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Continue reading →About Stefon
Stefon Mears earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from N.I.L.A., and his B.A. in Religious Studies (double emphasis in Ritual and Mythology) from U.C. Berkeley. Stefon's short pieces have sold to magazines such as Fireside and Strange Horizons and anthologies edited by Otto Penzler, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kevin J. Anderson, Denise Little, Kerrie L. Hughes, and John Helfers. He has published more than thirty novels to date, including the Jumpstart Duchy series, the Rise of Magic series, the Cavan Oltblood series, and still others. Look for him online at https://www.stefonmears.com, on Facebook, or @stefonmears on Twitter. Sign up for his newsletter at stefonmears.com/join
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Continue reading →When the heroes (antiheroes, protagonists and so forth) of a show are almost all supernatural, where do the humans fit in? I’ve been thinking about that lately in urban fantasy in general, but the latest season of True Blood has … Continue reading →
7/25/13 UPDATE: Rowling commented on the bio in The Guardian: “I know a number of soldiers and I’m close to two people in particular who were incredibly generous as I researched my hero’s background,” Rowling wrote. Her military contacts also … Continue reading →
The internet has been abuzz of late with the news of J.K. Rowling’s latest. For those who have missed it, she submitted and published a detective novel under a pseudonym: Robert Galbraith. In and of itself, this is no big … Continue reading →
I saw World War Z, and came away much happier than I expected. I’d held off reading the book, as I always do when I find out the movie is coming. Though I must admit that in this case the … Continue reading →
When I was a sophomore in high school, I got into an argument with my English teacher about Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” The point of contention was simple: Mr. Richardson said that Julius Caesar was a victim of his predestination. I … Continue reading →
I think I’ve done a couple of tributes recently to influences who have passed on. This time, the influence is more personal. My father passed away early in the morning of June 17th. I could tell you how amazing my … Continue reading →
About Magician’s Choice Academic wizard Donal Cuthbert thought courier work would be easy money. But after someone tries to blow him up, Donal must navigate a web of lies, murders, and corporate espionage, including a beautiful liaison who might be … Continue reading →
Last summer, at a writer’s conference, I met a man who is writing a science fiction novel with an Indian basis instead of a Western basis. I asked if he’d read Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. He hadn’t. He … Continue reading →
Much is made these days of the dragons on Game of Thrones. And this is proper. The special effects are amazing. And the special effects may be even better when Smaug appears on screen in The Hobbit. But long … Continue reading →