Celebrate with me!
Space opera is my absolute favorite genre to write. I can’t wait for you to meet my heroine and join her on this adventure. Threading the Needle, Baen Books, October 2023.
Bright and Bright: Samurai Soul
Bright and its sequel, Bright:Samurai Soul, are two of the best things on Netflix (after Arcane).
September Five-Book Giveaway
Enter this great five-book giveaway.
Warrior: A gritty, action-packed series that should be a hit
Unexpected depth from a gritty, action-packed series that should be a major hit. Looking forward to season 3.
The Mummy: Why we need more women like Evie
The Mummy’s Evie. This strong, smart, flawed, seductress is the kind of heroine that’s desperately needed today.
Reviewing A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga #12)
I am desperate for more books like A Civil Campaign, both in terms of writing and story. Please send recs my way. Human drives, not hyperdrives.
Kate Quinn’s The Rose Code
The Rose Code uses three actual strong women (not “strong female characters”) to tell a story of love and war.
Age of Samurai–A stunning docudrama
The Ravages of Honor series, has far more in common with feudal Japan than it does with the ballrooms of Regency England.
John Carter of Mars: A Much Needed Character Evolution
John Carter of Mars. The one time that Disney took something and made it better. And then they squandered it.
Episode 1 of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone
Justin Watson and Monalisa Foster discuss episode one of Shadow and Bone based on Leigh Bardugo’s YA Fantasy series.