It’s been a long process for author Joel Collins. He’s just beginning the tribulations of a twenty-something, but for the last eight years his passion has been a novel. For four years he thought about the story, and he would write. All by hand, he wrote until there were mounds of paper around him and…
For those that do not remember, five months ago I wrote a review of the opening chapter to an upcoming science fiction novel by the name of A Timeless Abandon. I gave it a glowing review, and stated that the book was something to look out for, because it was going to be amazing. Having…
You can tell a lot about a book by its first chapter. That’s because writers often use it for expressly that purpose. They have to sum up the tone, the characters, and the world, usually with only about twenty pages to work with. It’s no small feat, and that’s why I am so excited about…
For the past couple of weeks, in between fangirling over the madness of Orphan Black, procrastinating over everything (probably could’ve written this a week ago), and consistently shoving Ben & Jerry’s Milk & Cookies down my throat, I have been reading Dust in the Wind by William Hutchison. Hutchison has spent over 35 years working…
