Servant of a Dark God Beads
Yes, you read that right. Valerie Moore, an Arizonan bead maker, read the book and loved it. After coming to the Poisoned Pen signing, she was inspired with a new bead design that she calls ”The Grove,” after the Grove of Hismayas. She says, “I like when other people’s work speaks to me and I can release it in my form of art (which happens often enough through books or music). . . The Grove is a design, inspired by your work, made from

Win a set of Wild Cards novels
Thanks to the folks at Tor Books, I have five sets of the first two volumes of the latest Wild Cards triad edited by George R. R. Martin, Inside Straight (

Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 64 (of 81)
Illustration by Idiots’Books What the World Can Learn from Disney Suzanne Church It’s easy to dismiss Disney. They make more lawsuits than rides these days. They have a reputation for Polyannaish chirpiness. Their corporate communications veer from Corporate Passive Voice Third Person to a syrupy, condescending kiddee-speak that’s calculated to drive children into a frenzy of parent-nagging screeches. But if you haven’t been to a Disney Park in a while, you don’t

LEGEND OF THE SEEKER Episode Review (2-4): Apparently, Rapunzel was a Confessor
Four and a Half Torches (Out of Five) Warning: The following review contains spoilers for the “Touched” episode of Legend of the Seeker. Okay, that episode didn’t go where I thought it was going to! Kahlan visits the Forest of the Night Wisps to find out if there are, in fact, any more confessors in the world and, sure enough, there is one who is being held captive, Rapunzel-like, in a tower by h

Exclusive excerpt from L. E. Modesitt, jr.'s ARMS-COMMANDER
The latest volume in the bestselling Recluce saga by L. E. Modesitt, jr., Arms-Commander, will soon be released, and the author was kind enough to provide this extract for your reading pleasure. For more info about this title: Canada,