The making of a horror novelist.
What’s on my bookshelf.
I don’t know what I was expecting. Superheroes maybe, but what I got was something entirely different. I finally read a graphic novel, and I LOVED it! History of Her Future, by Ron Falzone and illustrated by Julian Grant, is a dark, heart-rending graphic novel and a fictionalized account of Lizzie Borden’s life after acquittal. … Continue reading History of Her Future, a graphic novel review
This past quarter was such a fabulicious three months for reading! (Mostly horror, but other stuff, too.) Can you believe I have X, Y, and Z authors? I’m aiming to keep each review whittled down to one sentence. Here we go… I’m Tired of Being Ordinary, Are You? by Wm. Allen. Allen’s blog is about … Continue reading One Sentence Reviews: My 2nd Quarter 2020 Reads
*When you're not a professional reviewer. Out of 62-plus million reviewers on Amazon, I’m ranked 5958th. That puts me in the top 0.000096 of all reviewers. For every review, I have more than double the amount of “helpful” votes. So I feel confident in writing this post.:-) An easy formula I use the same format … Continue reading How to Write a Helpful Book Review* (with 2 examples)
It’s National Poetry Month, so let's take a look-see at some poetic prose. Recently, in two horror novel reviews on Amazon, I claimed both books were full of poetic prose. Did the authors really write with lyricism, or was I just blowing smoke? Let's examine a couple of text excerpts to find out. This is … Continue reading Poetic Prose in Horror
First, I hope you are well. Second, I’m pleased with my writing progress this past quarter even though I hit a few speed bumps. And third, these are the books I read the first three months of 2020 along with a one-sentence review for each. I’ll link the titles to the Amazon e-book page in … Continue reading One Sentence Reviews: My 1st Quarter 2020 Reads
If you want to be a writer, you have to be a reader. Here are the fiction and nonfiction books I read during the last three months of 2019 with my corresponding stabs at coherent, one-sentence reviews. (As always, I’ll try not to cheat and string a bunch of sentences together with and!) 22 reads, … Continue reading One Sentence Reviews: My 4th Quarter 2019 Reads
