…aka: Living With Chronic Illness Having a chronic illness is difficult, even more so when you’re yet to have a diagnosis one way or the other. Letters zip between doctors and consultants and in the meantime, you continue on as best you can, doing what you can with the spoons you’ve been afforded. You try … Continue reading »
I want to just say that I don’t read writing advice books. I don’t put any stock in being told how to write, or how hard it is, or that the Super New Method of Doom works better than last month’s Amazing Super Awesome Technique of Heavenly Joy. Just no. I know how hard writing … Continue reading »
As part of the Zenn Scarlett blog tour, I’m genuinely thrilled to have author Christian Schoon talking about Identity in SFF, given just how much I loved Zenn Scarlett and just how big a deal I’m hoping this YA science fiction adventure will be. -Leo First off, thanks to Leo for being part of the Zenn Scarlett blog tour … Continue reading »
The second post in this series talks about gender in fantasy and if it should even matter at all. It raises some very interesting questions and definitely provides food for thought, demonstrating that the notion of identity can stretch farther than simply the discussion of the self to the self. So, here’s the thing; gender … Continue reading »
![The Pirate’s Wish, by Cassandra Rose Clarke [Assassin's Curse #2]](http://leocristea.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/thepirateswish-144dpi.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "The Pirate’s Wish, by Cassandra Rose Clarke [Assassin's Curse #2]")
TITLE: The Pirate’s Wish (Assassin’s Curse #2) AUTHOR: Cassandra Rose Clarke PUBLISHER: Strange Chemistry PUBLICATION DATE: 4th June 2013 RATING: ★★★★★ By now you’re probably beginning to wonder whether Strange Chemistry are slipping me money under the table, what with all these reviews that glow so brightly you can see them from space. Those, and the … Continue reading »
![Wards of Faerie, by Terry Brooks [Dark Legacy of Shannara #1]](http://leocristea.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/166739991.jpeg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "Wards of Faerie, by Terry Brooks [Dark Legacy of Shannara #1]")
TITLE: Wards of Faerie (Dark Legacy of Shannara #1) AUTHOR: Terry Brooks PUBLISHER: Orbit PUBLICATION DATE: 1st August 2012 RATING: ★★ That it’s taken me more than three weeks to review this gives a little insight into my experience with the book. It’s not that this is a bad book, it’s not. It just feels pointless. … Continue reading »
![Tome of the Undergates, by Sam Sykes [Aeon's Gate #1]](http://leocristea.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/tomeoftheundergatessams9100_f.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "Tome of the Undergates, by Sam Sykes [Aeon's Gate #1]")
TITLE: Tome of the Undergates (Aeon’s Gate #1) AUTHOR: Sam Sykes PUBLISHER: Gollancz PUBLICATION DATE: January 1st 2010 RATING: ★★★★★ Before I read Tome of the Undergates I had read Sam Sykes. Not his books, obviously, but his blog and his Twitter and Facebook. Take a look at my Link Pool. See how much of it is Sam Sykes? That’s … Continue reading »
This is the first in a (hopeful) series of guest blog posts about “Identity” – anything and everything that falls under that term is what I want to look at. Identity is a powerful thing and with it being so broad a church, there are plenty of different pews for people to come sit at. … Continue reading »
…I forgot the ‘squeeing’, too. The cover is stunning and just makes October seem all the farther away. I’m looking forwards to Drakenfeld, as demonstrated in my Anticipated Reads for 2013 post. I am a solid fan of Mark and his work—even despite my experience with The Broken Isles—and having kept up with the news released and … Continue reading »
I don’t know what I have: apparently it could be Asperger’s, yet some say it’s social phobia or Social Anxiety Disorder. I’m not sure it even matters. It is what it is and whatever it is, the doctors and I are working on it. I am nervous and anxious in most social situations; even with … Continue reading »
