Member News: December 17, 2011
Martha Wells‘s novel The Cloud Roads is FREE on the Kindle right now! Hurry on over and get your copy before the promotion ends! And go read N.K. Jemisin’s post on the Book Smugglers for a rousing...
View ArticleLooking forward
I know this post is supposed to be about the year in review, but I think it’s very much about looking forward as well. One thing this year has taught me is that “I can do it again,” meaning I know how...
View ArticleHello! And, this all feels strangely familiar…
Bradley P. Beaulieu Hi all. My name is Bradley P. Beaulieu (Brad), and I was one of the charter members of the Night Bazaar before it was subsumed by Night Shade Books. I’m terribly pleased to have...
View ArticleI need help, but only when the time is right
Bradley P. Beaulieu I do indeed write largely alone. That hasn’t always been the case, though. It used to be, when I was first starting out, that I wanted lots of feedback. Lots. When I was active on...
View ArticleI Blame Tolkien
I don’t really remember the exact moment I decided I wanted to start writing—I came to it late and played with the idea off an on during college and through the early part of my professional career as...
View ArticleCatastrophes create new frontiers
Bradley P. Beaulieu There’s something very primal about creating a catastrophe of any sort and writing about it, either on the upswing of some impending disaster, on the downswing, or even well...
View ArticleEnvy: a few small steps from friendly competition
Bradley P. Beaulieu Do I experience envy? Um, need you ask? Of course I experience envy. And that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. First of all, for me, it’s inevitable. Most wouldn’t know it from...
View ArticleStep away from the paladin. Slowly…
Bradley P. Beaulieu I like antiheroes. Why do I like antihoeroes? Well, because they challenge my expectations. I grew up reading heroes and heroines that fell into a pretty nifty heroic box. It starts...
View ArticleMaybe black and white isn’t so bad after all…
Bradley P. Beaulieu I was one of the inaugural members of the Night Bazaar, and during that first year we talked about villains, and an interesting thing came up in the comments. I’d talked about...
View ArticleHm, What’s the Difference?
The given topic is “Lightspeed vs. Landlock – Intergalactic Travel vs Mundane Fantasy.” I’ve been puzzling over that all week, to be honest. I’m not sure what “mundane fantasy” might be. My go-to...
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