I’ve done a couple of movie reviews in the past, but I have recently decided to add movie and TV reviews as a regular part of my blog. The reason I hesitated is that I almost never get a chance to see a movie in the theater. But then I thought, how many people are […]
Author Archive: Christine
Rereading Speaker for the Dead
This is the sequel to Ender’s Game, though in my meandering rereading pattern, I went with the parallel shadow series first. The reason for this is two-fold: First, I just connected more with Bean than with Ender. Second, I dimly recalled not caring for these sequels. Unlike the original Ender’s Game novel, which I have […]
Secrets and Lies Audiobook Release
Secrets and Lies (Cassie Scot #2) is now an audiobook! I once again teamed up with Melissa Reizian Frank in order to give Cassie a consistent, engaging voice. I am very excited to be bringing this series to you in every format currently available in the market today — you can read it on any […]
Rereading Shadow of the Giant
And finally… except not so finally… I have reread Shadow of the Giant. I say “not so finally” because I recently learned that there IS another book in this series! It came out last year while I was looking the other way. With that in mind, much of my former reservations about this book are […]
The Life Cycle of a Novel: Discarding the First Draft
At this point, I am delving somewhat into the realm of opinion rather than fact. The truth is, every author tackles that first draft in his or her own way. Do you outline first or just go for it? Having gone for it, do you keep writing until the end? I do outline, at least […]
Rereading Shadow Puppets
Continuing my reread of the shadow series, I find myself getting into Shadow Puppets, the third installment in the series which runs somewhat parallel to the Ender’s Game series. Petra convinces Bean to marry her and have babies early in this book. Since I knew it was coming this time, I didn’t find the idea […]
Secrets and Lies Print Release!
For those who like the feel of a real book in your hands, it’s here! Secrets and Lies, the second book in the Cassie Scot mystery series, is now available with that new-book scene and actual, turnable pages! And if you haven’t read Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective, you can get that too. They make nice […]
The Life Cycle of a Novel: The First Doubt
Ah, and it doesn’t take long, does it? No sooner do words begin to intrude upon the perfection of the blank slate than the first doubt creeps in. Possibility turns to reality, and the reality never truly lives up to the dream. The first doubts are niggling, tearing at my confidence and trying to convince […]
Rereading Shadow of the Hegemon
After reading Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow, I couldn’t resist rereading the rest of the Shadow series. I confess I don’t feel the same way about the parallel Ender series. I may get there, but as I mentioned in my recent review of Ender’s Shadow, I just love Bean as a character more than Ender. […]
The Life Cycle of a Novel: The First Word
Today, I embarked upon a new novel and I decided to blog about its life cycle — the ups, the downs, the woe-is-mes and the triumphs. Every novel goes through a similar journey, but we usually try to recapture those feelings after the fact. It is so much more real to capture them in the […]