Five Step Process for First Draft Read Through
Yesterday completed my fifth day in the Land of Revisions. It is an eerie place to be, so I have decided to give it an eerie name. You may borrow it when you start your own adventures. I tried my best to keep my focus on major issues that I came across as I did […]
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
When a haunted house is out to destroy you, what should you do? Turn the local priest with a Wiccan background, of course. The second Doña Solórzano arrives at Hacienda San Isidro shortly after the end of the Mexican War of Independence. From the moment she sets foot inside the house, she knows she is […]
Boyfriend Material By Alexis Hall
Raised by a hippie single mother while his rock start father traveled the world performing, making headlines, and going in and out of rehab, Luc O’Donnell has not had the most normal childhood or even adulthood. When his face is splashed across tabloids and his job is threatened, he knows it’s time to clean up […]
Bless Me, Father By Neil Boyd
Shortly after World War II, newly minted priest, Father Neil Boyd, arrives at St. Jude’s parish in west London to take up the post of curate under Father Duddleswell. Fr. Boyd is both amazed and scared of his boss, the housekeeper, Mrs. Pring, and the boisterous Irish immigrants that make up the congregation. Bless Me, […]
Midnight Sun (Twilight Saga) by Stephenie Meyer
In 2005, the world was introduced to Bella Swan, a high school junior who moves to Forks, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona and immediately falls for Edward Cullen. Unbeknownst to her and most people in Forks, Edward and his family are a coven of “vegetarian” vampires. While readers made their first trip through this world from […]
This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed
Amar, is a twenty-eight year old Bangladeshi Muslim man living in London. He comes from a strict immigrant family and has four brothers and sisters. He is also engaged…to Joshua. With the death of his mother, his family is already fractured so, when he announces to his unsuspecting family via their WhatsApp family group that […]
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggans, a hobbit, has his world turned upside down with the arrival of Gandalf, a wizard. It is Gandalf’s wish that Bilbo join a group of dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, to destroy the dragon that forced the dwarves to flee their mountain home and leave behind their treasure. Reluctantly, Bilbo joins the journey […]
More Writing Yields Better Authors
I got into the world of Twilight pretty late in life. The first book in the series was released in 2005 but it took me a full decade to get to the books. Although I knew about the existence of the books, and that they chronicled the love between a vampire and a human girl, […]
My Love of Dialogue
I love people watching, not in a stalkerish sort of way but in an education way. Every person is different and watching the way people dress, or carry themselves, or talk is intriguing. The hardest bit of people watching is the eavesdropping part —most people don’t understand the “I am doing it for research” explanation. […]
Working Through the Fog
About six months ago, I started feeling very tired. Even after getting a good night’s rest, I would wake up feeling like I had not slept at all—kind of like the way I felt when I was a new mom. I would spend the rest of the day feeling sluggish. With each passing day the […]