New Books (February-March)

March 27, 2018August 23, 2018 Civilian Reader New Books Aimee Agresti, Barbara Kingsolver, Charlton Pettus, Christopher Fowler, David Ricciardi, E.M. Brown, J Todd Scott, Jack Carr, Jason Fry, Josh Reynolds, Julie Schumacher, JY Yang, K.M. McKinley, Karl Schroeder, Ken Jennings, Laura Lippman, Louisa Hall, Mark Lawrence, Martha Wells, Michael Farris Smith, Michael Harvey, Nancy Kress, Raymond A Villareal, Raymond E Feist, Richard Kadrey, Ricki Schultz, Roger Levy, Ruthanna Emrys, Sean Parnell, Sebastien de Castell, Stuart Turton, Wallace Stroby

Featuring: Aimee Agresti, E.M. Brown, Jack Carr, Sebastien de Castell, Ruthanna Emmys, Raymond E. Feist, Christopher Fowler, Jason Fry, Louisa Hall, Michael Harvey, Ken Jennings, Richard Kadrey, Barbara Kingsolver, Nancy Kress, Mark Lawrence, Roger Levy, Laura Lippman, K.M. McKinley, Sean Parnell, Charlton Pettus, Josh Reynolds, David Ricciardi, Karl Schroeder, Ricki Schultz, Julie Schumacher, J. Todd Scott, Michael Farris Smith, Wallace Stroby, Stuart Turton, Raymond A. Villareal, Martha Wells, JY Yang

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New Books (January 2017)

January 20, 2017August 23, 2018 Civilian Reader New Books Aaron M. Glazer, Alexander Freed, Barbara Bourland, Brian Platzer, Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross, Chris Wraight, Corey J. White, Deborah A Wolf, Elizabeth Strout, Emily Ruskovich, Gavin Extence, Graeme Simsion, Jack C. Haldeman, Jared Shurin, Jennifer Kitses, Joe Haldeman, Jordanna Max Brodsky, Julianne Pachico, K.M. McKinley, Mahvesh Murad, Matthew Quirk, Michael Ponsor, Mindy Mejia, N.J. Fountain, Nicholas Eames, Nicky Drayden, Robert Elegant, Sara Blaedel, Sarah Gailey, Steve Rasnic Tem, Susan Dennard, Thomas Perry, Tim Lebbon, Titus Chalk, Zoe Fraade-Blanar

I had anticipated a slow month, but the first couple of weeks of January have seen a flood of new ARCs and eARCs come in, as well as a few that I’ve picked up myself. So, this is the first of probably two such posts this month. Any of the below catch your attention? Have you read any already? Feel free to leave a comment.

Featuring: Sara Blaedel, Barbara Bourland, Jordanna Max Brodsky, Titus Chalk, Susan Dennard, Nicky Drayden, Nicholas Eames, Robert Elegant, Gavin Extence, N.J. Fountain, Zoe Fraade-Blanar, Alexander Freed, Sarah Gailey, Aaron M. Glazer, Joe Haldeman, Jack C. Haldeman, Jaroslav Kalfar, Cassandra Khaw, Jennifer Kitses, Tim Lebbon, Mahvesh Murad, Mindy Mejia, K.M. McKinley, Julianne Pachico, Thomas Perry, Michael Ponsor, Brian Platzer, Matthew Quirk, Steve Rasnic Tem, Emily Ruskovich, Jared Shurin, Graeme Simsion, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Strout, Corey J. White, Deborah A. Wolf, Chris Wraight

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Guest Post: “Just Damn Write” by K.M. McKinley

January 9, 2017January 7, 2017 Civilian Reader Guest Post City of Ice, Gates of the World Series, K.M. McKinley, Solaris

Write what you want to read, write what you know, but just damn write.

I’ve read a lot of advice about writing. I’ve quizzed dozens of writers about how they do it. I’ve had kindly publishers and agents and assorted industry types give me tips. And now, having been a writer of fiction for several years, I reckon I’m in a position to start dishing out advice myself with all the puffed-up simian surety every slightly drunken expert has.

I am often slightly drunk.

Using the power of my brain, I reckon I can boil down much of the advice I have received to the above the statement. It’s not the whole story — for who could be so bold as to assert such a simple truth and mean it it wholeheartedly! The world is a whirling, multi-dimensional quantum construct whose elements, seen and unseen, are interlinked in ways incomprehensible to our puny mortal minds. Continue reading →