Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

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...

Howdy, My reading has been all over the map this month. Given the state of political affairs, I've even read a journalistic book about...

Howdy, I've been up to my neck in fantasy lately. It is probably a good thing considering I've got a manuscript to edit for one and am...

Howdy, I've resisted writing about shows on this blog, but one has recently come up that is worth mentioning: The Social Dilemma. I...

Howdy, So far this month, it feels like I've read a little bit of everything. I finished off an excellent fantasy series, followed Saxons...

Howdy, This is a companion piece to my post entitled Favorite Authors. The authors I will address in this post are ones I admire and who...

Howdy, I've been thinking lately about my favorite authors, how they've changed over time, and who they are today. Years ago, my favorite...

Howdy, This second edition of what I've been reading for August 2020 finds me knee-deep in a couple of fantasy series, one adult and one...

Howdy, I have to admit, I was skeptical when I first heard about Libby, the app that lets you check out ebooks, and, more importantly to...

Howdy, Feels like I haven't posted here in quite a while. Well, it's only been a couple weeks, but that's off from my usual once a week...

Howdy, Finally, I've finished Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Just a warning, I might drop in a spoiler or two for...

Howdy, Just had a story accepted, this time over at The Horror Zine. I'd classify the tale, called Skin Deep, as sci-fi horror. I'm...

Howdy, What is this? A second July 2020 what I've been reading? Maybe I have been consuming a bit more literature lately. The coronavirus...

Howdy, Lately, I've been reading fantasy with a side dish of YA dystopia. Two of the books are quite good but not great. The third book,...

Howdy, I just had an article drop this month over at Literaryheist.com. That's pretty cool. It's part of my attempt at building out my...

Howdy, In this guest post, YA author Peter Dragon offers up an alternative to planning your novel. How to create a story – without...

Howdy, I have many irons in the furnace right now. Some are glowing brighter than others. The big kahuna, of course, is Solarflame. It's...

Howdy, This past month has been a reading smorgasbord. I’ve consumed a dash of pop science, a historical action-adventure, and a YA...

Howdy, In the inaugural guest post for my blog, fellow author Katherine Soto offers tips to tamp down to procrastinator in all of us. Enjoy.

Howdy, Liberty Station was published over at Fiction on the Web last week. Bigotry is a theme that runs through the story. The...