Book Review: Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer

The Hugo Award is given to the year's best SF Novel. That's high acclaim. Hominids is a combination hard SciFi/murder mystery/parallel universe tale that makes it to the top of my ratings for the year. Well worth the read, and the audiobook is excellent.  Ponter Boddit is a Neanderthal physicist…

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Interview with Dr. Jacalyn Kerbeck and Diann Boehm

Dr. Jacalyn Kerbeck Dr. Jacalyn had me on her show, The Corner Bookstore, recently. The show airs on USA Global TV and Radio. It was a lot of fun chatting with her and author Diann Boehm. We talk about writing for a particular age group, SPARK, and the world in…

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Book Review: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

This was a fun read. At times, it reminded me of one of my favorite books – The Starless Sea. There’s a similarity to the magical realism that takes place and, well, both are related to books and libraries. I was quickly hooked by the narrative and characters. We meet…

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Extend or Delete: Some Thoughts on Revisions

Today, during an interview, I was asked to read from SPARK. I hadn’t revisited the text for a while other than to fact-check myself. As I read, I found myself distracted by thinking simultaneously about how I’d rephrase a sentence or two if I were writing/revising the text now. That’s…

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