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The Inside Story
Title: Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc Author: Dara Marks Genre: Writing Guide Length: 327 pages Read: Oct 22 – Nov 3, 2011 Summary: Best book I’ve read on character arcs. _ I’ve...
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The Darkening Dream – Soliciting Reviews
With my planned launch getting closer I started aggressively soliciting online book bloggers for reviews of my first novel, The Darkening Dream. This is a rather tedious process (spent about 10 hours...
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Forbidden Mind
Title: Forbidden Mind Author: Kimberly Kinrade Genre: YA paranormal Length: 134 pages Read: January 18, 2012 Summary: Fast and fun. Recommended. _ This little novel caught my attention yesterday while...
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The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack
Title: The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack Author: Mark Hodder Genre: Steampunk Length: 376 pages Read: Dec 29, 2011 – Jan 23, 2012 Summary: First rate steampunk! _ This is certainly not your...
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Story of a Girl
Title: Story of a Girl Author: Sara Zarr Genre: YA contemporary Length: 192 pages, 43k words Read: March 4, 2012 Summary: Great little character study _ Nominally, this is an issue novel, about a 15...
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Award Time!
I’m excited to announce that The Darkening Dream recently won some International Book Awards, including: Winner: Best Cover Design- Fiction and Finalist: Fiction- Fantasy I want to offer a shout out to...
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More Awards
The Darkening Dream has recently won a few more book awards for both the novel itself and the awesome cover. The full list can be found here.
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A Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read
In honor of the coming invasion of demons, witches, and the like, I and The Darkening Dream are participating in Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read, an event supporting Neil Gaiman’s All Hallow’s...
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The Godling Chronicles: The Sword of Truth
Title: The Godling Chronicles: Book One (The Sword of Truth) Author: Brian D. Anderson Genre: YA Epic Fantasy Length: 344 pages Read: February 2-15, 2013 Summary: Fun teen epic fantasy Recently, I’ve...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Genre: Coming of Age Length: 224 pages Read: March 2, 2013 Summary: intensely readable _ To be clear, I actually saw the film before I...
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