by G.L. Breedon | Jan 18, 2012 | Young Sorcerer's Guild
The Dark Shadow of Spring has a new cover. I was never happy with the old cover.I’m hoping this one helps sales a little. It will also make it easier to create a unified look for the four novels in The Young Sorcerers Guild...
by G.L. Breedon | Jan 14, 2012 | Philosophy, Religion, Science, Spirituality
From October 2000 to spring of 2002 I took sabbatical to research and write a non-fiction book about the relationship between spirituality and globalization – examining the intersection between personal transformation and the transformation of the world. I called the...
by G.L. Breedon | Jan 9, 2012 | Books, Fantasy, Film, Science Fiction
It’s a busy week and there isn’t as much time for blogging as I would like. The day job is quite busy and I’m in the final stages of work on Summer’s Cauldron (YSG #2) so I can send it to the editors next week. I’m also reworking the cover for the first YSG novel, The...
by G.L. Breedon | Jan 3, 2012 | Mythology, Science Fiction
The year 2012 brings with it an uncommonly large number of predictions for the end of the world. The wonderful geeks at NASA have created a page debunking the most famous of the predictions for calamity in 2012. There are summaries of it elsewhere. There are also...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 27, 2011 | Future, Science Fiction, Space, Starhip Destiny
I came across two things that at first seemed unrelated to me that later came together in my mind while I was walking home last night. The first is a fun blog over at Electrical Engineering Times. Clive Maxfield has a blog where he often discusses sci-fi geek stuff,...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 24, 2011 | Wizard of Time
The Wizard of Time Kindle ebook is FREE at Amazon for the Christmas holiday, Dec. 24, 25, & 26. Enjoy some time travel and magic with your turkey and stuffing. Happy Holidays!
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Farhad Manjoo has an article this week in Slate where he states that we should abandon small local bookstores because they are inefficient and their books tend to cost more. They also have limited shelf space, thus limited selections, no reviews, and only employee...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 15, 2011 | Fantasy, Religion, Science, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Writing-Craft
This continues from Part 1 and Part 2 PART THREE: Simple Rules So, if this is how I am defining religion and spirituality, what criteria can I establish for exploring those twin issues in science fiction and fantasy (or any work of fiction)? First, is that while the...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 13, 2011 | Fantasy, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality
This continues from the previous post. PART TWO: Definitions. It helps to have definitions of the things you are trying to explore as well as a grounded understanding of them in both practical and theoretical terms. This is one of the reasons I decided to become...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 10, 2011 | Fantasy, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Writing-Craft
This post became much longer than I had anticipated, so I’m breaking it into three parts. PART ONE I just read an article by John Horgan (reprinted in an edited version in Slate this week) about his decision to give up being a Buddhist. In actuality, it seems...
