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March 27, 2019
Kill Code, by Clive Fleury: #BookReview.
220 pages Dystopian Science fiction This is action-packed dystopian scifi populated with great characters. The story moves quickly and most of it is character driven. There’s…
March 22, 2019
The #Write #Words? Post 3
Looking at Onomatopoeia, Simile, and Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series. This…
March 20, 2019
A #Poem for the Spring Equinox
Morning Sunlight Shines the promised life lighting on what will be what soon will rise from seed sown wild In boughs that bear buds green in…
March 17, 2019
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner: #BookReview.
400 pages Literary Classics When a book is as well-known as this classic, it’s difficult to know whether anything new can be said about it. But…
March 15, 2019
The #Write #Words? Post 2
Let’s look at Onomatopoeia, Simile, and Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series.…
March 13, 2019
#Ghost #Writing, Really?
Why do people buy books bearing celebrity names? It’s the name that sells, not the book. So, are readers of such books being misled? We, as…
March 11, 2019
Camping by the Sea: a #Poem
Camping by the Sea Twenty miles of slow hills and undulant dales Wound them from the urban to the wild shore And found them now at…
March 10, 2019
Why Did I Write Generation Mars This Way?
Earlier today I received an email from a visitor to this site, explaining he couldn’t review my Generation Mars series of books because he found the…
13 After Midnight, by Jaime Martinez Tolentino: #BookReview.
274 pages Fantasy? This book is promoted as a collection of stories in the fantasy mode. That collection is preceded by a wordy, lengthy, introduction dealing…
March 7, 2019
The #Write #Words? Post 1
A new series of posts about what words to use, and how. In this series, I’ll consider Onomatopoeia, Simile, and Collective Nouns. From time to time,…
