In compiling this list I realized there aren’t too many authors I buy faithfully. These are the happy few. In no particular order: Ernest Hemingway—I own five: A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, The First Forty-Nine Stories, and On Writing. The Sun Also Rises is a […]
Browsing the archives for the Literature category
14 Feb 14
In which she admits to being elitist
I think most of what is called “elitist” is a mask for anti-intellectualism — I mean, there is such a thing as excellence. The above is from a 1992 interview with Susan Sontag, the transcript of which I read here. It’s a great interview filled with wonderful reflections on writing and literature and it touches […]
5 Mar 13
Defining science fiction
Some Facebook friends and I recently had a discussion sparked by an article posted on Tor’s Star Wars site. The author puts forth the argument that Timothy Zahn’s 1991 novel Heir to the Empire moved Star Wars out of the realm of space fantasy and into the realm of true science fiction, setting the genre […]
17 Jan 13
Calling it what it is
As most of you bookish types probably already know, a couple of weeks ago the Daily Mail ran a piece opining that young-adult literature is morbid and exploitative and do young adults really need to read stuff like that—the article calls it “sick lit”—after all? (John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, with a […]
7 Oct 11
The first five pages
Venture even a little way into the world of querying and you figure out the first five pages of your manuscript had better be in tip-top shape. I’ve seen several agents comment that even if they’re unimpressed with the query itself, they’ll still give the sample pages a chance-after all, when it comes down to […]
Introduction
I'm an amateur military historian, a drinker of coffee and dry red wine, a cinephile, a hockey fan, a cat lady, and an all-around nerd. I like to travel. I also like books, philosophy, and political theory. I write historical fiction and fantasy, most of which deals with combat and conflict in the individual experience. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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