Category: My Reading
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Book Buffet: Reviews of the Latest I’ve Read
I’ve had the chance to read a variety of fiction lately. Trying to expand from always reading science fiction and fantasy — not that there’s anything wrong with that. Here are my thoughts: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin literary fiction, friendship fiction Most of us have experienced unrequited attraction. Sam and Sadie…
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RIP Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge wrote one of my all-time favorite science fiction novels: A Fire Upon the Deep. This story is filled with the most original alien species I’ve come across in reading sf. With deep space chase scenes, swashbuckling action from planet to planet, Fire defines space opera like no other. Photo by Eduraw Pro: https://www.pexels.com/photo/lago-de-estrellas-20761228/…
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Friday’s Findings: Reading Websites
I’ve kept track of the books I’ve read on various book cataloging websites for years. It sounds geeky, but I have benefited from it in several ways. First, it has helped me keep track of what I’ve read, which is important to me. It also reminds me of the time in my life when I…
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Friday’s Findings: Science Fiction and Fantasy I Read Recently
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros In this follow up the wildly popular Fourth Wing novel, the rebellion – or is it a revolution – steps up. Violet Sorrengail, our hero, finds herself caught between two worlds: the old one she knows but has become disillusioned by. Or the new one, in which she could lose…
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Some Advice for Writing a Series
As a member of The Writing Mastery Academy, I get to listen to a couple of webinars each month. These webinars feature guest authors, editors and others in the publishing field. This past weekend, I tuned into webinar with science fiction and fantasy author Scott Reintgen as guest. He spent an hour answering questions members…
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Friday’s Findings: What I Read This Year
This has been a record breaking year for my reading. So far, I’ve read 62 books and will probably finish a couple more before the end of the year. In case you’re curious, you can peruse my list of the books I read (in the order I read them). Sorry I don’t have more critique…
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Friday’s Findings: An Experiment in Screenplay Writing
Warning: possible spoilers for the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay follow. Let me start off by saying I do not intend to become a screenplay writer. What I did yesterday was for fun. It started when I began re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I had forgotten…
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Writing Instruction Books I Want to Read Again
In my last post, I pulled out a quote from a book called The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman. It made me realize I haven’t read that book in many years. It also made me realize I wanted to read it again. Then I decided to make a list of books on writing instruction…
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Just Finished: Tress
Brandon Sanderson gets a lot of attention these days, and deservedly so. Not only is he a prolific writer, he is just an all around nice guy. Tress of the Emerald Sea is the first of his Secret Projects he wrote during the Covid lockdown. This one he wrote for his wife. It’s a great…
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