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So, I’ve got not one but two new columns up for your perusal. Or reading. Or pointing and laughing. Whatever.

First, my latest Suvudu column, about the "Hollywood ending" and why dark endings aren’t always superior to happy ones, using the TV series Supernatural as an example.

Second, SFF Chat is doing a series of eight guest blogs from Jewish authors for the eight nights of Hanukkah. My particular entry is an exploration–almost thinking out loud, really–about why I haven’t used many Jewish characters in my writing.

As always, I look forward to any comments, thoughts, or questions you may have. Happy Hanukkah to those that celebrate it–and heck, to everyone else, too.

Pyr recently released their hundredth fiction title: The Wolf Age, by James Enge. In celebration, they’ve made Traveller’s Rest, a novelette of Enge’s, available for free in epub and Kindle formats. Having read Enge’s previous two books–Blood of Ambrose and This Crooked Way–I can tell you that he’s one of the better S&S writers working today. If that’s your thing, you owe it to yourself to at least check out Traveller’s Rest. Like I said, free. Guaranteed to be worth more than it costs. 😉

Pyr recently released their hundredth fiction title: The Wolf Age, by James Enge. In celebration, they’ve made Traveller’s Rest, a novelette of Enge’s, available for free in epub and Kindle formats. Having read Enge’s previous two books–Blood of Ambrose and This Crooked Way–I can tell you that he’s one of the best S&S writers working today. If that’s your thing, you owe it to yourself to at least check out Traveller’s Rest. Like I said, free. Guaranteed to be worth more than it costs. 😉

Barring any last-minute surprises, tomorrow should mark the completion of the latest round of edits on Household Gods. After that–unless the editor has a problem with said edits–there’s nothing left but to wait for the final copy-editing pass down the road.

It’ll be interesting to see people’s reactions to this one. 🙂

Spectra is giving away five free ARCs of The Warlord’s Legacy on Twitter. Click here and here for the rules, but basically all you have to do is follow the Del Rey/Spectra account and retweet the announcement.

Good luck. 🙂

Got a new Suvudu column up, in which I discuss my own particular peculiarities when it comes to the creative mind. (Or whatever it is I have that passes for a mind these days…)