Drawing power: Does the story pull you in and make you feel as if you’re part of the world? I was drawn to this book by the premise given in the blurb (book description/summary). The basic plot is a Romeo and Juliet kind of situation where the boy is one Hoodie Rosen, an orthodox Jew, …
Continue reading “Recently Read: The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen“
Have you ever felt the urge to write a novel? Feel like you don’t have time for that? Do you think such a large project is too time consuming? The average person types around 40,000 words in the form of emails each year. Does knowing that statistic change your mind? If you’re the frequent emailer …
I finished another novel. When writers say they’ve finished a novel, they don’t mean finished. If you didn’t know, there are all these next steps after a novel is finished. There’s alpha reading, editing, revision, beta reading, more revision, proofreading, even writing the ever-dreaded blurb (that paragraph usually found on the back of a book …
Recently Read: Isobel Blackthorn’s A Matter of Latitude This review was requested by Isobel Blackthorne. She actually requested that I post a review on Amazon, but when I tried to do exactly that, Amazon told me I couldn’t review anything unless I spent 50$ on their site. Unfortunate. Still, I promised Isobel Blackthorne that I would …
Continue reading “Recently Read: Isobel Blackthorn’s A Matter of Latitude”
Getting Married Underwater Real Photos Taken by Real Cats Wrestling a Python Black Holes: Not Black, Not Holes Landfill Everything Global Cooling Mining for Spaghetti Oysters Sleeping with the TV on Makes You Smarter How to: Guess Anyone’s Weight Novelty Campism: from Elvis Impersonation to Rap Music Ving Rhames for President Buried Treasure in …
Xenosthesia.com 