It’s now been a few days since Ray Bradbury’s death, and I keep thinking about the man and his significance to me as a writer. Like his stories often do, thoughts of him keep resonating with me, lingering, and probably will continue to do so for a while. But in an effort to capture at least some of my thoughts, I wrote a tribute to him on LitReactor.  Apologies to the Facebook and Twitter crowds who already saw me mention this, but I would love to get as many remembrances or favorite stories or thoughts or feelings in the comments as possible. If you have a moment, I’d love to hear from you.

And RIP, Ray…

In an effort to keep the self-promotion here down to a reasonable amount, I’ve neglected keeping up with the columns I’ve been writing for LitReactor.com on Fantasy. I write two columns a month now, though they aren’t released on regular dates so the posting dates vary by month.

However, I’d like to call attention to my two latest columns:

The first is a primer on Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber. Those who know me know that this is my favorite fantasy series of all time and that Zelazny is one of my favorite authors, so it was a thrill to get to write about the series and some of the things I think make it great.

The previous column was a look at first person narratives in fantasy fiction. It has a list of some of my favorite 1st person fantasy narratives.

I’d love it if you took a  look and told me what you think.

So recently Litreactor.com, a really great site that talks about writing and literature, decided to add columnists for Science Fiction and Fantasy. I scored the Fantasy gig and my first column went up yesterday. It’s a kind of introduction to the column. There will be two a month moving forward. I’d love it if you checked it out. Also, if you do, please comment. The idea, for me, is to start a discussion and I’d love to hear from each and every one of you.