Writing, Reading, and the Future.

A place where I talk about the words I've written, the words I've read, and everything in-between.

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Book Reviews

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Watchers

April 02, 20262026-16

I did not realize when I started this book that it was considered Koontz's finest work to date. Immediately the book draws you in. I had no idea what to expect, and as the story...

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This Is How You Lose the Time War

March 29, 20262026-15

I heard a lot of good things about this book, so I think I went into it with too much expectation of what I thought it was, and without doing enough research to see what it was...

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Recursion

April 02, 20262026-14

This was the second Blake Crouch book I read, and like the first one, I enjoyed it. I always find there is a bit of suspension of disbelief that has to go on with his books and...

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Children of Memory

March 29, 20262026-13

Okay, book three really pulled me in a lot harder than book two. We introduce yet another creature that has evolved. Now I will say, that does kind of strain the credibility of...

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Children of Ruin

March 29, 20262026-12

So this book was a bit all over the place for me, and I have a lot of mixes feelings on. The plight of the octopus were just kinda bizarre and the whole story felt like "creature...

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Children of Time

March 29, 20262026-11

This is the third Tchaikovsky book I've read and I finally had to dig in and find out more about his education, and sure enough, now I understand why his description of how...

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Thoughts: Scene Blocking

March 25, 2025

I’ve been doing some serious rewriting and I’ve been focusing on what things slow us down when we write, and it got me thinking about painting. If you’ve ever seen a person paint,...

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Writing Battle: Heart Flash Fiction Battle 2025

March 09, 2025

The results are in! I cannot believe I made it to the finals, but I did, and even survived the first round to then be knocked out in the 32 round. This is much bette than the last...

Welcome to the New Blog

March 09, 2025

Every author gets around to doing the needful — creating a website to talk about their journey in writing. The first best time to create your blog was that time along ago when you...