And no, that’s not a trick question. Nor is it a failure of my dys-brain, which as disordered as it is, can actually understand that particular mathematical concept. Just don’t ask me what 7×8=. But, billions and half-billions? I understand the concept and am yet very confused about it. I’m certain there must be a big difference in the lifestyles of those who are worth one amount rather than the other, because if there...

I love the idea that readers fall in love with books and characters and turn around and want to create their own stories, art, etc. Fan art  can be images representing the author’s creation or images the represent the artist’s ideas of what might have happened, or might happen. Today, this fan art on tumblr grabbed my eye and absolutely wouldn’t let go. I haven’t read Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire but this made me...

I have been asked whether Harry Potter  and its fandom influenced the creation of The Fury Triad. Really! Why would you even imagine that Snape influenced This Crumbling Pageant’s villain, Mr Jones, aka Vespasian Wyllt? ::blinks innocently:: Wait. Am I being coy? I am being coy. Enough of that piffle. You wouldn’t be the first to notice. The review that spelled it out with the most detail came from Author Ashlyn Macnamara, whom I...