Tag: Novel
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2025-11-24—Deathbringer
Deathbringer here. Subscribe to the channel or— *coughing* Oops, wait, wrong Deathbringer. No, no—today we are finally discussing the indie novel Deathbringer, first book of the Spellsword Saga (Blake Carpenter), to find out if the book really kills it or not. Overview of Deathbringer What is It? Inga Alenir is a Swordbearer. She is the…
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2025-10-27—The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride is legendary. Infinitely quotable, a cult classic of its time, a moderate box office success with a long, long tail of movie purchases and rentals, I don’t think I’m being in any way controversial when I say that The Princess Bride will endure the test of time as long as visual media…
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2025-10-20—Metamorphosis
No, this blog post isn’t about the Kafka novel—this blog post is primarily about me, with a lot of thoughts inspired by Kristin McTiernan’s Substack post Talent Isn’t Enough (And It Never Was). Today, I’m discussing on the process of turning into a real author. What’s an Author? (No Seriously) First of all, I should…
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2025-08-25—Travel By Star
Just in case this is a dealbreaker for anyone, I have to state this as plainly as I can: at no point in Travel by Star (by Paul Scott Grill) does a tiny pink blob hop on a five-pointed glowing stellar object and ride it to another location—or, in other words, travel by star. This…
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2025-07-28—Bartimaeus (Amulet of Samarkand, Golem’s Eye)
Let’s throw back to the early 2000s today. Remember Bartimaeus? The Bartimaeus Trilogy is an alternate history, fantasy YA series by Jonathan Stroud. Since it’s an alternate history (and events are often moved around and reinterpreted in that genre), I’m not confident about the exact years the books take place in, but for general context…
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