The Guns of Leigh Brackett. Plus Savage Journal Entry 36.
I was watching (yet again) the John Wayne western El Dorado. It looks amazing on the 75-inch 4K screen. In fact so amazing that I
March 26, 2023
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Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers. A Transitional Anthology. Resurrected Post.
January 24, 2021 Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers. A Transitional Anthology. Lin Carter is back with another volume and more alliteration. Flashing Swords! #5: Demons
March 23, 2023
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The Web Log In Mexico. Plus Savage Journal Entry 35.
I can’t truly call it a vacation. I worked the day job faithfully and made daily progress on the current novel. But MBW, the HA,
March 19, 2023
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The Web Log is Traveling. Plus Savage Journal Entry 34.
Time for writing a post is limited today. MBW, the HA, and I are en route to Mexico. My ambitious goal is to sit in
March 12, 2023
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Vettius and His Friends. Plus Savage Journal Entry 33.
I’ve encountered a few of David Drake’s Vettius and Dama stories in anthologies. But I’d not read them all. Happily, I picked up a copy
March 5, 2023
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Announcing Semi-Autos and Sorcery 4: Silver and Bone. Plus Savage Journal Entry 32.
is time once again to shovel coal into the boiler and get the Publicity Express chugging out of the depot. Karl Thorson’s next adventure arrives
February 26, 2023
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Setting and Sword-and-Sorcery. Plus Savage Journal Entry 31.
Location, location, location. Setting is a vital component of Sword-and-Sorcery fiction. The action needs to occur in some pre-industrial locale, a secondary world, a fictionalized
February 19, 2023
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The Web Log Takes a Sick Day. Plus Savage Journal Entry 29 and Bonus Savage Journal Entry 30.
Sadly I can’t even claim a hangover for this enforced downtime. I didn’t earn the brain-fogging misery through any sort of fun. So, a brief
February 12, 2023
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Bulfinch and Howard? Plus Savage Journal Entry 28.
I’ve been reading Thomas Bulfinch’s The Age of Chivalry. How many times and in how many versions have I encountered the deeds of King Arthur
February 5, 2023
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