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February 9, 2016
Book Review: Redshirts by John Scalzi
Redshirts by John Scalzi Published by TOR Books on June 5, 2012 320 Pages (Hardcover) Blurb: Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the… More Book Review: Redshirts by John Scalzi
February 8, 2016
Midnight Flight, Part One
The first half of my whimsical fantasy short story, “Midnight Flight”, is now available on Our Write Side’s website. You can check it out by following this link. Come back next Sunday for the release of Part Two, which will bring this fun short story to its conclusion. After reading the first half of the… More Midnight Flight, Part One
February 6, 2016
Book Review: Siren’s Fury by Mary Weber
Siren’s Fury by Mary Weber (Book 2 in the Storm Siren Trilogy) Published June 2, 2015 by Thomas Nelson 368 Pages (Hardcover) Blurb: “I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it’s no use. The curse I’ve spent my entire life abhorring—the thing… More Book Review: Siren’s Fury by Mary Weber
January 30, 2016
Review x 2: The False Prince AND The School for Good and Evil
Today’s post is a two-for-one special, as I finished reading a book and listening to a book late in the week. Both of these fantasy books are excellent and are highly recommended, so check out my thoughts on them both below: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen Published 4/1/2012 by Scholastic Press 352 Pages… More Review x 2: The False Prince AND The School for Good and Evil
January 23, 2016
February Features
We are just over a week away from the calendar turning to February, and already I can announce some exciting things for that month. On Sunday, February 7th the first part of a short story, called “Midnight Flight”, will be published on My Write Side. The following Sunday the other half will get published, so… More February Features
January 16, 2016
Reading Challenge 2016 for Reluctant Readers
This post will be, regrettably, far shorter than I had planned as I let the entire day slip by from me without giving further thought. I have spent the past week successfully writing and editing, getting nearly 1200 words into a new short story and editing the first 4 pages of another. I hope to… More Reading Challenge 2016 for Reluctant Readers
January 11, 2016
Resolutions for the New Year
We are nearly twelve days into the new year of 2016, and this is the time when all of those ambitious, well-intentioned resolutions begin to slowly show cracks of weakness in the foundation. A few more fledgling weeks and many resolutions will seem like a fading dream, something that we wanted to do but, perhaps,… More Resolutions for the New Year
September 4, 2015
Book Review: Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Published 1/15/1990 by TOR Fantasy 782 Pages (Hardcover) Blurb: The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an… More Book Review: Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
August 25, 2015
Review: Mystic Signals, Volume 26
Mystic Signals, Volume 26 Featuring stories and poems by: Jeffrey Scott Sims, David Wiley, Rebecca McFarland-Kyle, Marge Simon and 13 others. Published by Wolfsinger Press Let me get bias out of the way and tell you that you definitely need to get a copy in order to read my short story, “Doppelganger Danger”, because it… More Review: Mystic Signals, Volume 26
August 18, 2015
Book Review: Atlantis in Peril by T.A. Barron
Welcome back for another review, this time of the second book in the Atlantis series. Title: Atlantis in Peril Author: T.A. Barron Publisher: Philomel Books Blurb: The second in the Atlantis trilogy by New York Times bestselling author T. A. Barron In Atlantis Rising, Promi and Atlanta saved their homeland by transforming it into the magical island of… More Book Review: Atlantis in Peril by T.A. Barron
