Paul S. Kemp, Fictioneer

My interview with the Fangirl blog is now posted.  Mostly we talk Star Wars, but we also touch on some general themes present in all my writing.  Have a read if you have a moment.  I had a lot of fun doing the interview (we actually did this interview ...

Sit in a chair and type words that make sentences. Good luck.

Angry Robot has posted a sneak peek at the cover art for The Hammer and the Blade.  You can read the whole post here (and they have a higher res image) but I'm posting the ...

I'll be doing an "Ask Me Anything" Q&A on Reddit.com(with the fantasy group) tonight at 8PM Central Time.  You can also post questions ahead of time and I'll answer them when I log on tonight. Just click on the link above and ask away. This should be fun.  ...

Like all parents, I often wonder if I'm doing right by my kids. Am I teaching them the important things? Am I sending them off into the world with the tools they need to live a fulfilling, honorable life? Man, we affect them in so many ways. It's an awesome, awful, wonderful responsibility. My dad is 85 and quite sick ...

As this NY Times article (and this announcement by WotC) makes clear, the next iteration of Dungeons and Dragons is under development.   I've known about this for a while (but was sworn to secrecy under threat of thumbscrews) and have been privy to some of the discussions (in ...

So let's see what's new in January from Angry Robot, in the Galaxy Far, Far Away, and in the Forgotten Realms. From Angry Robot Books, we have The Great Game: The Bookman Histories, Book 3, by Lavie Tidhar, which sounds completely kickass. From the back matter: When Mycroft Holmes ...

It's January, which means another excerpt from my sword and sorcery novel, The Hammer and the Blade, forthcoming from Angry Robot Books (June 2012).  Previous excerpts are available here and here. The book is ...

Here are links to what I regard as the best posts from my blog in 2011.  You know, in case you missed them.    I divided them up into "humor," "writing-related," and "politics/policy," which covers almost everything I post here. Humor Live-tweeting A New Hope, Mystery Science Theater style. Live-tweeting Revenge of the Sith, Mystery Science Theater style. Adventures ...

Here are a few books I read and very much enjoyed in 2011.  None of these were actually released in 2011, which speaks to just how far behind I am on the "to-read" pile.   These aren't reviews so much as a brief articulation of some things that stuck with me about the books in hindsight.  They include no spoilers. So, ...