It’s Still Technically Saturday (in MDST) Miscellany—3/28/26

Odds ‘n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
Neverending Stories: On the continuation novel
The Key to Writing Effective Action and Suspense (Part 1): It’s all about answering a question.—Nick Kolakowski follows up on a viral tweet (that I loved), sure, it’s for writers, but we readers can get into it, too.
Modern Retellings for Your Bookshelf
8 Changes I’ve Noticed in Book Blogging in the Past Few Years—now that Briana says it, yeah, I think I’ve noticed that, too.
10 Series I Won’t Finish (And Why I’m Okay With That) —I totally get where Already Overbooked is coming from here.

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
A. R. Witham The Shadow of JCM Berne—Witham chats with the author about the fourth book in the Hybrid Helix series, Shadow of Hyperion. How fun is that?

To help talk about backlist titles (and just for fun), What Was I Talking About 10 Years Ago This Week?
Got Luck by Michael Darling—I’m still annoyed that I didn’t read the sequel.
Elphie and Dad go on an Epic Adventure by Hagit R. Oron, Or Oron
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
And I mentioned the releases of: Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye; Got Luck by Michael Darling; and Transgalactic by James Gunn

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Enemy of My Enemy by Alex Segura—”Matt Murdock defends the Punisher in the trial of the century—the murder of the Kingpin—while by night Daredevil staves off a war of succession for the throne of the criminal underworld.” I can’t wait to dive in.
Tales in the Midst: A Collection of Short Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock by Faith Hunter—6 tales from the Yellowrock-verse
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Jo Walton, Ada Palmer—”From two of the most acclaimed writers in the field today, a groundbreaking look at how SF and fantasy writing—and reading!—work.”