I’m sorry for being so quiet around here, but I’ve been elbow-deep in words while I work on completing the first draft of Omphalos. It’s also for that reason that I didn’t read as much as usual this month, but of course I enjoyed the books I did have time for.

Nonfiction

  • How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Orson Scott Card
  • Endless Universe, by Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok
  • Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, by Temple Grandin
  • (Re-Read) Between the Lines: Master the Subtle Elements of Fiction Writing, by Jessica Page Morrell
  • Rhetorics of Fantasy, by Farah Mendlesohn

Fiction

  • In the Cities of Coin and Spice, by Catherynne M. Valente
  • Needful Things, by Stephen King
  • The Dead-Tossed Waves, by Carrie Ryan
  • Jennifer Government, by Max Barry
  • Impact, by Douglas Preston

Substantial blog posts are brewing in the back of my mind, but my main focus for April needs to be Omphalos. My self-imposed deadline for completing the first draft is April 20, and then I’m off to the Pikes Peak Writers Conference in Colorado Springs.

Also, here! Have a sleepy gecko!

J-Rod

« »