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Starfishers Volume 1: Shadowline (Starfishers Trilogy) by Glen Cook REVIEW SUMMARY: An Epic Space Opera tale. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: An interesting, epic space opera revenge tale that weaves together separate story lines into an excellent read. MY REVIEW: PROS: Shadowline pulls together three distinct story lines, weaving them together over the course of the story, in
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Kay Kenyon‘s The Entire and The Rose Bright of the Sky (Entire and the Rose, Book 1), A World Too Near (Entire and the Rose, Book 2), City Without End (Entire and the Rose, Book 3) & Prince of Storms (Book 4 of The Entire and the Rose) REVIEW SUMMARY: An undeniable triumph of world building,
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Once you sell your first novel, chances are good your editor will want you to deliver at least one book a year. Some writers have no problem with this schedule, while others scramble to keep up. I used to find it difficult to deliver novels at this rate, since I needed at least six months to develop my plot outline and at least another six months to write the novel.
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If you’ve ever considered writing a novel, but you just can’t seem to get started, these two resources can help you draft or outline your novel in just 30 days. Here I not only review each book, but I share my experiences of putting both novel writing / outlining programs to the test.
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World’s End (Age of Misrule, Book 1) by Mark Chadbourn REVIEW SUMMARY: Celtic gods and creatures, Arthurian legends emerge as the technology of the current world fails. A well paced, character and setting rich “old world dies, new world begins” fantasy novel (first of a trilogy) MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Our current age of technology
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The Folding Knife by KJ Parker “On the morning of the day when Basso (Bassianus Severus, the future First Citizen) was born, his mother woke up to find a strange woman sitting at the foot of her bed. Her husband was away somewhere on business, and the servants slept downstairs. The woman was dirty and
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The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston Web Goodhue, an unemployed former school teacher, spends most his days harassing his best friend. Web is a bit of a jerk, a fact tolerated by his few friends because of the traumatic events that led to his unemployment and the fact that
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The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry REVIEW SUMMARY: Joe Ledger is back, he’s mad, and ready to take on genetically enhanced humans, animals and anything in between. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In this follow up to the Bram Stoker nominated Patient Zero, Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences team fight two sets of related genetic
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The Passage by Justin Cronin The atmosphere has more the entertainment thriller vibe of Stephen King’s THE STAND than the bleak, literary vibe of Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD. And while it falls squarely into the post-apocalyptic genre, I loved that there were a couple of limited-reach dystopian societies thrown in for good measure. The central
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Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie You can say many things for Joe Abercrombie. You can say he’s leading the way for no-holds-barred Fantasy. You can say he’s a great stylist, with satisfying, easy-to-read prose. You can give him credit for being adept at writing convincing, startling endings (a trait sadly lacking in the Fantasy
Null-A Continuum by John C. Wright