If you’re lucky enough, your county’s library system might have a “digital library” or a website where you can check out eBooks (usually with DRM applied). I have a library card from my previous residence (on the West Coast), and that county library uses Over Drive. My local library has a digital library but they use […]
Month: December 2016
Oh hell no!
Oh no no no no no. NO. I read the following paragraph a few days ago and saw red: That said, it does seem counterintuitive to advocate that there be less sex in YA and I worry that people will lump me in with the moralistic, puritanical voices of those who are likely to […]
Unhappy Endings
I’m sure you’ve all heard of the Divergent saga. You’ve probably heard of the films, but they were based on a trilogy by Veronica Roth. The premise – teenage girl lives in heavily segregated post-apocalyptic Chicago, learns to fit in with another group while learning how to “fight” and falling in love with some guy – […]
On writing tough things
So I need to get back to writing. I really do. I did do some work on Nemesis yesterday, but then got sidetracked into doing a related side-project. In Nemesis, the main character, Tara, is captured by the US government and is taken to an underground facility. She has a number of amazing abilities, including the ability […]
Even an Austrian can be completely ignorant
This is kind of late, but I just had to write some kind of response. It’s been on my mind, off and on, ever since the election, basically. I’m just going to leave off how I found this. I just found it, and it bothered me. Austrian actor and prime Eurosnob Christoph Waltz went on […]
Hey snobs – you’re on notice!
One of the things that pleases me greatly about this past election is the complete and utter repudiation of the snobs in our society. You know. The ones that live in big cities and on either coasts. Some of them are Canadians living in Toronto or wherever. Any cosmopolitan, brightly lit city – that’s where […]