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Weekend Writing Warriors: 12 May
I’m back to posting for Weekend Writing Warriors! I’ve been using snippets from my WIP currently called STOPPING BULLETS. My main character is a young woman, Justine, with a talent for stopping bullets and moving other things with her mind. She lives a secretive life to avoid becoming a lab rat somewhere. I’ll continue from [… Read More]
Review: Extraction by Preston and Child
Extraction by Douglas Preston My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a short story by authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, meant to tide over their fans last year until the next Pendergast book came out. It’s a short but thrilling tale, where Pendergast tells a ghost story of sorts–his personal ghosts. It’s just the [… Read More]
Review: Gideon’s Corpse, Preston and Child
Gideon’s Corpse by Douglas Preston My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have a mixed review for Gideon’s Corpse. The story began right where Gideon’s Sword left off, updating a bit for those who might not have read the first. But after a few chapters, there was a huge information dump of basically all of [… Read More]
Review: Gideon’s Sword, Preston and Child
I know I missed Weekend Writing Warriors this weekend. Sorry about that! Here’s a review of one of my latest reads. I hope to be back on schedule next Sunday. Gideon’s Sword by Douglas Preston My rating: 2 of 5 stars I listened to this audiobook because I’m a huge fan of the Pendergast [… Read More]
Planning a Sequel? Start Now
I finally saw The Dark Knight Rises during the holidays. (Hint: if you don’t have time to go see a movie, give it as a gift to a family member! Then you’ll need to watch it with them, just to be nice…) Fun movie, though I found I had to pay attention just a little [… Read More]