How Music Influences My Words By Robert Liparulo Pace. Rhythm. Tension. It’s no coincidence these terms describe both stories and music. In fact, for me, music has always helped me create stories. When someone mentions a favorite scene from one of my novels, more often than not, I immediately remember the music that was playing …
This interview was originally published at RelzReviews.com My BLGs September selection was Robert Liparulo’s mind bending supernatural thriller, The 13th Tribe, a story replete with suspense, thrills, weaponry, spiritual depth and a few immortals! I’ve really enjoyed Bob’s thrillers and I knew my book club loves to challenge their regular reading habits so I was …
Greetings! Just a few quick updates and today will be the last day I post for the rest of the week. First, today, The Jammer and the Blade, is being featured on an author spotlight on booksdirectonline.com. There is an excerpt from the novella there to read as well as a fairly lengthy interview I did. Second, …
C.S. Lewis’ death occurred on November 22, 1963. I would have liked to have put in the time to make a more proper, well-thought-out panegyric, but I only just realized yesterday that today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of one of my absolutely favorite authors, and I thought it would be better to …
pandemic This is a scary word. It’s closely related to another word which you’re probably familiar with: epidemic. An epidemic is the outbreak of an infectious disease in a given place or time. But a pandemic is much worse. It isn’t confined to a particular place. A pandemic takes place across a whole country or …
I’ve got some really exciting news to announce today—the Author Scavenger Hunt! I’ve already mentioned it on Facebook, but today I’d like to share more of the details. So what exactly is an author scavenger hunt? Well, 31 authors have together for a huge giveaway. Each author will be giving away at least two copies …
I’d like you to meet a friend of mine. Her name is Sun li. She’s the main character in The Jammer and the Blade. She’s the “Blade” part of the title. Only her blades are not crafted in some smithy, they’re energy blades, locus energy to be exact. Never heard of it? That’s ok, it hasn’t been …
virid If you’ve been reading this series for any length of time, you probably know that I have a penchant for older sounding words. I just find them generally more eloquent and expressive than more modern sounding phrases, I suppose. I also feel that they broaden my horizon as a writer and allow me to …
