The latest contributor to Writers Read: Mindy Klasky, author of eight novels in a range of genres from urban fantasy (with a healthy splash of chick-lit sensibility) to traditional fantasy as well as a number of short stories and essays.Her entry opens:
While enjoying Thanksgiving vacation, I indulged in a fantasy read (one more indication that I wasn't writing!): NaomiMindy Klasky's books include Sorcery and the Single Girl and Girls Guide to Witchcraft in the Jane Madison Series -- which describe the trials and tribulations when aNovik's Black Powder War. This novel is the third volume in Novik's acclaimed fantasy series, where she envisions the Napoleonic wars as if dragons were an active force on both sides. I am not a historian, and I know precious little about warfare; however, the brilliantly realized characters keep bringing me back to this series. I love the way that the main dragon, Temeraire, acquires and expresses a social conscience, and his conversations with his captain, Laurence, typically make me smile. I'd recommend these books for classic fantasy readers, history readers, and any readers who want to study the craft of character creation. [read on]
librarian-witch is invited to join her local exclusive Coven -- and The Glasswright Series, the story of Rani Trader, a merchant girl who witnesses an assassination and is accused of being the killer. Even after she brings the true killer to justice, she struggles to find her place in her highly caste-bound, religious society.Visit Mindy Klasky's website and her blog.
Writers Read: Mindy Klasky.
--Marshal Zeringue
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