Before we start, one quick disclaimer. I listened to this book as an audiobook instead of just plain reading it. That's not a huge deal and I do make a point to always listen to unabridged audiobooks, but I thought it only fair to warn you ahead of time!
Now, let's get to it!
Prince of Thorns doesn't sound like a very bubbly title, so you don't go in expecting happy-fun-candy-times. And by Jove, it isn't. The protagonist...
Monday, 2 December 2013
Thursday, 21 November 2013
A Red Review of Red Seas Under Red Skies (The Most Expected Review...)
So in a recent blog post I hinted (badly) that a friend had mentioned to me that Red Seas Under Red Skies felt like it was just filler. But at the time I hadn't finished the book so I couldn't really comment.
Well, now I can.
First off, let's deal with what was said about the book being filler. Now from what I can see about...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
This Book Ain't No Sandwich! (On the Subject of Filler)
So this blog post is coming off a comment a friend made to me at a book signing, Specifically that second book in this particular series was a bit of 'filler' and it really picked up again in the third and latest book.
And that got me thinking.
I've heard tell of people having that opinion of Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss,...
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
My Very Quick Write Up of the WFC2013
Well then, it’s time for a write up of the World Fantasy Convention.
I think it’s important to note at this point that this was my first convention, world or otherwise, that is specifically centred around fantasy, and definitely my first coming at it with a professional interest in the industry and genre.
So I’m not really sure what I was expecting but boy howdy was I not disappointed!
It was a fantastic weekend (and I’m...
Thursday, 31 October 2013
A Quick Update about a Beard and Book Covers (for some reason)
Well seeing as the WFC has released a much more detailed schedule let’s talk about that! You can now see the details of the wonderful things that they have on rather than just the glorious titles!
So I thought that today I would chat about some of the ones that have jumped out at me (apart from Terry Pratchett and Patrick Rothfuss)
There is to be a panel about book covers, now this may not sound all that exciting. But think...
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
The Battle of Pratchett and Rothfuss
So
this week we’re going for something a little bit different (again).
Instead of a review we’re going to be looking at the exciting (and I’m
not going to lie slightly irritating) scheduling for the World Fantasy
Convention as it looms on the horizons of our calendars.
For
those of you who don’t know what I’m going to be dithering on about
this time the World Fantasy Convention (we’ll call if the WFC for the
sake of...
Friday, 4 October 2013
Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora
I
was hesitant to post this review as soon as I finished it, mainly
because it was actually for something! So you can actually find it on
the Gollancz blog right here!:
http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2013/10/geeks-friday-reads-the-lies-of-locke-lamora/
So
quite excited about that, I don't mind telling you! But now onto the
review (which seems slightly pointless as I've just shown you a link to
where you can read it... Never...
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Coming Up Next!
Good day wordsmiths!(I think it would be wordsmiths, I toyed with the idea of pensmiths but we don’t make pens, we make stories... so storysmith, but then what about poems and novels and epics? So words it is!)
Welcome back to another fine edition of the Tempered Pen! We’ve been away a little bit (holidays and scheduling be damned!) but we’re back with a vengeance and with a bit of a mixed up format. Instead of doing an article...
Sunday, 8 September 2013
3 Reasons You Should Be Writing Short Stories
One of the main mantras for writers, whether they’re hopefully, published, or old hats (not literally. Although I would definitely buy a book by an old hat, if just for the experience) is: Write, write, write, write. And then when you feel like your pen can go no further, write some more. So I won’t be going over this rule too much. There it is. You see it. It has been proclaimed.
So what is today going to be devoted to....
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
How To Make the Best Swears for Your Book
So I know that the blog has been quite review heavy recently, so I thought it was time to mix it up and write an article that wasn’t about a specific book. But what does that leave me with? Well, quite a lot. So I sat and thought about what to write, and I settled on something to help make your world more thorough and real. Now this may...
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Rivers of London Review
Okay, considering that I thoroughly enjoy The Dresden Files, I suppose it shouldn’t come as a shock that I enjoyed Rivers of London
by Ben Aaronovitch. Another first person urban fantasy, magical
detective novel, but this time set in London. For anyone reading in
American it’s possible that you’ve seen it under the guise of the title:
...
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