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May 29, 2015
Timebound by Rysa Walker Book Review
“It’s blue,” I repeated. I’d never seen anything more vividly blue in my life. She shrugged. “I don’t understand the physics of it. But I have only known a few dozen people in my life who really see this light, and each of us sees it a bit differently.” Time travel makes great fodder for […]
May 25, 2015
Invisible And Dim!
He suddenly realized what those lines meant. He straightened up abruptly and said, “You took out your chip? Do you realize what that means? You may as well be dead!” Li watched as the man raised one eyebrow and gazed down at his palm, examining it like a palm reader. He noticed the man start […]
May 18, 2015
Love And Life
“Sounds good,” he replied and smiled. “I’ll leave you two to play now. Gandhi was right, ‘Where there is love there is life.’” “>The Red Cloak, Chapter 7, The Necessary, the Possible, and the Impossible Sign up for the D. Marie Prokop Newsletter!Filed under: Quotes Tagged: Author, books, Gandhi, life, love, novels, quotes, writing, YA […]
May 15, 2015
Telling Stories
“Telling Stories” There is fiction in the space between The lines on your page of memories Write it down but it doesn’t mean You’re not just telling stories There is fiction in the space between You and meThere is fiction in the space between You and reality You will do and say anything To make […]
May 11, 2015
The Stormy Billows Of The World
‘Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.’ (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) “>The Red String, Chapter 10, The Mission SIGN UP FOR THE D. MARIE PROKOP NEWSLETTER! Filed under: Quotes Tagged: character, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poems, poetry, quotes, talent
May 8, 2015
Spirit Of My Silence…a Son’s Lament.
Spirit of my silence I can hear you, but I’m afraid to be near you And I don’t know where to begin And I don’t know where to beginSomewhere in the desert there’s a forest, and an acre before us But I don’t know where to begin But I don’t know where to begin Again […]
May 6, 2015
Only You Can Save Mankind Book Review
“How do you think like a human? Go into madness first, probably, and then out the other side.” Terry Pratchett died on March 12, 2015, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer���s in 2007. For some ridiculous reason, I had never read any of his books until after his passing. I aim to correct this catastrophic error […]
May 4, 2015
The Mind’s Construction
���There���s no art to find the mind���s construction in the face.��� That���s Shakespeare. Um, the red book there,��� he pointed with his cane at a pile of unusually worn-out looking tomes. Li reorganized his posture as the old man seemed to be determined to pontificate even more. The Red String, Chapter 7, The Loss In […]
May 1, 2015
The Little Prince 2015!
So excited for another generation to enjoy this timeless, brilliant fantasy by��“>Antoine de Saint-Exup��ry! Sign up for the D. Marie Prokop Newsletter!Filed under: Author's Voice, News Tagged: Antoine de Saint Exupery, Author, book, children, children's books, movie trailer, The Little Prince
April 22, 2015
Remember the Baiji on Earth Day!
The Chinese River Dolphin, the baiji, was put on the endangered species list in 1979. By 1996, it was considered critically endangered. It was declared officially extinct in 2006. A rare sighting of a large white fish in 2007 was confirmed to be a baiji, but there is no hope of its return as a […]
