by ladipaolo | Sat Jan 2023 | My Blog (c )
Toras, Aithen, and Elyana as well as Scorch and the princes’ young brother return to us in Book 3 of Conquerors of K’Tara: Darkness Gains. Darkness Gains will see the Serpent, working with Noctiferus’s other creatures, deal crippling blows to the...
by ladipaolo | Wed Nov 2022 | My Blog (c )
It is with great excitement that I announce that an audio version of Ronin Parts 1-3 is now available on Audible and iTunes. The audiobook is 1hr49min of joy listening to the very same and talented Adam R. Watson, who produced the Conquerors of K’Tara books 1...
by ladipaolo | Sat Sep 2022 | My Blog (c )
It seems that the silent stretches have not yet met their end for I have indeed not posted anything in months, and this silent stretch follows an earlier one. I suppose this year will likely remain so given the unusual circumstances keeping from writing — and it...
by ladipaolo | Sun Jan 2022 | My Blog (c )
It is nice to finally get back into Book 3 of Conquerors and re-immerse myself in it. I have been at it for two weeks now, struggling a little, at first, as I tried to put myself back into all the characters’ shoes. But this morning, it happened, and the feeling...
by ladipaolo | Sat Dec 2021 | My Blog (c )
In fact, it took me until the fourth episode to accept this rendition of The Wheel of Time for what it is, an honest and wonderful adaptation of the novel’s true character, that is to say, that despite the many–at times radical–changes,...
by ladipaolo | Sun Oct 2021 | My Blog (c )
A masterpiece. Villeneuve’s Dune blew me away. The cinematography, the perfection of the details, the intensity of the performances, they all left me and my son feeling in awe, and this, despite the–few–notable deviations from the novel. I am aware...
by ladipaolo | Sun Oct 2021 | My Blog (c )
Did you know about some of the fantasy and sci-fi TV series and movies coming out this fall? I am so excited by some of it. But of course, whether I will love or hate these adaptations will depend on the performances, on what the showrunners will have decided to put...
by ladipaolo | Sun Aug 2021 | My Blog (c )
On August 31 at 6:00pm, I will be at the Lido Panfilo, a beachside facility, in beautiful Termoli, Italy, for a literary event where allusiveness in literary art will be discussed with examples of poetry and translation. If, by some luck, you should be in Termoli or...
by ladipaolo | Thu Aug 2021 | My Blog (c )
This morning, I decided to give an update on what I am doing, even though I posted on my FB page that I might not for another while, so that I might better focus on my work. However, while waiting for my Photoshop app to launch to prepare the title for the Italian...