Elfblood

The rewrite of Elfblood is finished and the novel has been sent off to my editor. Now, I just have to cross my fingers and hope she likes the changes.

Book Review: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

This book is a prequel to Frank Herbert's masterpiece, Dune. In House Atreides, we go back to watch how Leto became Duke, how Shaddam became Emperor, plus backstory on Duncan Idaho and the Harkonnens and so much more. This a sweeping, complicated story, full of friendship and treachery and twisted plots. I thought it was amazing and does justice to Frank Herbert's vast universe created in his Dune books. I would suggest that anybody who is a fan of the Dune series read this book.

Book Review: Once Upon A Dreadful Time by Dennis L. McKiernan

This book bored me. There was too much repetition, characters repeating things I already knew, which annoyed me. In fact, the entire book annoyed me. I felt there was too much time spent on characters riding from here to there, accompanied by too much description. Description is important, but you can overdo it. I couldn't get into the story because I couldn't connect to any of the characters. To me, characters are the most important part of the story and if I don't feel anything for them, if I don't care about them or what they're doing, the story falls flat. That's what this story did. It fell flat.

Book Review: Master of Dragons by Margaret Weis

I really enjoyed this book. The whole premise, dragons trying to create human/dragon hybrids in order to take back control of the world, was unique and interesting.

What's it all about?

I'm a member of an online writing community and one day another writer asked anyone who wanted to reply what they said when someone asks them what their books are about. My reply? I mumble something about dragons, blush, and look at the floor. Not the best response, but I'm rather shy in person and when this questions comes up my mind tends to go blank. So, since I'm a better writer than I am a talker, I thought I'd take a moment to tell you what my books are about.

Flight Of Dragons: Charles gets shanghaied by a crazed sea captain and pressed into leading the hunt for a dragon, across the homeland that he fled years before. What he finds, is a past he tried to leave behind and a threat that endangers the life of every living thing in the place he once called home.

Shadow Of The Dragon: Micayta and Pytaki, two siblings whose world is gripped in an endless winter, must flee their home after a dragon's attack. During their flight, they meet a mysterious stranger. Is he an ally or an enemy? Micayta isn't sure, but she'll have to face a secret from her past and learn to trust again, or her world will die.

Time Of Shadows Series ( A five book series): The Dark God, Ryu, seeks to re-enter the world of men through a portal that's been locked for centuries, while the God of Light, Basale, seeks to stop him. Caught in the middle of this battle between the gods are the men and women of the kingdom of Phalindros. The mortals are like pieces on a chessboard, each god moves his pieces as they try to outmaneuver each other. But the humans can only be influenced so far before free will kicks in. Free will is the wild card. Will the humans walk the paths the gods intended, or will they choose their own way? The gods can see much further than the humans, but even they can't see how the game will end.

Book Review: The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

What can I say? It's a Stephen King book, so naturally I loved it. You never know what you're going to get when you open a Stephen King book. This one is aliens. Not my favorite subject for reading, but I liked it. I think, for me, it's the characters. King's characters always seem so real. Plus, you never know who's going to make it and who isn't. In this book, the relationship between Gard and Bobbi is really touching, even after everything goes horribly wrong, and I thought the book ended perfectly.
My brother once accused me of being obsessed with Stephen King. I told him I am not obsessed, I am a fan. There's a difference. I'm not going to abduct Stephen King and chop off his feet. Even if I did find his car wrecked on the side of the road. Not being a Stephen King fan, my brother didn't get the allusion.

Elfblood

I sent Elfblood to my edtior at Champagne Books and she said it had promise but needed a little more work. So, once I finish my current project I'll be working on Elfblood and getting it ready to resubmit. My current project, Firebrand, should be finished within the week.