Cal Newport has written another excellent book about how technology (mostly social media) has affected modern life. Digital Minimalism is the follow-up the ground-breaking book, Deep Work and Newport expands on...
RIP Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)
by MHill | Apr 16, 2019 | Gene Wolfe, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I found out last night that author Gene Wolfe had died over the weekend. Wolfe has been considered by many in the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Community to be its greatest writer. Many in that community believed his body of work deserved to be mentioned in the...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 9: Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay
by MHill | Apr 13, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Guy Gavriel Kay, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Guy Gavriel Kay has become an author I look forward to reading. His brand of fantasy captured my attention in Ysabel, Children of Earth and Sky, and Sailing to Sarantium, the first book in Sarantine Mosaic...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 8: Fantasy’s Othering Fetish by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Mar 24, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, P. Djeli Clark, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
Fantasy's Othering Fetish by P. Djeli Clark came onto my radar recently and after reading the comments in Goodreads about this book made me want to read it. Actually, it is more of a long-form essay than a full-length book, Clark makes the argument about how the...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 7: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
by MHill | Mar 23, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb is a novel I have seen for years at bookstores. I always thought it was a typical epic fantasy novel for some time and never picked it up. Until now. What changed? I was looking on Instagram a few weeks ago and came across Robin...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 6: The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne
by MHill | Mar 20, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing, Writing and Publishing Resources
There are a lot of writing craft books out there for writers. I'm sure many of them are useful for fledging writers to get better at their craft of writing fiction. However, I realize that a certain writing craft book comes into a writer's life at the right time....
Diondray’s Roundabout: Kammbia Book 3
by MHill | Mar 18, 2019 | Kammbian Characters, Kammbian Culture, Kammbian History, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Diondray's Roundabout is now released. It is the third novel set in the world of Kammbia. I really enjoyed writing this one and Diondray's journey through Southern Kammbia will be one of a change for the entire world. Get it here:...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 5: Little Leaders-Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
by MHill | Feb 18, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
My 9 year old daughter, Norah, wanted to read this one. Again. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison celebrates the contributions of African-American women in American Society. Forty women were featured in the beautifully illustrated book...
Journey and Discovery: A Kammbia Omnibus Edition
by MHill | Feb 12, 2019 | Kammbian Characters, Kammbian Culture, Kammbian History, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
The courage to face the truth. Diondray Azur had it. He took a gamble and looked hard into his roots. What he discovered changed him forever. A son of privilege in the land of Kammbia, Diondray learned one day that everything he believed to be true was in fact, a lie....
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 4: Nightwings by Robert Silverberg
by MHill | Feb 5, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
Robert Silverberg has become my favorite old school SF writer and I have read 6 books during his most prolific period of 1967-1976, beginning with A Time of Changes, Downward to the Earth, Tower of Glass, To Open the Sky, The Man in the Maze, and Nightwings....