There are times when we are blessed to meet greatness.What had happened was … (yes, there’s a story here. Hang with me and then I’ll get into the book review)… I was honored to serve as part of the book review team for Urban Fantasy Magazine for a while and during that period had an opportunity to work with Stephanie Burgis. As the magazine leadership made changes to the format, the review process changed and I moved on. At the time, Stephanie was pulling back as she indicated she was working on a couple of manuscripts; I think she was finishing…
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Stay tuned for the next installment …Oh. Right. I’m supposed to tell you about this installment. I needed to get the plug for the next book out of my system. Yes — I got to the last page and was ready to send along an email to the author, asking for the next one. Go ahead, call me rude. I can take it.Leave us rewind for a moment though for a refresher on Book One, Titled ‘Freshmen’. I won’t go over all of it (click here for the Goodreads page), but here’s the skinny: Portland College first-year student, Felix, is more…
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One of the best things you can do in life is buy a book. The next best thing you can do is read the book you bought. The next next best thing you can do is review that book. The first list item is economic in nature. Buying books allows retailers to keep their doors open for the rest of us to buy more books.The second item on the list is for you — reading is one of the greatest ways to develop creativity. The influence of reading on creativity has been studied.The last item is for the writer: how…