by Jim Stitzel | Dec 31, 2006 | General
I’ve got a little bone of contention to pick with book marketers. You see, my wife gave me a gift card for Barnes & Noble for Christmas. Perfect opportunity to knock some of those titles off my “Must Buy” list, right? Well, it’s a nice...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 15, 2006 | Writing
writefantastic – Why Fantasy? And on the heels of the article “I wrote yesterday”:http://open-dialogue.com/blog/2006/12/14/the-literary-sexual-mechanic/, Mark Chadbourn has an interesting article. This one’s actually been in my queue for a...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 2, 2006 | Writing
Ok, I love Orson Scott Card’s new online speculative fiction magazine, “Intergalactic Medicine Show”:http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com. The stories are first-rate, the free articles are fantastic, and the extras are a lot of fun. The biggest...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 17, 2006 | Writing
I don’t usually get a lot of enjoyment from reading fiction that is laced with a lot of profanity. ((One of my favorite authors is Stephen King, and most of his works are notorious for foul language. I do love his tales, to the extent that I will read him...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 21, 2006 | General
Willful Grace: And Your Point Is? Grace has written another wonderful article that hits you right in that soft, sensitive spot of pride. Ouch. But it does give me pause to finally write about a topic that’s been on my list for a while now and that I just...