Separating Authors from Their Works
Separating authors from their works is difficult for me, because as a writer, I understand that we put a bit of ourselves into every book we write. Every character carries a piece of us and is influenced by a part Read More…
Flashback Friday: The Lorax
While you read this, I’m currently at the PNWA Conference, which I hope is a good one! So while I’m working, enjoy today’s Flashback Friday with a twist. 😉 A writing friend of mine asked on Facebook the other day, Read More…
Flashback 451 Fourth!
The Fourth of July: Flags, patriotic songs blaring through speakers, fireworks, and beer. For many, that’s what this day represents. A chance to get drunk. A chance to grill some grub. A chance to sing “God Bless the U.S.A.”—one.more.time. Freedom Read More…
Flashback Friday: Fire in the Mist
I stumbled across Holly Lisle‘s book, Fire in the Mist by complete accident—standing in a Half Price Bookstore looking for fantasy novels involving magic. At the time, I didn’t know that this was the first novel Holly Lisle tried to get Read More…
Flashback Friday: The Eyes of the Dragon
I have an obsession with dragons. One that began long before Game of Thrones and George R. R. Martin. A friend and I were talking about this obsession a few weeks ago. We both blame it on Anne McCaffrey, but Read More…
Flashback Friday: Gulliver’s Travels
The first time I read Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (published in 1726), I was ten. My father and I were up in Michigan visiting my paternal grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I remember it was the holidays, and we Read More…
Flashback Friday: Crystal Singer & My Alter-Ego
Published in 1982, Crystal Singer was penned by Anne McCaffrey as a result from events in her personal life. If you don’t know a lot about Anne McCaffrey, she was a musician and opera singer for a bit of her Read More…
Flashback Friday: The Mists of Avalon
EDIT: Since writing this post, I’ve learned about the author’s history of child molestation and abuse. I can no longer support MZB’s works or this book. You can read more on that here. 876 pages. That’s the length of Marion Read More…
Flashback Friday: The Time Machine
When I was a kid, I thought that traveling in something like a time machine would be fabulous. The ability to see history unfold–in my child mind, I was really thinking the ability to change history. My brain didn’t comprehend Read More…
Flashback Friday: Alas, Babylon
I’ve always held a healthy obsession with post-apocalyptic literature and dystopian novels. Everything from modern works like Wool by Hugh Howey, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, & The Giver by Lois Lowry, to older works like Alas, Babylon by Read More…
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