The machines have risen, but not out of malice. They were simply following a command: to stop the endless wars that have plagued the world throughout history. Their solution was perfectly logical. To end the fighting, they decided to end the human race. A potent symbol of the resistance, Rhona Long has served on the […]
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Figuring out this writing thing is hard. It’s often a lonely job, and one that comes with unpredictable periods of hurry-up-and-wait as part of the package. Keeping up with changes and new innovations in the industry can be a part-time job all on its own. It’s also a career that – sometimes, unfortunately – the […]
It’s that time again where I ask: Hey, whaddya reading? What was the last book you read (and how was it)? What are you reading right now? Er, beside this post, I mean. Me, I just finished: Delilah S. Dawson’s HIT — a YA about a girl who takes on the debt of her mother and […]
Mike — fine, “Michael” — is one of the good guys. You just know it when you meet him. It radiates from him in waves. Just look at this picture of him! He’s nice. He’s smart. He’s just an all around good dude. (Cue to the flash-forward scene where we discover a closet in Mike’s […]
Ancient monsters bite off more than they can chew in this action-packed adventure set in modern Japan. Kenny Blackwood, aged 15, arrives in Tokyo to spend the summer with his estranged father only to find himself in the middle of a hidden war that is about to explode. Racing against a near-impossible deadline, Kenny must […]
Presently, I’ve got a challenge running here where you come up with an opening line to a story that hasn’t yet been written. It has attracted quite a few entries so far, as you’ll note. I do love the topic of opening lines — on one hand, they’re important in that they’re the first impression […]
