This stunning short fantasy is published in an anthology titled in LITTLE GIRL LOST, Mannison Press, 2019. It is a… Read more FIVE STAR DIALOGUE AND MOOD PIECE: ‘THE CHILD THIEF’ BY J. B. ROCKWELL
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“STORY OF YOUR LIFE” by Ted Chiang: a structural review
TED CHIANG’s amazing imagination together with his knowledge of math, science, mechanics, and linguistics has gifted us with a volume… Read more “STORY OF YOUR LIFE” by Ted Chiang: a structural review
Putting on the Wellies: Home Research
Classic: Roget’s Thesaurus. Online: powerthesaurus.org Dictionaries: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), especially useful for establishing historical word use Webster’s Encyclopedic… Read more Putting on the Wellies: Home Research
FIVE STAR Novels of Missing Persons
Jonathan Letham: THE FERAL DETECTIVE. A gripping journey, in the company of Phoebe and the feral Detective Charles Heist, into… Read more FIVE STAR Novels of Missing Persons
STRAY THOUGHTS
She hears the house first. It cries like a hungry bairn. It belongs to Quality but seems familiar. Inquisitive like… Read more STRAY THOUGHTS
FIVE STAR INDIE BOOKS
Elliott Downing: The Keys of the Kingdom. Self-Published. A compelling short fiction dealing with the public exploitation of private grief… Read more FIVE STAR INDIE BOOKS
FIVE STAR: STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF LOU BERNEY’S NOVEMBER ROAD *****
GENRE: Thriller; 1960s-era picaresque novel. THEME: At one level, Karma; at a deeper level, Free Will as a realization that… Read more FIVE STAR: STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF LOU BERNEY’S NOVEMBER ROAD *****
Emotional Connection
I’d nominate Laini Taylor as an expert in emotional connection, particularly in the YA fantasy STRANGE THE DREAMER, for her… Read more Emotional Connection
POINT OF VIEW 3: Omniscient
A beautiful rendition of an omniscient narrator who is also an actor within the story is to be found in… Read more POINT OF VIEW 3: Omniscient
Putting on the Wellies Again: 6
How much time is wasted researching agents and wish lists and twitter-stalking fave writers and wishing for facility with one-liner… Read more Putting on the Wellies Again: 6