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December 30, 2012
Review | “Hold Me Closer Necromancer” by Lith McBride
Summary from Goodreads.com: Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he’s doing all right—until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of Douglas, a creepy guy with an intense violent streak. Turns out Douglas is a necromancer who raises the dead [...]
December 6, 2012
Review | “Beautiful Creatures” by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Summary from Goodreads: There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that’s what I thought. Turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is [...]
November 21, 2012
Rant | Knocking on Doors, Doors Slammed in Your Face
Today I read an article asking if an independent author needs a literary agent find success. To read, click here. The article was good. I responded in the comments section but my quick thoughts turned into a rant. I did not want to hijack the article with a long winded rant. That is what my [...]
November 7, 2012
Review | Rick Riordan’s “The Mark of Athena”
Summary from Amazon: InThe Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. But they number only [...]
Writing | Scene Discovery
I am a planner. Before I start writing a novel on page one I decide the specific details of the world my characters will live in, the rules of the magic system, how many books will be in the series (unless its a sole entry), the directions of the story arches, who are the characters, [...]
October 7, 2012
Article | “Orphan Heroics” hosted by Aside from Writing
Today Aside from Writing hosted another of my articles, “Orphan Heroics”. In it I argue how it may be necessary to have heroes with tragic backgrounds in order to have a good fantasy/scifi story. I further argue that this type of character is a different type oftragic hero. Hopefullypeople enjoy the thoughts I had on [...]
September 21, 2012
Writing | Rolling a d6 to succeed with writing
What did I do this last Saturday? It’s a long yarn, to say true. My adventure that afternoon ended with me held upside down by a shape shifting female goblin, irritated that I tried to pick up on her (or maybe it was a him, goblins are one type of ugly regardless of gender) in [...]
September 16, 2012
Update | “Bad Monsters” update and new project
Lately most of my updates have consisted of reviews and the random gripe. By the way, I have a new article coming soon at Aside From Writing. More on that when the article goes live. But now, back to business. I bring actual news and updates tonight. A change, for sure. First off… the Our [...]
September 8, 2012
Review | “The Rise of Nine”
Plot Preview from Goodreads: Until the day I met John Smith, Number Four, I’d been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive. Together, we are much more powerful. But it could only last so long before we had to separate to find the others. . . . I went to Spain to [...]
August 10, 2012
Gripe | Suddenly EVERYONE is a fan of superheroes… not really
Fanboys gripe. Fanboys whine. Fanboys shout to the heavens and hope everyone listens.Bottom line, fanboys are opinionated and that comes from passion. They are passionate about what they love, whether that be comics, film, novels, et cetera. I am a fanboy, yet a passive lurker of comic book and movie sites. I tend to comment [...]
