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People who are just ‘good’ are going to hell

I have noticed recently (there’s been an unfortunate amount of deaths of people related to friends lately) that a lot of western people think thus: If a person tries to be good for their whole lives when they die they will go to heaven. This particular thought isn’t something I know is often challenged. In [...]

Trafficked, The diary of a slave girl: A Review

Normally I’d have an Author interview in this slot but they are a lot of work and not always for much reward so I’m giving these a break for now. Instead I’ll have reviews for a while as I’ve been reading and watching so much there’s alot to share on that front.   Trafficked is [...]

Sherdan’s Prophecy: Chapter 12

Everything ran smoothly in Sherdan’s world for the next couple of days. Anya didn’t try to escape and all the plans for his organisation progressed. He put several measures in place just in case the mayor didn’t react favourably to their discussion in a few days. Sherdan also did a few more news interviews, mostly [...]

Pirates, An Adventure With Scientists: A Review

I was fortunate enough to see this film at the cinema and very excited as Aardman are one of my favourite film makers. They get a lot of respect from me too with the length of time it can take them to make each film. The film started fairly well with a few titters from [...]

How to finish writing a novel

Novels are much longer when writing them than they are reading and as such it can make them very difficult to finish. I know a very large number of people who have started writing a book and still not finished. Some have even started several. For this very reason publishers don't usually accept submissions until [...]

Author Interview: Anthea Carson

Tell us about your lastest project. My last novel is called "The Dark Lake." It is the story of a woman who is trying to overcome addiction and alcoholism. She is trying to get her life together. After all, who wants to still be living with their parents when they are in their forties? She [...]

Sherdan’s Prophecy: Chapter 11

Fury raged through Sherdan as he stomped down the stairs. He returned his book to its place and paced his study for the next hour. Anya was so ridiculously stubborn. Couldn’t she see that he was significantly more powerful than her God? When Sherdan had finally calmed himself down he went to bed. He wanted [...]

Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 11

Fury raged through Sherdan as he stomped down the stairs. He returned his book to its place and paced his study for the next hour. Anya was so ridiculously stubborn. Couldn't she see that he was significantly more powerful than her God? When Sherdan had finally calmed himself down he went to bed. He wanted [...]

Why hate can be good.

A fairly newish blog I've been checking out posed a brilliant set of questions last week that really got me thinking. The title of the blog was Hate something, Change something to match the Honda advert, you can read their blog here. The instinctive reaction for a lot of people is that hate is bad. [...]

The Legacy Inheritance: A Review

The Legacy Inheritance is a novella by Patrick Donnell. It's modern and set in the US in a standard city. The character is a pretty average joe who finds himself being made redundant and is doing his best to get himself back on track and in another job before the monotony of living alone at [...]