Well, I hadn’t planned on writing anything today, but Jenelle Schmidt challenged me to the 777 writing challenge and, like any would-be knight errant in training, I cannot resist a good challenge, can I? Here’s how the 777 writing challenge works. To participate, a writer must go to the 7th page of their current work-in-progress, go to the …
Well, here we go with another stop on my lifelong, roundabout reading tour. Last time I talked about how I began branching out from fantasy into other genres. That process accelerated greatly in college as you may imagine. One of the first courses I took was on Shakespeare’s history plays. Having never been exposed to the Bard’s …
Well, hullo there wanderer, and welcome to another edition of Six Degrees of Kool Books. In this playful little literary trail we hop from one book to the next looking for characters that have similarities and trying to find connections between sometimes very different books. Where else will you find Heidi, Dr. Jekyll, and Robin …
I have some great news to share today. The last draft for Ascent of the Nebula, the third and final book in The Chronotrace Sequence has been finished and the manuscript sent off to the editor. And while I still have to wait to see what redactorial ramifications ensue, I’m optimistic because this one was my smoothest …
Oh yeah, a whole lot of C.S. Lewis this month on the Nightstand. That’s always a good thing. I’ll let you in on a little secret. Even though most of the books I’ve published so far fall into the science fiction category, when I count up the amount of actual science fiction books I’ve read, …
Last week in our Six Degrees saga, Jenelle Schmidt helped us see the connection between King Solomon’s Mines and Othello, both excellent works. This week we’ll continue in the classics as we take a look at one of the most heart-wrenching tales of destiny and revenge ever crafted, The Count of Monte Cristo. This novel also happens to …
As I mentioned last time, it was The Hobbit which really launched my passion for reading. Predictably, then, other books like it where my first choices as I began my foray into the wide world of literature. I read the Shannara series as well as other books by Terry Brooks, the Dragonlance books, the Dragon Rider’s of Pern, some Stephen R. Donaldson, …
After a long winter nap, Six Degrees of Kool Books is at last ready to stir from hibernation! This week as we emerged from our slumber we’ll set off on a journey into deepest, darkest Africa. But before we board the steam liner headed for adventure, since it has been so long, you might have forgotten …
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