Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

I just finished my first round of edits for The Blood of Faeries. It's super exciting to work with my editor and experience my writing...

Today I have a pair of books from genres I don't regularly read, one mystery and one thriller. I picked these books up after checking out...

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Howdy, My favorite reads this year are an eclectic selection. Of the dozens of books I've read, three stand out as exceptionally...

Howdy, My eldest son and I just returned from an adventure in Yellowstone and the Tetons––it was AWEsome. Anyway, while on the trip, I...

Howdy, Seems like it's been forever since I've written one of these. Well, maybe not, but that's how it feels. Most of it's due to the...

Howdy, This month I've been up to my nose in speculative fiction. This second batch is a continuation of what's been an excellent month...

Howdy, What books on writing do you keep close at hand? I was thinking about this recently. I've read many books about writing, from...

Howdy, So far, 2021 is promising to be a great year for reading. Last month, I reported on some fantastic reads, a few surprisingly so....

Howdy, There are scads of great science-fiction shows available for streaming right now. It's really mind-boggling. Growing up, I don't...

Howdy, Here's to hoping 2021 will calm down a bit in the weeks to come. In the meantime, I'm going to keep on reading and writing and…you...

Howdy, Did someone turn back the clock or forget to hit the reset button? Don't we get to hit reset when the ball drops for the New Year?...

Howdy, Recently, it occurred to me I've read scads of books during this year of pandemonium. Here are a few that, for one reason or...

Howdy, How often have you been told to show, don't tell? I don't get told that as much as I used to, but I still do. It's standard advice...

Howdy, Is your critique group surviving the pandemic restrictions on social gatherings? Maybe your group has always been a virtual one....

Howdy, I figure it's a time for a NaNoWriMo update. Admittedly, I'm not hacking out as many words as I would like to. Not nearly as many....

Howdy, Time to drop my second batch of books for the month. All speculative fiction this time, including one hell of a novella. I don't...

Howdy, Just because it's NaNoWriMo is no reason to stop reading. Recently, I've been neck-deep in fantasy and science fiction. Circe by...

Howdy, Will 2020 be a NaNoWriMo like none other or what? I typically don't go out of my way to participate in NaNoWriMo, but maybe this...

Howdy, Recently, I polished off the third and final season of Dark on Netflix. First off, the show is not nearly as horrifying as its...