15 Things about books and me

Filed under Trivia on December 15, 2005
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I don’t normally participate in memes, but I’ve seen this one on quite a few author blogs and it’s definitely topical.
1. According to my mother, I came home after the first day of kindergarten, plopped down on the couch with a book, and started to cry after only a few moments of flipping through pages. [...]

Who hasn’t ripped off Tolkien

Filed under Soapbox on August 26, 2004
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One of the biggest complaints I’ve heard about Terry Brooks from his critics is that he borrowed liberally from Tolkien’s work. It’s not hard to see the similarities between certain characters and plot devices as I’m reading through Sword of Shannara.
Terry readily admits that Tolkien is his biggest influence. His sister gave him Lord of [...]

Check out these games

Filed under Reviews on May 18, 2004
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I was a bit surprised to read Lukahn’s post in the forum asking where today’s blog was. I guess it still hasn’t hit me that I actually have an audience. So, my apologies for the delay, and on with today’s topic.
I think I mentioned a while back that my RL gaming group was slowly dissolving. [...]