Sunday, January 30, 2011
This week's topic on the Clarion Writer's Craft, "Does it matter if it has been done before", inspired me to create a related quiz on Goodreads called Echoes of Legend in the Okal Rel Saga.
Labels: Clarion, goodreads, quiz
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Fond of this interview for the sake of the people and books I get to mention, the overview of the series I cover and the details about particular characters, as well.
Labels: Avim's Oath, interview
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Avim's Oath is one of about 40 books put forward by their publishers for the Endeavor Award this year. Always proud to be considered. Each book is read by seven judges. That's a good bit of exposure. And the publisher has to be willing to send in the copies. Also on the list for Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing is Dave Duncan's book Pock's World.
Avim's Oath is my latest novel and the sixth installment in the Okal Rel Saga, a space operatic story populated with larger than life characters who dramatize the underpinning theme of how mankind stops short of self-destruction by means of social control despite radical differences in sexual and political norms across a multi-cultural panorama.
Labels: Avim's Oath, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, Endeavour Award
Monday, January 17, 2011
This monday's Writer's Craft on the Clarion Blog is about how what we are reading influences our writing.
Labels: Clarion
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Just discovered this site and got a particularly warm glow from these kind words from a discerning reader I worked with for many years while at UNBC. Thank you, David C!
Labels: Review
Monday, January 03, 2011
Ameron Bio
Ameron
The charismatic Ameron Lor’Vrel was Ava of the Sevolite empire at the time of first contact with the Reetions, about two hundred years before the start of the series. He disappeared en route to receive medical help for a wound taken in an assassination attempt by vassals opposed to his plans to re-open diplomatic relations with the Reetions, and passed into legend, inspiring oaths such as “Ameron’s Wound!” After being knocked out of time-slip by Di Mon and Ranar, he is initially depressed to discover all that happened after his disappearance from history. Di Mon, ecstatic to recover the historical liege he has always followed in his heart, is over protective. It is Ayrium, in Part 3: Pretenders, who proves the right tonic to revitalize him. A political animal, Ameron is always working to bring his Demish and Vrellish vassals closer together and is disconcerted by pressures for reform from the younger generation because he’s lived through other, failed attempts. Ameron features in Part 3: Pretenders, where he ultimately reclaims his lost throne. But he is a presence in other books, notably Part 4: Throne Price, where he must reconcile with his long lost son, Erien.Labels: Ameron, Character Biography
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Clarion blog announced it's 2011 line up for 2011 on New Year's day. I'm tickled to be launching The Writer's Craft feature, running most Mondays, in such great company. Check out Mishell's roster of celebrity columnists including writer Elizabeth Bear and agent Richard Curtis! And don't forget to drop me a line with your questions, suggestions or examples for the Writer's Craft. Send e-mail to lynda@okalrel.org with CLARION in the subject line.
Happy New Year.
Labels: Clarion, Lynda Williams, Mishell Baker, Richard Curtis