Lane Robins on Kings and Assassins
Today BSC is pleased to have novelist Lane Robins drop by and share with you some of her thoughts on writing Kings and Assassins, her recently released (Del Rey) sequel to Maledicte (2007). During a recent Twitter exchange with Colleen Lindsay, we both came to the conclusion that we felt Maledicte should have got some Tiptree love. I think these first two novels are very accomplished, and I’m pleased to have Lane here to share some thoughts on her process.
Check it out after the jump . . .
Synergy – The Love (stories) of our Lives?

Back with our second edition of Synergy, and I am just delighted with the group that we’ve assembled to participate this month! We have an actress (Brea Grant from Heroes!), editors and writers (from bestselling, critically acclaimed, and all around cool peeps) like Mark Chadbourn, Eileen Gunn, Lane Robins, Paul Malmont, Jim C. Hines, David J.Williams, Gregory Frost, Bonnie Burton (Star Wars in the house!), Carrie Vaughn, Marie Brennan, and Jeri Smith-Ready who join some of our regular contributors here at BSC in sharing our single favorite romances and love stories in fiction!
I hope you all enjoy!
Book Review – Maledicte
Author: Lane Robins Cover Artist: David Stevenson Publisher: Ballantine Books Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2007 Maledicte marks Lane Robins’ first effort as a novelist, and a glance at the cover – which depicts and androgynous face in profile, eyes covered with an ornate Venetian-style domino, the title written with gothic type and the tagline: “A [...]










