Two years ago yesterday my novel of music and magic, Evolution Device was published. Two years ago tomorrow, it was a Big Idea. THE BIG IDEA is a regular feature on Whatever, the blog of multi-award winning science fiction author John Scalzi. It features essays by authors about the ideas behind the writing… Continue reading
The title for this post is from the title of a song by Jimmy Page and David Coverdale, Whisper a Prayer for the Dying. As far as I can tell, it’s the only song Jimmy Page has ever done that is any kind of political statement, but it’s a powerful… Continue reading
Back in 2012 when I hit a bit of a writer’s block for the novel I was working on — the one that would become Evolution Device (fondly nicknamed EvoDev) — I started fooling around with ideas for the cover. I knew that publishers don’t generally give authors much say… Continue reading
Miracles are magical things. Magic is miraculous. Magic, miracle, samey-same. You might not think so but yes, it’s true. First, let me explain the photo to the left. I clipped it to my desktop computer long enough ago that there are fly spots on it and I had to wipe off… Continue reading
Last May I wrote on my Mage Music blog about a book I’ve been wrestling with since 2009, Evolution Device. It is vaguely inspired by Jimmy Page — but it’s absolutely not about him at all, as you will see when you read the book. I had hoped to get at least… Continue reading
Author and journalist George Case has written an interesting blog post, Sick Again, which I felt I had to reply to. I decided that because my thoughts are really way too long for a comment, I’d post them here. Please read George’s article so you’ll have the context for what… Continue reading