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The Craftsman’s Workshop: Slow Productivity and Better Stories

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The Consolation of Fantasy

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Ryzhenko

The Path of the Artist: remembering the art of Pavel Ryzhenko

May 23, 2017

As a writer, I find myself as inspired by painters as I am by other writers. One of my favorite artists is…

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Raven Son: The Song of the Sirin

Cover Reveal: The Song of the Sirin

May 19, 2017

Well, here it is! The cover reveal for The Song of the Sirin.  Designing your book’s cover is such a tricky step in…

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author of fairytale-inflected fantasy

One month left until I self publish my first book!

May 16, 2017

Tomorrow is a great day. Not only is it “Love a Tree Day,” but also “National Sea Monkey Day.” I don’t know…

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Third Rome

“Moscow is the Third Rome”: a pivotal moment in Russian history?

May 9, 2017

My first novel The Song of the Sirin imagines a strange scenario: what if the early Russians were the chosen people of God? What would that…

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fantasy

Fantasy for our time: my writer’s manifesto

May 2, 2017

Ask pretty much anyone what is the one pop-cultural event that they’re waiting for more than any other. What do you think…

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Armenian genocide

Nicholas II, the Armenian Genocide, and Donald Trump

April 28, 2017

Refugees have been on a lot of people’s minds lately. First it was the waves upon waves of  refugees escaping the horrors…

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