I’ve posted an original article called “Valentine's Day: Passion, Peace, and Purpose” with my artwork on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2026/02/valentines-day-passion-peace-and.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of Three Fantasy Horror Selections by T. Kingfisher on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2026/02/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of The Far Reaches Collection (Various Authors) on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2026/01/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0237855.html

​In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review Soldier Son Trilogy (not associated with Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin Hobb on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2026/01/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0241397739.html

In the final of a two-part article, I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of The World of the White Rat with Swordheart and The Clocktaur War by T. Kingfisher on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2026/01/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0544943041.html

In the first of a two-part article, I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of The World of the White Rat with Swordheart and The Clocktaur War by T. Kingfisher on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2026/01/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01950087951.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of The Saint of Steel Series by T. Kingfisher on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2026/01/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html

Per my usual holiday tradition of an article inspired by Dickens' A Christmas Carol, check out my new article "Fellow-Passengers to the Grave" on the Alien Romances Blog here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/12/fellow-passengers-to-grave-by-karen-s.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of Three Retold Fairytale Selections by T. Kingfisher on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/12/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0781332546.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of  the Sworn Soldier Series by T. Kingfisher on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/12/put-this-one-on-your-tbr-list-book.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of Four Young Adult Fantasy Selections by T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/12/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey with some of my tribute art to this beloved children's story of mine on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/11/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01550779161.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/11/put-this-one-on-your-tbr-list-sunrise.html

In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review Subseries 3: The Tawny Man Trilogy (The Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin Hobb on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/11/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html
 
If you missed my initial reviews of other The Realm of the Elderlings offerings, find them here:
 
The Realm of the Elderlings Series Overview by Robin Hobb: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/04/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01079386185.html  
 
Subseries 1: The Farseer Trilogy (The Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin
Hobb:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/05/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html
 
The Inheritance & Other Stories by Megan Lindholm/Robin Hobb: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/04/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html
 
"The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince" and "Words Like Coins" (The Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin Hobb: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/05/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_02084389014.html
 
Subseries 2: The Liveship Traders Trilogy (The Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin Hobb:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/08/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01614603765.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/10/put-this-one-on-your-tbr-list-book.html

​In a new article titled "An Author's Legacy", I talk about authors putting down in writing their wishes for the future of their body of written work while they're alive.
 


Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/10/an-authors-legacy-by-karen-s-wiesner.html
 
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In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/10/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0968140317.html

In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review I Am Legend by Richard Matheson on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/10/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html

New on the Alien Romances Blog, I’ve posted new, original, nature artwork featuring sketches and colored pencil renderings, titled “Summer and Autumn Sampler". 
​ 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/10/summer-and-autumn-sampler-by-karen.html

In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review Survive the Night by Riley Sager on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/09/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of The Gorgon's Fury, Book 1: Tales of Newel & Doren (A Fablehaven Adventure) by Brandon Mull on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/09/put-this-one-on-your-tbr-list-book.html

E-books and e-publishing have really advanced in the last three decades. When I first entered this arena in 1998, e-books were the ugly stepsister of "real books". Fast-forward thirty years, and it's a whole different world now than those early pioneering days in the industry. Back in 2003, when e-books and e-publishing still hadn’t made much of an impact, I wrote an article called “Who Came First?” detailing the evolution of these fledgling endeavors. Reflecting on changes keeps history relevant. To that end, over the course of four weeks, I’ll be posting this four-part article.
 
Check out Part 4 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/09/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in_01383697888.html
 
If you missed Part 1, it’s here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/08/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in.html
 
Part 2 is here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspotcom/2025/08/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in_0697897706.html
 
Part 3 is here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/09/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in.html

E-books and e-publishing have really advanced in the last three decades. When I first entered this arena in 1998, e-books were the ugly stepsister of "real books". Fast-forward thirty years, and it's a whole different world now than those early pioneering days in the industry. Back in 2003, when e-books and e-publishing still hadn’t made much of an impact, I wrote an article called “Who Came First?” detailing the evolution of these fledgling endeavors. Reflecting on changes keeps history relevant. To that end, over the course of four weeks, I’ll be posting this four-part article.
 
Check out Part 3 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/09/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in.html
 
If you missed Part 1, it’s here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/08/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in.html
 
Part 2 is here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspotcom/2025/08/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in_0697897706.html

E-books and e-publishing have really advanced in the last three decades. When I first entered this arena in 1998, e-books were the ugly stepsister of "real books". Fast-forward thirty years, and it's a whole different world now than those early pioneering days in the industry. Back in 2003, when e-books and e-publishing still hadn’t made much of an impact, I wrote an article called “Who Came First?” detailing the evolution of these fledgling endeavors. Reflecting on changes keeps history relevant. To that end, over the course of four weeks, I’ll be posting this four-part article.
 
Check out Part 2 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/08/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in_0697897706.html
 
If you missed Part 1, it’s here:  https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/08/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in.html

E-books and e-publishing have really advanced in the last three decades. When I first entered this arena in 1998, e-books were the ugly stepsister of "real books". Fast-forward thirty years, and it's a whole different world now than those early pioneering days in the industry. Back in 2003, when e-books and e-publishing still hadn’t made much of an impact, I wrote an article called “Who Came First?” detailing the evolution of these fledgling endeavors. Reflecting on changes keeps history relevant. To that end, over the course of four weeks, I’ll be posting this four-part article.
 
Check out Part 1 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/08/who-came-first-astounding-advances-in.html