James Master's Blog, page 20

BvF: Practical Magic

Through the Book of the Month Club, I had an opportunity to purchase three of Alice Hoffman’s magical books including Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, and Magic Lessons. I’ve never read any of those before, but I remember watching Practical... Read More ›

To Edit or not to Edit, that is the question

In my current work-in-progress, I’m at the editing stage. And it’s not even the final stage where you’re congratulating yourself for getting through such a tedious, mind numbing, horrific, no good, process in the production phase either. If you’ve ever... Read More ›

Lies about Authors

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a column about the lies of writing. It did pretty well so I followed it up with a column about the truths about writing. That one didn’t do so well, so I’m going back... Read More ›

Book Review: Girl A

There are books that are fictional and could never happen. And then there are those books that are fictional, but could and probably already have happened. The latter, in my opinion, is the scarier of the two. Sure, an extraterrestrial... Read More ›

Is It Okay For Men To Read Romance Novels?

I finished “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers in less than a day. I started it on a Friday and finished it on a Saturday. It was an amazing fictional tale of a girl that was sold into sin at the... Read More ›

Book Review: People Like Her

I recently made the decision to take a break from social media. Having then read this book from the debut husband-and-wife writing team writing under the pseudonym of Ellery Lloyd, I’m pretty sure I made the right choice. The description... Read More ›

Review of The Space Between Worlds

The debut novel by Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds, taking readers into one of 372 worlds that are parallel to each other. One of those worlds, Earth Zero, has invented technology that allows travel to the other worlds. The... Read More ›

The Truths about Writing

So, I have to say, last week’s rant “Lies about Writing” was pretty popular. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, it’s basically a satirical view on some quotes about writing. When I was thinking about  what to... Read More ›

Lies About Writing

There are some weeks when I sit in front of the keyboard and simply stare at the monitor. That little vertical blinking line tauntingly blips in and out, hypnotizing me, erasing all inspiration I have to write. Side note, did... Read More ›

Review of Serpentine

For those that enjoyed the series His Dark Materials comes a much shorter tale of Lyra Silvertongue. Written by Philip Pullman and illustrated by Tom Duxbury, this very short story takes place sometime after the events of The Amber Spyglass.   It was a short read. I started... Read More ›