Book Review: WORDSMITHY by Douglas Wilson
Of the making of many writing books there is no end, Ecclesiastes almost says. And the Preacher would have been correct in this assessment if he had made it. There are approximately eighteen squajillion...
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Book Review: SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL by Jessica Brody
Based on Blake Snyder’s famous (and very useful) SAVE THE CAT! books, Jessica Brody does for novelists what Snyder did for screenwriters. Just as Snyder identified a number of “beats” that every good movie...
Book Review: FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK by Barbara Poelle
Written in the style of an “Agony Aunt” or “Dear Abby” column, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK tackles common questions writers have about writing and publishing. Topics include whether to post teasers of your first...
Book Review: ONE OF US HAS TO GO by Katja Schulz
Drawn together as young classmates, Finja and Sonja fast became soulmates. They provide each other with a safe haven when everyone else hurts them or lets them down. Whether its parents, friends, or life...
Book Review: A PRISONER IN MALTA by Phillip DePoy
The year is 1583, and someone’s plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth I. Details of the plot are sketchy at best, and the Queen has sufficient enemies to make the list of likely conspirators long....
Book Review: THE WRATH & THE DAWN by Renee Ahdieh
THE WRATH & THE DAWN is a re-imagining of the story of Scheherazade by debut novelist Renée Ahdieh. The eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan has become a monster in the eyes of his people ever...
Book Review: THE CASUAL VACANCY by J. K. Rowling
Last week saw the publication of J. K. Rowling’s much anticipated first post-Potter novel. I’ve not seen a lot about it in the media, except for a few lines about the story, and the...
Book Review: THE IONIA SANCTION by Gary Corby
I don’t know if Gary Corby’s series of mysteries set in ancient Greece has an official name (“The Athenian Mysteries”? That sounds like an old religious cult), but whatever you want to call them,...
Book Review: INSURGENT (Spoiler-Free)
As I anticipated my trip to California last week, there were two things I did not look forward to: being away from my family, and being gone when INSURGENT arrived (I pre-ordered it). It...
