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War of the eBook Readers!

I was one of the fortunate few who snatched up a first Gen e-Reader from Sony. At the time, Amazon and Sony were the only two companies that had an e-Reader on the market, and the Sony seemed a better buy. I really loved my e-Reader and used it all the time. It seemed quite [...]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown – My Review

So for those of you out there who have not yet read Dan Brown’s latest book, The Lost Symbol, be prepared for the same type of story as Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code. Much like the hit movie series, National Treasure, The Lost Symbol takes the reader on an adventure all over [...]

Prologue from my new novel.

So a while back I decided to write a fiction novel dealing with some supernatural elements. I will go so far as to say that the novel will feature religion, angels, demons, humans, history, current events, and some other secret stuff. I won’t give away the plot, but I will say that I plan to [...]

Finished Dead Until Dark, the first book of the Sookie Stackhouse a.k.a. Southern Vampire Series

Fans of the HBO hit show “True Blood” may be familiar with the book series behind it. The Southern Vampire Series, also known as the Sookie Stackhouse series is the brain child of fiction writer Charlaine Harris. I have been a fan of vampire novels for a very long time. I think I first became [...]

Mortal Instruments Series – City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass

I’ve been traveling a lot lately which has given me a lot more time to read on the airplane. I recently read the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and I really like the series of books. The story is excellent as well as the pace of the novels. The prose is very easy to [...]

The First Five Pages – A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile – My Review

As part of my newfound interest in writing a novel, I dropped by my local bookstore and picked up a few books that I thought would be helpful. The first (and smallest) that I read was The First Five Pages – A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman. You [...]

Angels and Demons

So I know that the book was originally released 8 years ago and that there is a new movie based on the book about to come out, but I am kind of late to the party. As of late, I’ve been travelling to a remote site for work, and the roughly two and a half [...]