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Dragon Haven: Volume Two of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb Expelled from the Cassarik area by the fear of the locals of the new dragon hatchlings, the beasts and their mutated human keepers continue their journey to find the fabled lost city of Kelingra with danger and starvation every step along the deadly
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Volumes I through IV now available with Amazon.com
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan I’ll admit, I have been disappointed with the paranormal YA novels I’ve read lately. I’ve read some great novels, but many of the hyped, popular novels that everyone else has loved have fell flat for me. I knew I wanted to read The Forest of Hands
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I recently read “I, Robot,” a collection of short stories written by Isaac Asimov in 1950′s. The movie that came out a few years ago with the same title was loosely based upon some of the themes from the stories, but did not follow any particular plot in the stories. While I did enjoy the movie, it failed, in my opinion, to capture the depth of the original writing and and themes Asimov was trying to communicate. If you don’t want me to spoil it for you, stop reading now.
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Writing a fiction novel can seem like an overwhelming prospect when you sit down in front of that blank page for the first time. There are so many pieces to the puzzle that you have to figure out: writing believable and compelling characters, developing the plot, managing multiple points of view, writing dialog, and on and on.
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Want a good book to read? In the novel King’s Shadow by Elizabeth Alder, Evyn the main character gets his tongue cut off which lead to a series of horrible, unfortunate events that are full of excitement, adventure, betrayal, and death. People can find all these things in the novel and more and that is why people should definitely read it!
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The Mall of Cthulhu by Seamus Cooper Ted and Laura have had an unlikely life. Having narrowly survived an onslaught of hot college vampires, they’ve clung desperately to one another during the decade that passes between the off-the-wall prologue of The Mall of Cthulhu and the first chapter proper. They’re not an item, much as
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Retromancer by Robert Rankin Retromancer returns us to the adventures of Rizla and that paragon of perfection, Hugo Rune. The story begins with young Rizla awakening to discover that not only has the past been changed by evil forces and the Nazis have won the war, but he is also now expected to get a
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The dilemma is: Your story needs to go both forward and back at the same time: the reader wants to dive into the story, but also needs information about your character. This paradox can never be fully solved but this article gives advice on how best to deal with it.
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You have a non-fiction book in mind. You know it’s going to be great and it’ll help a lot of people. But you also have mountains and mountains of material-so much good information! So much excellent research! How do you organize it all to create a powerful book?