Interesting words for Wednesday: Lapidify means to turn to stone. I also like the noun blatherskite, a person “given to voluble, empty talk.”
Books and Writing:
At Tor.com, Christina Orlando talks about reading books late. Lots of good recommendations here!
Kris Kathryn Rusch has, understandably, a strong indie-pub position, but this article is useful and interesting. It’s about traditional publishing and how it’s faring in the pandemic (spoiler alert: not very well according to her.
File770 doesn’t usually do author guest-posts in the style of “The Big Idea” or “My Favorite Bit,” but they did with Dan Hanks’s new book Captain Moxley and the Embers of Empire.
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I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.
COMMENT Was I hinting that? I wasn't aware of it. But now that you mention it.... 🤔
So it sounds like you're hinting Fox may have had three or so different incomplete stories that he stitched together,…
It's hardly a private conversation, Becky. You're welcome to add your 2 cents anytime!