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No Peeking

Last year I finally gave in and read The Hunger Games. Okay, I listened to it on CD, which is one reason I liked it, because the reader is fabulous. About three months ago I put Catching Fire (Book 2) on hold at the library. This one also on CD. Last week I finally got

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In Two Months I’ll Hate It

Today, on the way to Kung-Fu fighting class, I got into my car . . . and it was warm. Warm? What is this phenomenon? Thursday morning snow pelted me as I drove to work. Now this great ball of light resides in a practically blue sky—causing the inside of my car to heat up

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The Scorch Trials

This is the second book to that The Maze Runner by James Dashner. I wanted to love The Maze Runner when I read it last year, but didn’t really. I felt like it lacked something—something that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Perhaps it’s because I’m not a young man ages 13-16 (or whatever

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See Picture

I’m almost finished with the latest and greatest revision of my novel.The last one weighed in at just under 91,000 words. A little long, but within the suggested guidelines for YA fantasy.This one is going to end up at 105,000 words.Too long.Way too long.I’ve never had to cut 15,000 words out of a novel before.

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