Back from the brink
I’m back from a bit of a break this summer, refreshed and ready to go. Consider this my “what I did on my summer vacation” report, as well as a sneak peek into some of the projects I’ll be working on as the fall rolls in!
North or Be Eaten review
The second installment in Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga, North or Be Eaten, picks up, as expected, right where book 1, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, left off (I’ve reviewed that book as well). The Igiby family is on the run. Grandfather Podo, mother Nia, older brother Janner, younger brother Tink, and little sister Leeli are being …
And it came from the blog: reviews
Continuing my retrospective over the first four years of writing on this site, this week we’re taking a look at reviews. Like personal posts (which I spoke about last time), reviews were not something I had originally intended on featuring. I think my first review was probably for the movie Frozen. I wrote it spontaneously simply because I …
Ben-Hur Review
. The 2016 remake of the classic, 1959 film, Ben-Hur, is an ambitious production. Anytime a film crew attempts to retell the movie that holds the record for Academy Awards (at 11), they deserve credit. But did the risk pay off? Were they able to recapture the majesty and grandeur which swept away audiences more than 50 years ago? Or …
And It Came From the Blog: Personal Posts
It was a dark and stormy night. Scurries crept, shadows lurked, stenches wafted, and slithers slunk. The crickets and toads dared not whisper, much less chirp or croak. The only disturbance in all that boggy, fetid tableau was the madman digging with his shovel. Covered in slop and mire from head to toe, he raised and hauled …
Blogging is marvy: How I became a fan
When I first started this website, I just wanted a place to share information about my writing and have a few links to my books. I didn’t really like the idea of blogging. I didn’t read any blogs and considered them a vast wasteland of frivolous musings. If I wanted to read something “real” I’d …
Quote: Minds alive on the shelves
Time travel is one of those elusive treasures that is hard to get right in fiction, but when it works it can be amazing. But every book you have ever read is really a time travel book if you think about it. Because you are reading what someone thought in the past. Sometimes that person …
By Balloon to the Sahara
Off on another adventure, in other words, a new writing project! Exploring worlds, meeting new characters. Just another day in the life of a writer.
