Sixty seconds after you turn away from Nat Morgan, you won’t remember anything about him — not how he looks, not what he said, not even what you did together. And if you think that sounds disconcerting to you, just imagine how it feels to Nat. His mother forgot him every night when she went […]
Author Archive: Christine
Movie Review: Super 8
I don’t normally do movie reviews because I almost never get to the movies. When you have two young children, the cost of a movie goes well beyond the $10 per person ticket prices — the baby-sitter will often run you that much per hour! By the time I do see movies, thanks to Netflix, […]
Follow Friday
Q. The magic book fairy pops out of your cereal box and says “you and your favorite character (from a book of course) can switch places!” Who are you going to switch with? A. That’s a tough one because life really sucks for many of my favorite characters! I’m not sure I could live up […]
T Minus Six Days
I’m in full countdown mode, now that my book release is less than a week away! I know many of you have gone out and purchased the eBook version that is already available (and I thank you), but there is still something magical about the day you can hold the final copy in your hands. […]
Action for the Minimalist Writer (2)
Action sequences can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially for the minimalist writer, who is probably much more interested in how things turn out than how each punch lands. I myself spent years skimming through fight scenes and battle scenes, seeking out highlights that would tell me how my favorite characters fared in the conflict. When I […]
Book Review: Bitten
Easily the best werewolf story I’ve ever read…not that I’ve gone out of my way to read a ton of them, but still. I consistently say that good stories come down to characters, and I really sympathized with Elana. I almost said that I really liked her, but that’s not entirely true. She’s rough, hard, […]
Follow Friday, Zombie Apocalypse Edition
Q. What are you doing to prepare for an upcoming zombie apocalypse and/or the return of Mel Gibson to the silver screen? (Both of which could be terrifying.) A. Well, I just listened to “re: Your Brains” by Jonathan Coulton, so I have it on good authority that the zombies just want my brains, not […]
Book Review: Nightspell
In a land where assassinations were commonplace, and rival political factions fought for power, came a simple, magical solution: Ghosts, bent on vengeance for the ones who murdered them. But what if those ghosts would rather live an eternal half-life? In Ghostland, there are almost as many dead as living, and out of respect for […]
Description for the Minimalist Writer (1)
The minimalist writer is one with a tendency for brevity, who likes to get to the point and drive past it, pushing through to the exciting bits. I recently ran into just such a writer in one of my workshops, and she reminded me a little of me when I was a bit newer to […]
Follow Friday
Q. How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them? Due to my visual impairment, I almost exclusively listen to audiobooks through the National Library for the Blind. Their new digital player allows me to download books from their catalog in […]