CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

One of the pieces flash for the next collection - aka a technological approach to vampire incursions as 55-word microfiction: Modern Tools The vampires came at midnight, when the moon was covered by clouds. Claire watched them arrive and let them enter, then lined them up as they came through the door. The crossbows were deadly when unexpected, but the drone-mounted flamethrowers made her laugh so hard her controller shook. By dawn the vampires were already ash.        

Not a lot of reading happened this month—well, not a lot of not class-related reading. Still, I managed to chunk my way through the last Laurell K. Hamilton I own and was pleasantly surprised. This book is something special. Yes, there’s a lot of sex in it, but it all serves a story purpose, and some of those annoying kinks were ironed out—the werewolf boyfriend starts to show grown-up traits, the main character starts to work herself out, relationships are explored and deepened. It’s a book to enjoy, and it’s a book with the added dimension that I was able to learn from it…<sigh> and it’s a book that has made me determined to go out and buy the rest of the series. It’s also a book, I nearly turned around and started re-reading straight away; there is just so much to savour, so many things the writer does right, so much I should take note of as a writer and apply to my own work. It is, of course, Incubus Dreams. You can find out more about Laurell K. Hamilton and her...

So, June was university holidays, so there was a little bit more time for everything, including reading. I'm still reading through my Laurell K. Hamilton collection. Laurell K. Hamilton is a mistress of dark paranormal urban fantasy, another genre I enjoy reading. Here's what I read this month. You can find out more about LAURELL K. HAMILTON at the following sites: http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurell_K._Hamilton http://www.randomhouse.com/features/lkhamilton/

Here are the novels I managed to read in May. I wanted a change of pace after Harry Harrison, so I went from other worlds to alternate worlds. Laurell K. Hamilton is a mistress of dark paranormal urban fantasy and another of my favourite authors. She had me reading long after I'd gone to bed. You can find out more about LAURELL K. HAMILTON at the following sites: http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurell_K._Hamilton http://www.randomhouse.com/features/lkhamilton/