Writing about writing and reading
I just finished reading this, and though it was very clever, and a fresh idea and extremely well written with beautiful prose, identifiable characters and vivid emotions and exciting action, it was also incredibly irritating. It is another iteration of the timeless story of the villain trying to accomplish something, and the hero trying to …
Continue reading "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North"
I'm in this month's issue of Fireside Magazine with my story Repossession! I sold it nearly two years ago and now it's finally out! Click here You won't be able to read it without a subscription (which is affordable and worth it for the quality they put out) but click anyway to see the awesome …
An action packed thriller about one man trapped on Mars. I couldn't put this one down. Mark Watney is part of an expedition to Mars that goes terribly wrong, forcing his crew-mates to leave him behind for dead. What follows is his desperate struggle to stay alive as long as possible until help can arrive. …
Astronomers announced yesterday that they've found what they think is an Earth-like planet, 490 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, orbiting the star Kepler 186. The planet is only slightly bigger than Earth, rocky, and orbits its star in the so-called 'Goldilocks zone', making it likely hospitable for life. Though the planet is too far …
This was a strange book, very atmospheric and more than a little creepy. Our unnamed protagonist, 'the biologist' (none of the characters are named in the entire book) is part of an expedition to 'area x' where reportedly very unusual things happen. The other expeditions that have gone before hers have rarely returned, and when …
