A Kind of Welcome
As many of my readers know, I'm 76 years old and getting older all the time. I was born in another century, and am a bit slow to catch up on new things like television, computers, the Internet, and...
View ArticlePiers Anthony's 'Realty Check' Now Available on Kindle, Nook & iBooks
I have always liked the city and the country, having spent time as a child in both. I always wished they could be combined, with all the stores, movies, cars, and activities of the city merging with...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on Publishing
I'm a writer. I live to write fiction, mostly stories and novels, and I feel most truly alive when I'm in a scene I am crafting. There are ways in which my fictive worlds are more real to me than the...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on Writers Block
This is known as the bane of writers. You finally have time from your busy schedule, you have your system organized, you have a great story idea, you are ready to write—and you get constipation of the...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on Van Gogh
Twenty years ago when my late mother visited us, she brought a poster she had picked up at an exhibit of the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, the famous Dutch post-impressionist artist 1853-1890....
View ArticlePiers Anthony on Vegetarianism
My childhood was not happy, but it improved during school and more during college. Something happened during high school that had a considerable effect on my later life, and I certainly don't mean...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on Beauty
BeautyThere is a blessing I remember from my youth: “May you have the love of a beautiful woman.” I presume that is mainly for men, while women would be blessed with the love of handsome men. I can see...
View Article3 Classic Piers Anthony Titles Now Available as e-Book, "Mute,""Chthon," and...
Mute is science fantasy of mutation and psi: special mental powers. The protagonist, Knot, is a double mutant: he has a physical deformity, and the psi power to make others forget him. He’s satisfied...
View ArticleNew Children's Book by Legendary Fantasy Author Piers Anthony, Now e-Book...
In Albany, New York, Mark hates getting dumped at the mall park while his mom shops. It’s so embarrassing! But Mark quickly changes his mind after he discovers a mysterious path leading to a magical...
View ArticleNew Children's Book "Pandora Park" by Piers Anthony
A traditional print editor approached me about writing a children's fantasy. I said I would consider it. She was about to be away from the office for a couple of weeks, but would contact me again when...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on Gaming
I'm a workaholic, more properly writeaholic, living to write my fiction. But I do take brief breaks along the way. Such as by playing computer cards. The game I'm currently on is FreeCell, which I...
View ArticlePiers Anthony's Favorite Book
One of my readers, Mark Geatches, suggested that I set up a FAQ section for the convenience of readers, which should also spare me the inconvenience of answering similar questions repeatedly. I...
View ArticlePiers Anthony Blogs About Writing Schedules
One of my readers, Mark Geatches, suggested that I set up a FAQ section for the convenience of readers, which should also spare me the inconvenience of answering similar questions repeatedly. I...
View ArticlePiers Anthony Blogs on Writing Erotica Fantasy, "Eroma"
As I said elsewhere, I like to try different things, whether in life or writing. This is also true within the several genres I have tried over the decades. While my prior efforts have been mostly in...
View ArticlePiers Anthony Blogs If Formal Training Helps Writers Get Agents
One of my readers, Mark Geatches, suggested that I set up a FAQ section for the convenience of readers, which should also spare me the inconvenience of answering similar questions repeatedly. I...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on Songs
SongsSongs constantly run through my head. Some are popular ones I hear on the radio; many are folk songs I know from way back. Some are just incidental ones from anywhere. Each has its spot emotional...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on his Erotic Fantasy e-Book, EROMA
Eroma a composite of EROtic ROMAnce, is phrased as a virtual reality game in which the players' avatars participate. It is a sexual game; not only can avatars have sex, they are required to, to...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on the Future of Xanth
One of my readers, Mark Geatches, suggested that I set up a FAQ section for the convenience of readers, which should also spare me the inconvenience of answering similar questions repeatedly. I...
View ArticlePiers Anthony on The Army
ArmyMy family is Quaker, more properly the Religious Society of Friends, one of whose prime tenets is pacifism. So I had a thorough childhood indoctrination in the doctrines of peace. But I was small...
View ArticlePiers Anthony's Garbage Garden
We had a grindalator thing under the sink that chewed up stray kitchen garbage, but it broke, so I started taking the garbage out to compost in our little flower garden square in the back yard. That...
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