What's Up: February 2020 Edition
What an exciting few months! Work has been keeping me busy, along with other fun distractions like family Frozen 2 night (didn’t quite...
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Ryan Southwick
- Feb 8, 2020
- 3 min
Book Review: Iron and Magic
Iron and Magic is one of those books I wouldn’t have even looked at if my wife hadn’t insisted it was a necessary read before the last...
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Ryan Southwick
- Jan 14, 2020
- 3 min
Book Review: Leviathan Wakes
It’s been a while since I’ve read a good space opera. Or maybe I never have, and Leviathan Wakes has simply opened my eyes to how...
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Ryan Southwick
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: Fire Touched
Fire Touched picks up shortly after Night Broken, and I’m pleased to say it didn’t disappoint. Mercy and the rest of her pack kick things...
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Ryan Southwick
- Nov 28, 2019
- 5 min
Corporate Catharsis Anthology: One Author’s Journey
One author's accounting of the journey from concept to submission for a short-story anthology.
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Ryan Southwick
- Nov 27, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: Night Broken
Mercy is back and, I’m happy to say, in top form. Night Broken picks up the series from Frost Burned’s dip. Mercy faces her most daunting...
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Ryan Southwick
- Nov 17, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Frost Burned
Frost Burned is the 7th installment in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series. I’ve made it this far, which is a testament to Patricia’s...
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Ryan Southwick
- Nov 1, 2019
- 1 min
Corporate Catharsis Released!
Corporate Catharsis is an anything-genre anthology of short stories by various Paper Angel Press authors--including me! Among twelve...
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Ryan Southwick
- Oct 18, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: Pleasure Unbound
Pleasure Unbound is one of those books I didn’t expect to like as much as I did. As the title and cover imply, there are plenty of steamy...
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Ryan Southwick
- Oct 6, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: River Marked
River Marked is another great novel in the series. Briggs takes us along with Mercy and Adam on their honeymoon to a campsite far from...
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Ryan Southwick
- Sep 28, 2019
- 1 min
Editing fun
That moment when you're editing your manuscript, totally in the zone, and are taken by surprise by a plot twist you'd completely...
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Ryan Southwick
- Sep 26, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: Building Baby Brother
Building Baby Brother is what happens when 2001: A Space Odyssey meets a contemporary children’s bedtime story that’s really meant for...
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Ryan Southwick
- Sep 21, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: Silver Borne
Continuing the upward trend, Silver Borne surpasses Bone Crossed as my favorite Mercy book—and no, I’m not done with the series yet. =]...
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Ryan Southwick
- Aug 26, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: An Unsettled Grave
An Unsettled Grave is the second book in the series. I didn’t read the first one, and, while at times I felt I was missing a key piece of...
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Ryan Southwick
- Aug 11, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October is the first Tom Clancy book I’ve ever read—and probably my last. Don’t get me wrong: His ability to dive into...
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Ryan Southwick
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
Crème de la Cover Contest!
Angels in the Mist has been nominated for the Crème de la Cover contest on InD'Tale Magazine! If you like my cover and would like to show...
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Ryan Southwick
- May 30, 2019
- 8 min
How Software Craftsmanship Made Me a Better Author
When after fifteen years as a software developer I decided to try my hand at writing fiction, I was prepared to start at ground zero....
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Ryan Southwick
- May 23, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Bone Crossed
This is my first read through the Mercy Thompson series, and Bone Crossed is my favorite so far. It’s the first one to me where Mercy...
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Ryan Southwick
- May 19, 2019
- 1 min
InD'Tale Video Review Including Angels in the Mist
Woohoo! Angels in the Mist has been included in this month's video montage of Crowned Heart of Excellence reviews, and it's first! Of...
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Ryan Southwick
- May 11, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Blade Runner was one of the top formative science fiction movies of my teenage years, so when a publishing professional recently...
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