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June 6, 2015
Snakebit | Story Collaboration Challenge
Yesterday I made a rushed commitment to post fiction at the end of my blog game post, but due to unforeseen circumstances, I wasn’t able to get back to writing until today. That being said, writer’s block hit me in the middle of the story I was writing this morning, so I don’t have a full piece for you today. Instead, I came up with a little something different.
This challenge will be akin to something Chuck Wendig would do to his acolytes: I’ll give you the first part of the story, and task...
June 5, 2015
Blogger Game | The Love/Hate Challenge
I don’t normally take part in blog games or nominations, but this most recent challenge sounded interesting, so I thought I would give it a whirl. Rami Ungar (rami ungar the writer) nominated me in his response to the nomination he got from Joleene Naylor (Ramblings From The Darkness). The game is simple: post ten things you love and ten things you hate, then nominate ten bloggers to do the same.
Love:
My family. Without my wife and children, I don’t know what I would be. I suspect I’d be a...June 3, 2015
Author-Requested Review | Who Said It Couldn’t Be Done? by Denise Jones
When the author Denise Jones contacted me to ask if I would review her book, Who Said It Couldn’t Be Done?,I was intrigued. Certainly it sounded like a tragic story that would have an uplifting ending, and I always like to read about people who have struggledand risen above the terrible victimization that so many in the world live every day. That being said, I found it difficult not to take offense at being sent this book to review.
When I opened this book, I thought that, in 2015, I would b...
June 1, 2015
Word a Week | Week #13
Welcome to thethirteenth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
hirsute– (adjective) 1. hairy, shaggy. 2. covered with long, rather stiff hairs. 3. of, relating to, or characteristic of hair.
Between this funny word and the hirsute fellow above, there have to be some great responses. Post them in the comments!
May 29, 2015
Review 9 | TBR Pile Challenge | Neverwhere
In my last book review for the TBR Pile Challenge, I was really impressed. You can read that review here. But the book I’ve been reading for the last nine days? It’s in the top two I’ve read this year, and maybe the top ten of the past decade.
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman is a rollercoaster ride througha fantastical nightmare. In the beginning, the main character is justboring enough to be a charming everyman. By the end, he’s a champion, but he doesn’t lose his self-deprecating naivete.
The se...
May 27, 2015
No One Helped | NetGalley Review #2
When I read the description of No One Helped by Marcia M. Gallo on NetGalley, I knew immediately that I wanted to read it. I had heard about Bystander Apathy from an online forensics course I’m taking, and about the case this book investigates many times. So I was glad when I was given a copy of it to review.
What can I say about No One Helped? If you want an in-depth, absolutely thorough look into the Kitty Genovese case, and the tendency ofthe publicto look the other way when witnessing a...
May 25, 2015
Word a Week | Week #12
Welcome to thetwelfth installment of Word a Week. You can find previous Word a Week words here.
I’ve spent the past several months studying database design in college, and one of the functions withinthe SQL syntaxthat I found intriguing was COALESCE.
This week’s word is:
coalesce– [\ˌkō-ə-ˈles\] (verb) 1. to grow together. 2. to unite into a whole. 3. to unite for a common end. 4. to arise from the combination of distinct elements.
Latin coalescere, from co- + alescere to grow
First Known Us...
May 23, 2015
Requested Happy Endings | Interview with Lesfic Author Gaelle Cathy
I’ve beta read for a lot of authors in the past few years, and one of the most receptive and friendly authors I’ve worked with was Gaelle Cathy. She has authored several lesbian fiction stories, a few of which I’ve had the pleasure of critiquing, and recently released her fourth novel, One Breath at a Time.
One Breath at a Time is the story of Berkeley student, Alecia, and her heartbreaking romance with Spencer, the young photographer with the terminal secret that could tear them apart foreve...
May 21, 2015
Hungry | Cannibal Flash Fiction for Three Prompts
Given three perfectly ordinary prompts, I’m not sure how I came up with the story of a young cannibal. WOW555 asked for “rage” or “passion.” Sunday Photo Fiction put up a picture of a Lego ice cream truck. And Inspiration Monday offered a short list ranging from “goldfish heart” to “daylight oil.” Somehow, all that turned into the short memoir of a people-eater.
Here’s Hungry:
Some people think that with cannibalism, there’s a switch, something that changes, that inexplicable force that hin...
TBR Pile Challenge | Linked Update of Read and Reviewed Books
Back in January, I signed up for the TBR Pile Challenge despite my already overloaded schedule. Between school, writing, family, and sleep, I haven’t found much time to read, but I’m happy to say that I have read and reviewed eight books so far.
