One of the best parts of Salt Lake Comic Con is the opportunity to meet and learn from some of the best working writers alive. Salt Lake Comic Con closed tonight, and to all appearances it was a rousing success. Venders and participants were telling me that 50,000 tickets had been sold, and at one […]
Archives for 2013
At SL Comic Con: Balancing a writing career while keeping your day job
2013-09-06 · by ·
In addition to a fantastic venue for people watching and celebrity sighting, Salt Lake Comic Con hosts some excellent panels on writing, providing ample opportunity for the novice writer to meet, and learn from, local authors. A panel I attended this afternoon, on the second day of the Salt Lake Comic Con, was titled “Managing […]
Utah authors at Salt Lake Comic Con Day One
2013-09-05 · by ·
Did you know that there are 82 authors in Utah. And that’s an above normal concentration of literary talent, apparently. Utah’s an anomaly, said Jessica Day George. I think that’s lucky for us. With a large, and growing, community of authors, it helps create a great culture for books, literature, and learning. With so many […]
Review | Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
2013-09-03 · by ·
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth in Stephen Olson’s series of posts reviewing, contemplating, considering, and discussing Orson Scott Card’s award winning Ender’s Game novels. You can find his other posts on the Ender’s Game series here. When I heard about a book that functioned as a direct sequel to Ender’s Game, I thought that sounded pretty […]
Review | Okay For Now by Gary Schmidt
2013-09-02 · by ·
The year’s not over yet, but Okay for Now will probably go down as the best book I will read this year, if not in the several years. I’m not lying. It’s terrific, and I hope you will read it. By the time I finished Okay for Now, I had read almost forty books this year. A […]
Utah Author Spotlight | Dave Wolverton
2013-08-27 · by ·
As part of Utah Book Month, we’re spotlighting Utah author Dave Wolverton. You can find other posts–including spotlights of other Utah authors, book reviews, book giveaways, contests, and more–related to Utah Book Month at Utah Books. I initially bought Dave Wolverton’s novel as a part of a charity book bomb, but before long it was […]
Review | Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card [Contributor]
2013-08-27 · by ·
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth in Stephen Olson’s series of posts reviewing, contemplating, considering, and discussing Orson Scott Card’s award winning Ender’s Game novels. You can find his other posts on the Ender’s Game series here. The nice thing about Shadows in Flight is that it came out just last year, so I remember very well my […]
Review | Nightingale by David Farland
2013-08-26 · by ·
If you like sparkly vampires, this might be a good segue to more serious fantasy, without giving up all the juice of a good teen romance. If sparkly vampires make you blanch, then you have nothing to worry about. Nightingale, though occasionally dark, is an enjoyable and satisfying story. The worst thing about Nightingale, to […]
Review | City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare
2013-08-23 · by ·
I always like to read the book before seeing the movie. So… with the release of the movie, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones looming, I decided to jump into the book. (From Goodreads) When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder […]
Review | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
2013-08-22 · by ·
It’s easy to see why Nancy Kress’s After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall has done well with science fiction’s premier awards. Winning the Nebula and the Locus for best novella and garnering a nomination for the Hugo, the story is equally intriguing and gripping. It’s too bad her story flops for failure to […]
