Ursula Bruin
A couple of years ago I wrote a tale for the Heir Apparent. She was seven at the time and ardently fond of a number
August 27, 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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Cirsova Winter 2022 Issue. Plus Savage Journal Entry 22.
Writing is an odd business. Each story is its own, unique blend of challenge and joy. Then it sits, sometimes for years, only to be
December 18, 2022
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First Draft Malaise. Plus Savage Journal Entry 21.
As a writer, you dream of reaching the conclusion. But we live in the present. Actually typing “The End” becomes anti-climactic rather than the cathartic
December 11, 2022
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Second Edition Update. Resurrected Post.
May 3, 2020 Second Edition Update As they say, two steps forward, one step back. I mentioned last week that the rights to Thick As
November 20, 2022
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Second Edition. Resurrected Post.
April 26, 2020 Second Edition Thick As Thieves came out a few years ago. I’m rather fond of that one. Crime and fantasy are not
November 20, 2022
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