Calm? A little nervous?
by Neal Durando
Did the fanfare startle you? Sorry about that! Are you tense, a little nervous? You should be on the edge of your seat. That beat when the band qui...
We're Short.
by Neal Durando
Scene, 1300 hours, Pilum conference room. EiC is a bit in the bag, I think. You can smell it in the air. It goes like this:
"How short?" he.
"U...
A friend pronounces on the end of an era.
by Neal Durando
Friend-of-Pilum Walter Kirn sums it up beautifully. "When he died today, it wasn't just literary people [who felt it]." McCarthy was one of the few...
How to Win! A nice Twitter review taking the book's measure!
by Neal Durando
From scholar Gabe Mamola, that most rare of reactions, an unbiased look at what Johnson achieves!Check it out, here:https://twitter.com/GabeMamola/...
And So On, And So On, And This is How We Win!
by Neal Durando
"What do we have going on the FLEX?""I'm sorry?""Don't we have a book we're rattling the cup for?""Jeez. Kinda makes us sound like beggars.""Well, ...
Get Renninger on the blower!
by Neal Durando
"Get Renin-Ger on the blower!""That's 'Renninger,' sir. Soft G. It's German, I think.""Nothing soft about those people, son. Get him on the line, t...
"Get Evenson on the blower!"
by Neal Durando
The writers in Death Flex who take up the challenge of reworking Schmidt are reading him meticulously and with an open mind, looking for openings that will either spark their own imaginations or allow them to nudge Schmidt in their own direction.
Your chance to WIN AT RPGs!
by Neal Durando
Meet Pilum author Jeffro Johnson at Madicon this weekend! Where? James Madison University in Harrisburg, Virginia of course! Jeffro will scry his v...
A kind mention!
by Neal Durando
Daddy Warpig and Dorinal find out about Jeffro Johnson's HOW TO WIN AT D&D, published just this week! (from 5:40 to 7:40). Also on the episode,...
A Late Word from Philip
by Neal Durando
PKD is the kind of raw mess of imagination of which we cannot get enough. The beat strucutre is weird and surprsing. The reader witnesses himself b...
Return of the Critic
by Neal Durando
"Get this!" said the editor in chief. He said it in that blaring voice that means I have to get up from my desk and venture down the corridor. When...
How can our ordinary life become extraordinary? Question for the ages!
by Neal Durando
"If the magical realms can be made banal, then our ordinary life can become extraordinary!" Wow. That's really good news! But don't take it from me...
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