And for my next trick…

Part of the mythology surrounding writing involves the endgame: some day, not so many years from now, we’ll wake (around noon, perhaps 1 on a Sunday) from a pleasant dream of sympathetic Muses and adoring publicists, rise from our silk-sheeted bed and lazily wander to our marble-tiled bathroom. A nice long bath later, we’ll descend […]

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Review the third.

The third review of The Third Sign is just in, and so far the news on the review front remains good. From the review by Library Journal’s Jackie Cassada: “Wilson’s fantasy debut recalls the complexity of classic epic fantasy in the tradition of Robert Jordan. Combining adventure with mystery and memorable characters, this is a […]

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Making the grade…

…and checking it twice (actually, more times than that). Grading is in full swing, and so updates here won’t be for a bit–but I’ll be past the end of semester grading crunch soon, and then will be back with more frequency. Best of luck to everyone on final exams, projects, papers, and (of course) best […]

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Just a quick note…

…to let people know that I’ll be a bit quiet here over the next few days while I deal with end of semester grading. But I’ll reemerge shortly, presumably none the worse for my harrowing experience. 🙂 Until then, carry on! Greg

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Books, and the places you buy them.

I ran across an interesting article the other day by an independent bookseller, who (to oversimplify her argument a bit) bemoans the tendency for authors to focus on Amazon to the exclusion of independent bookstores. “Let’s face it,” she says, “Amazon may discount, but they’re not going to herald your latest book with a wine […]

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New book chapter released.

I’ve just received my copy of a new book for which I contributed a chapter: Authority of Expression in Early Modern England is a book published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing which, to quote the back cover, “brings together an international group of scholars writing on the relationships between authority and the self in early modern […]

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