I’m going away on a bit of a road trip tomorrow and it occurred to me that I would be away from the blog here for at least a couple of nights! So I set my mind arollin’ trying to come up with a topic that was so utterly clever, witty, charming and interesting that my readers would be so enamoured with it that I wouldn’t be missed for a couple of nights. Needless to say, I wasn’t successful in my venture.

So I went back to the drawing board and really wracked my brains for a way to bring great content to you guys while I’m away from the computer… then it hit me. I don’t have to!

You see, since starting A Dribble of Ink I’ve met a lot of other bloggers running their own kickass blogs and filling my RSS Feeder with loads of delicious content every day. So, I’ll let them do the work for me! I knew I had to narrow it down a little (there are so many great SF/F blogs!), and I figure you all know about Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, Neth Space, Blog O’Rob, Fantasy Book Critic and all the other bigger, more established blogs, so I decided to focus on the newer blogs that I find myself coming back to again and again!
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When I first began A Dribble of Ink, one of my main mandates was to plug and promote some of those newer authors that I enjoy and maybe aren’t being read by as many people as they should be. One of the methods I came up with to achieve this was to write a series of articles titled “A Changing of the Guard” (the first of which can be found HERE, the second HERE and the third is in the process of being pulled together) in which I would take a brief look at some of my favourite new authors in hopes that I might help to expose them and their novels to some new readers. I was happy with my first stab at creating “A Changing of the Guard” and was thrilled when a deal was worked out between myself and the staff at SFFWorld to publish the article on their website.
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10,000 what? 10,000 views!

This is a pretty exciting milestone for me. When I first started A Dribble of Ink, only a couple of months ago, I didn’t really know what I was in for. I knew I wanted to blog, I had a lot of things to say… but would people care enough to listen?

I suppose the answer to that question is “yes”.

I’d like to thank everyone who’s dropped by the blog, and especially those who have seen fit to return again and again! I’d like to thank all the wonderful authors who have stopped by to lend me their time and give all my readers reason to take time form their day to read my blog. So I’d like to give a big shout out to David Anthony Durham, Patrick Rothfuss, Robin Hobb, Joe Abercrombie, Brian Ruckley, and Eldon Thompson; your kindness will not be forgotten.

The first 10k views brought a lot of fun, a few learning experiences and some interesting people around these parts and I can’t wait to see what the next 10k brings!

I recently stumbled across this picture of Scott Lynch and Joe Abercrombie (along with David Bradley of SFX Magazine) at a business lunch and thought I’d fix it up a little to complete the trifecta of Awesomeness that’s taking the Fantasy world by storm right now!

From left to right we (now) have Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, and *cough* Patrick Rothfuss!

Now if that isn’t a collection of the best Gentleman Bastards around I don’t know what is!

You may remember from my interview with Joe Abercrombie that I kinda called him out for having such a bare and empty web site. Well… he’s sure shown me up by recently launching his new website which is chalk full of awesome stuff.

You’ll find excerpts from all his novels (including the upcoming Last Argument of Kings), a blog where you’ll be able to find Joe’s always witty musings, contact info, links and more! He’s putting his web site to good use already, having recently made a post directing people here to A Dribble of Ink for our wonderful interview!

Be sure to check it out and if you haven’t already: buy The Blade Itself! You won’t be disappointed!

You can find Joe’s web site HERE.