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Gritty People, Gritty Problems

It’s weird being a child of the internet.

I get annoyed when people bring up memes that I’ve already known about and gotten tired of six weeks before.  I’m waiting for the Harlem Shake to catch on in earnest and …

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The Intimate Epic

Just a quick reminder: this Saturday and Sunday, I’ll be at the Tucson Festival of Books.  Check my schedule here!  Hope to see you there!

I’m going to warn you in advance: I’m going to be talking about …

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Webcomics Round-Up

Remember!  I’ll be at the Tucson Festival of Books next weekend!  Check my schedule here and be sure to drop by!

Now, then.  Check out what came in the mail today…

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Aw yeah.

I’ve said it before and …

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Tucson Festival of Books: March 9-10

Perhaps you didn’t know this about me, but I sometimes get invited to fancy events to share my writerly knowledge with those who don’t yet realize that it mostly involves me doing seal impressions with the words “conflict” and “subgenre” …

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Ask the Companions II: The Heart Wants

they look like they're reading the same thing, don't they?

 

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SHIT!  What time is it?  We were supposed to answer these days ago!

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It’s only been a few days.  Or…or, hang on, let me count the bottles.  One, two…six……

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Who is Sam?

Sam Sykes is the author of The Aeons’ Gate trilogy, a vast and sprawling story of adventure, demons, madness and carnage.  Suspected by many to be at least tangentially related to most causes of human suffering, Sam Sykes is also a force to be reckoned with beyond literature.

At 25, Sykes is one of the younger authors to have arrived on the stage of literary fantasy.  Tome of the Undergates and Black Halo are currently published in nine countries.  He currently resides in the United States and is probably watching you read this right now.

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Twitter Updates

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