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Category Archives: Book Reviews
Book Review: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
Another of my reading assignments for my Readings in the Genre: Fantasy Classics for my Master of Fine Arts from Seton Hill University in Writing Popular Fiction is Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (Fantasy 160 pages). For whatever reason from the … Continue reading
Book Review: The Shining by Stephen King
Another of my reading assignments for my Readings in the Genre: The Haunted for my Master of Fine Arts from Seton Hill University in Writing Popular Fiction is The Shining by Stephen King (Horror 683 pages). I have to say, … Continue reading
Book Review: Treecat Wars by David Weber and Jane Lindskold
I’ve needed a serious break lately so I read Treecat Wars (Young Adult Science Fiction 366 pages) by David Weber and Jane Lindskold last night. This is the third novel in the Star Kingdom Series and I’ve absolutely enjoyed every … Continue reading
Article Review: Blurring the Line: How Reality Helps Build Better Fiction by Scott A. Johnson
Blurring the Line: How Reality Helps Build Better Fiction by Scott A. Johnson from Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons In Writing Popular Fiction strongly articulated the use of reality in fiction. Until several months ago, I actually had no idea … Continue reading
Book Review: The King Of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The first book for my Readings In the Genre: Fantasy Classics is The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany (Fantasy 240 pages). This book was not at all what I was expecting. Not even close. I learned several books … Continue reading
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Book Review: Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Another book required for my Readings in the Genre: The Haunted for my Master of Fine Arts from Seton Hill University in Writing Popular Fiction is Ghost Story by Peter Straub (Horror 567 pages). I have to say that this … Continue reading
Article Review: You Have to Start with Something, So It Might As Well Be Something Like This by Gary A. Braunbeck
My first article assignment for the Reading in the Genre: The Haunted for my Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction through Seton Hill University is from Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction. The article is … Continue reading
Book Review: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The first thing I have to say about The Lovely Bones (Horror 328 pages) by Alice Sebold is WOW. This book starts out with a gruesome and extremely unpleasant rape and murder of a young teenage girl and becomes one … Continue reading
Book Review: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
The next book in the Readings In the Genre The Haunting was The Amityville Horror (Horror 315 page) by Jay Anson. This was a very different style of haunting than The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I think one … Continue reading
Book Review: The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House (Horror 174 pages) by Shirley Jackson is the first book I’ve read out of the required Readings In the Genre: The Haunted for one of my classes this semester. As I tend to do book … Continue reading
C.A. Jacobs
C.A. Jacobs 