Neal Shusterman's Blog, page 86
March 18, 2022
Cleanest Cities in the World
In Thief of Souls, Tory – who had festering skin in Scorpion Shards, flips to the opposite power. She’s kind of like the goddess of purity. Everything around her becomes sanitized in every possible way. She could have created these cleanest cities in the world…
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The Cleanest Cities in the WorldIn Thief of Souls, Tory –...
The Cleanest Cities in the World
In Thief of Souls, Tory – who had festering skin in Scorpion Shards, flips to the opposite power. She’s kind of like the goddess of purity. Everything around her becomes sanitized in every possible way. She could have created these cleanest cities in the world…
March 17, 2022
📚 BOOK OF THE WEEK: THIEF OF SOULS 📚
Dillon Cole – who is “the destroyer” in Scorpion Shards, becomes the hero in Thief of Souls. In the course of the story, he discovers that he can raise the dead – whether he wants to or not. I wonder if he could have helped these two dead-not-dead guys.
What if the Hoover Dam Broke?I did some major location re...
I did some major location research for Thief of Souls – including taking the behind the scenes hardhat tour of Hoover Dam. Spoiler alert!! Dillon uses his power to mess with the dam… But here’s what would really happen if the dam broke.
March 12, 2022
If you read just the first page of Scorpion Shards, you’l...
If you read just the first page of Scorpion Shards, you’ll know that it begins with a bang. Literally. Dillon hurls a piano off the roof. Fiction? Maybe not…
March 11, 2022
“…the Star Shards gang illustrated by reader Emma Switko.”
“…the Star Shards gang illustrated by reader Emma Switko.”
March 9, 2022
Let’s talk about the covers of Scorpion Shards, my Book o...
Let’s talk about the covers of Scorpion Shards, my Book of the Week. It’s amazing how a cover can make such a difference. The original cover, to the left, is among my least favorite cover of all of my books. It"s too busy, makes the story look comical.
It does, however, illustrate a key moment in the story when the characters fall through a tear in space into the “unworld” – a place I describe as “the place between the walls of worlds.”
I like the second cover much better. Also a montag...
March 5, 2022
Unwinding begins here… Thank you, DFW airport!
Unwinding begins here… Thank you, DFW airport!
March 4, 2022
Salty hydrogel sucks liters of drinking water a day out o...
Salty hydrogel sucks liters of drinking water a day out of thin air
If you’ve read DRY, you know how serious our world water shortage is. Here’s a possible solution to our fresh water crisis.
February 26, 2022
Everything You Need To Know About The Mount Shasta Myster...
Everything You Need To Know About The Mount Shasta Mysteries
📚 Book of the Week 7: The Eyes of Kid Midas 📚
The “Divine Watch” (fictional) and the Devil’s Punchbowl (real) are two places with their own legends in THE EYES OF KID MIDAS, this week’s Book of the Week.
Here’s some weird mountain stuff – Mount Shasta legends, and strange things found on Mt. Everest.
