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Here, Have Some Updates
Here are some updates that may or may not interest you: I finally, finally finished the second draft of my YA fantasy novel. Next step is the third draft, where I take all the individual chapter files, put them all … Continue reading
SIX OF THE BEST… things about Planet Builders
This week’s column is about my favorite sci-fi book series growing up. It still (mostly) holds up today. There’s no movie or TV series of Planet Builders. But there should be.
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Tagged bruce coville, bruce talkington, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, jymn magon, mageworlds, mary frances zambreno, MG, middle grade, mountain of stolen dreams, night of ghosts and lightning, planet builders, Sherwood Smith, ya, young adult
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Book Review: Libertaria: Genesis by Sabrina Peña Young
Book Review: Libertaria: Genesis by Sabrina Peña Young
Posted in book, escape pod, nonfiction, review, writing, ya
Tagged lib2125, libertaria genesis, opera, pov shifts, sabrina pena young, ya
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closetpuritan reviews “Survivor”
I think I might like this one best. […] This is sort of a push-your-limits-triumph-over-adversity story, and I liked the protagonist’s struggle between pessimism–”I’m going to die”–and determination to try to survive–”I can do this”. I recently found this review … Continue reading
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Tagged fat girl in a strange land, review, sci-fi, science fiction, survivor, ya
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“Survivor”
From Guatemala, where a woman dreams of becoming La Gorda, the first female luchador, before discovering a greater calling in “La Gorda and the City of Silver”; to the big city in the US, where superhero Flux refuses to don … Continue reading
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Tagged fat girl in a strange land, sci-fi, science fiction, survival, survivor, ya
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Lillian Cohen-Moore reviews “Survivor”
Some of the other stories that hit real high notes for me include Josh Roseman’s ”Survivor,” because he fucking kills it in that story. His protagonist Wen is a believable teenage girl. Sometimes whiny, sometimes brave, Wen is faced with … Continue reading
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Tagged fat girl in a strange land, lillian cohen-moore, review, sci-fi, science fiction, survivor, ya
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Book Review: “H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education” by Mark Walden
So far, I’ve given H.I.V.E. a lot of grief over its use of genre conventions, but I hope I’ve done it good-naturedly enough to keep you from being put off the book. I mean, it’s YA; it’s sort of YA’s … Continue reading
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Tagged h.i.v.e., harry potter, higher institute of villainous education, mark walden, percy jackson, review, starfleet academy, super-villain, the magicians, trope, ya
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Book Review: “Ship Breaker” by Paolo Bacigalupi
Ever since the success of Bacigalupi’s Windup Girl, I’ve been meaning to read both it and Ship Breaker. It turns out I finished the latter almost a year to the day since it was released. I’m not sure how it … Continue reading
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Tagged dystopian, paolo bacigalupi, review, ship breaker, ya, young adult
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 