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REVIEWS FOR “A WAR OF BANES AND DEMONS”

Yikes! Haven’t updated in a while. Here are reviews for my five-book YA adventure series, “A War of Banes and Demons.” They come from two sources: Kirkus Reviews and The Canadian Review of Materials. These are excerpts. The links for … Continue reading

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A War of Banes and Demons Available July 01, 2023!

At last! The five books of the YA epic fantasy series, A War of Banes and Demons, will be available Saturday, July 01 on Amazon as both paperbacks and ebooks. The first two books, City of Demons and City of … Continue reading

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Another ‘Bull the Bartender’ Story

So, I Had a Beef with Some Geezers by Kevin Harkness Is this thing on? What? That little red light? Ok, guess I’ll start then. My name’s Bull. What? I told you I don’t use my real name on account … Continue reading

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The Hugo’s Won

Well, after a nail-biting ceremony, the Puppies of various types were banished to that outer darkness called the internet, and sanity prevailed.  ‘No Award’ is not pretty, nor very useful except in circumstances as bizarre as these (whole categories filled with–in … Continue reading

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The Hugo Awards Controversy

I’ve been obsessed with this issue for some time now, so here’s my two cents (and no, I won’t pay anybody two cents to read this).  I’m taking the Puppy arguments from several sites and their comment sections.  They are … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo Update (again)

Up to 28000 words, which is way below my quota.  Somebody scheduled National Novel Writing Month at the same time as the Rob Ford scandal, the Senate scandal part II, and the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.  Not good planning … Continue reading

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Panels Confirmed for VCon, October 4-6, 2013

My participation at VCon (Vancouver’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) is set.  I will be on the following panels: “Are We Your Bitches: Questions of Fan Entitlement” on Saturday, October 5th at 7 pm. “Young and Middle Grade Spec Fic” … Continue reading

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A new short story is up on Smashwords, Kobo, and Kindle for fans of City of Demons.  The story tells how Marick, the character I had the most fun writing, became a Demonbane.  The title is “Marick and the Rat … Continue reading

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One More Review

Another review is out on the web at Kimba the Caffienated Book Reviewer‘s site.  Like the first review, it is positive, for which my thin skin is duly thankful.

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