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Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, New Words Learned, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
The Apartment โ a Review
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Tag: Stephen Helmes
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction Writing, New Words Learned, Romance
The Awakening – a Review
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Bea Walkerโs life was turned upside down once she discovered she was a Blood-Light (part human, part Ferroean). Her mom called it a gift. The government considers her a weapon. But Bea never had a choice.ย Her life hasn’t been the same since.
Fiction Writing, Words, Yes, There's a Word for That
Yes, Thereโs a Word for That: Mouse Potato and Other Random Words
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A couch potato is someone who spends a great deal of time watching television, but what is a mouse potato? What is the dagger used to deliver the death blow to a severely wounded person called? The earliest documented use of thinko was in the 1990s. What does this word mean?
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction Writing, New Words Learned, Paranormal, Words
Stranger Back Home – a Review
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Sparrow is a stranger in his own home, but it is to this neighborhood he returns in ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. He has been summoned for the reading of his fatherโs will. Doesnโt sound very exciting, does it? If his trip there is any indication of the way things will go while heโs in his old stomping ground, it wonโt be a restful visit. Orcs ambush the stagecoach he is traveling on.ย
Book Reviews, Dark Fiction, Fiction Writing, Horror, New Words Learned, Romance, Words
The Essence of Darkness โ a Review
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Something strange is going on in the small town of St. Maryโs. Their children are disappearing, and the FBI are called in to investigate. The investigating agent discovers something way more sinister than kidnapped children. Human trafficking? The slave trade? Yes, children being kidnapped is bad, but that is only the tip of the iceberg of what is happening in St. Maryโs.
Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Literary Fiction, New Words Learned, Words
The Bird that Sang in Color โ a Review
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This thought-provoking literary fiction book follows the lives of a dysfunctional Italian familyโespecially Donna Greco and her brother Vincentโfrom 1970 to 2012. The book leaves you with this question: When I look back over my life, what pictures will I see?
Guest Posts
What Do Cats Dream About? Four Surprising Discoveries – Guest Post by Amy Davis
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Cats spend most of their day asleep. It’s one of the things they are so good at. They use much of their time sleeping to restore their energy before the next hunt even if it’s chasing the laser, rubber ball, or catnip toy for our domesticated friends.
Fiction Writing, Guest Posts
The Reclaimed Kingdom, Robin Hood, and Snow White – Guest Post by Dana Claire
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Andrua, the main character in ๐ป๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, and Robin Hood are both heroic although they are heroes of radically different kinds. Probably the most significant difference between the two is their status. Andrua, princess of DโLand, hides her true identity in the beginning of the novel but is still a legal authority of her people.
Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Fiction Writing, Historical Fantasy, New Words Learned, Romantic Fantasy, Words
The Reclaimed Kingdom – a Review
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From the first page, this book put me in mind of Robin Hood, but there is so much more to the story than stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Danger, love, friendship, bewitchment, and betrayal fill the pages of this book and keeps you on the edge of your seat while reading.
Fiction Writing, Guest Posts, Research
Investigating the Drowned Land โ Guest Post by David Donachie
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๐ป๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ was inspired by a Time Team TV special on Doggerland that I watched in 2007, but thereโs a long road of research between a popular TV program and a novel based on actual science.
