Tag: Stephen Helmes

Wilbur and the Watering Can โ€“ a Review

Rose and her daughters, Magnolia and Lily, are gardeners. They normally have one big garden, but Magnolia and Lily want to have their own garden this year in which they will grow pumpkins, tomatoes, snow peas, and other veggies. While watering their garden, they discover a mystery. A leaf is moving and going kerplop all by itself. Underneath the leaf, they find a new friend: a toad.

The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses โ€“ a Review๏ฟผ

Urban fantasy describes a subgenre of fantasy in which the real world collides with the decidedly supernatural or magical world. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘ : ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  is an urban fantasy adventure for young people.

Pantser, Plotter, or Plantser? โ€“ Guest Post by Shawn Mackey๏ฟผ

Iโ€™ve used all three of these methods at some point. Initially, I was more of a pantser and went in with whatever was in my head, usually the beginning and end with a few moments in the middle. These books mostly didnโ€™t work because I was just starting out and didnโ€™t know how to set a scene or write decent description and other technical stuff.

This World of Love and Strife โ€“ a Review๏ฟผ

Lumina City is full of werewolves, vampires, and demons. Corruption and evil fill this city. It is the Vanguardโ€™s job to protect the world from demonic forces. But the Vanguard in Lumina City are corrupt. Instead of helping the citizens in their fight against their foe, they are using their powerful positions and elite combat skills to become rich.

From the Screen to the Page (and Back Again?) – Guest Post by Arnon Z. Shorr

When I was asked to write a guest post for Lisa’s Writopia, Lisa noted that my graphic novel is an expansion of a short film. She wanted to know: is there a feature film in the works? The question got me thinking about the unique journey my story has taken โ€“ from the screen to the page โ€“ and the future that may be in store for it.

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief โ€“ a Review๏ฟผ

Have you ever read a book that you couldnโ€™t put down because you were so caught up in the story and its world? That is what reading Skandar and the Unicorn Thief was like for me. Everything else going on in my life faded in importance to what was happening in this book. It was written for those eight to twelve years old, but the story grabbed hold of my imagination and refused to let go.