Apr 18
Here’s my latest “Space-Time Continuum” column from Freelance, the newsletter of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild… Back at Weyburn Junior High I was once taken to task by a teacher for not remembering the name of the author of a book I liked. “If you don’t remember the author’s name,” he told me, “you’re just reading for escape.” …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.ecblake.com/2014/04/in-defence-of-escapism/
Mar 22
First review I’ve seen of the new version of my written-as-Edward-Willett YA fantasy Song of the Sword (first book in the five-book Shards of Excalibur series) is from Kirkus Reviews, which says it’s “a tight story (all the details make sense), and characters exhibit honest emotions,” and adds, “Fantasy references galore should ensure that readers …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.ecblake.com/2014/03/kirkus-reviews-likes-song-of-the-sword/
Feb 14
Every two months I write a column (as Edward Willett) for the Saskatchewan Writers Guild‘s magazine Freelance. Here’s the latest, on grounding your fantasy fiction in reality. *** When someone writes a hardboiled police procedural novel, we expect it to adhere to correct police procedures in the city in which it is set. When someone …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.ecblake.com/2014/02/reality-in-fantasy/
May 28
Still some months to go before the release of Masks, but they’ll go quickly. ARCs are out to reviewers now, most likely. The book is available for presale on the various bookstore sites. And I have a fine collection of dust covers, not that I know what to do with them. And this site is …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.ecblake.com/2013/05/hello-world/
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