In interviews I am often asked about authors who have influenced me and I usually name a couple or so. But there are many more and I have recently come…Continue readingWho made me?
I went to my first SF con in 1995 – ConQuest in Auckland, New Zealand. The primary reason I went was because Roger Zelazny, one of my personal literary gods,…Continue readingHow to Con it
We all have our favorite bookstores, Mental Floss says and asked a number of authors to talk about theirs. (Story and link below) And because I know that my blog…Continue readingFavorite bookstore?
John Scalzi uses a personal milestone, the 12th anniversary of his first pro publication in Science Fiction, to write about the works of Science Fiction and Fantasy that shaped his…Continue readingThe books that shaped a writer
I was afflicted early with a love of language. I was barely four when I taught myself to read, because a favorite book that had been read to me by…Continue readingThe Rapture of Language