This is a guest post by Kevin Weitzel. In September of 2008, Scholastic had no idea that what they had just released would become a worldwide phenomenon. Since then, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has been recognized as a global sensation that’s changed the lives of millions. Hitting the New York Times Bestselling Lists…
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Book Review: “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
BRAVE NEW WORLD is considered a classic in literature, a book students are often required to read in high school, a story that shows the limitations and complexities of utopian/dystopian society. I was told that I had to read it because of the immense similarities between it and my own debut novel, THE SOWING. So naturally, I…
Read MoreSymbols Are Power
I remember spending an inordinate amount of time in my freshman year high school class discussing symbolism. “But what does the albatross symbolize?” we were asked about the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. “But what does the snake represent?” we were asked about D.H. Lawrence’s famous poem. “But what does Antigone’s burial ceremony mean?” At the time, I…
Read MoreDystopia On Demand
This is a guest post by Kurt McCrohan. Execution by combat, globally spread degenerative disease, and a bleak, desolate landscape challenging human survival. Sounds familiar, and there’s a reason for that. These are but a few examples of the themes which have been dominating the most recent popular films and novels, and while they are…
Read MoreWhy We’re Serializing, Part 1
A lot of people have been asking why my co-authors and I decided to publish serially. In the age of Amazon, instant gratification, and the digital revolution, why would someone choose to release a book in installments rather than the full thing? We’ve even had a few people ask ‘what is serialization?’ and many more have…
Read MoreFive Ways To Stay Sane As A Writer – Guest Post By Jamie Krakover
Let’s face it, writers are a crazy bunch. We listen to the voices in our heads, research crazy things on Google (waves to the CIA), and would rather spend hours with people who don’t really exist in places that only come from our deepest imaginations. But when the rest of the world sometimes looks at…
Read MoreA Word On Words – Guest Post By Ken Floro, III
Writers collect vocabulary words like tourists collect souvenirs, and believe it or not, words can serve the same purpose. I still remember the first time I encountered evocative words like ‘senescence’, ‘hoary’, and ‘sanguine’. Somehow they struck a chord in me, and I immediately knew I wanted to add them to my collection. When I…
Read MoreBook Review: “Our Held Animal Breath” by Kathryn Kirkpatrick
I have a deep and abiding respect for poets. Poetry, I think, is among the hardest of art forms to do well; it requires a painter’s skill with imagery and visualization, a musician’s sense of rhythm and beat, a writer’s craft with words and metaphors, and a philosopher’s or a monk’s contemplative view of the…
Read MoreWhy I Decided To Self-Publish (And The Doctor Who Giveaway Winner!)
The winner of the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who book THE SILENT STARS GO BY by Dan Abnett will be announced at the end of this post! But first, I’m going to talk about self-publishing and why my co-authors and I decided to go that route with our first book, THE SOWING. Y’all may have noticed…
Read MoreFive Ways To Get Me To Not Read Your Book
Here are five ways to easily convince me that I should not read your book: 1. Tweet or update your Facebook status about it all the time. You bombarding me with messages about it (that all say the same thing) is not going to convince me that your book is good, or that you are a credible author, or…
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The Z-Axis 