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Book Review: In Daylight by Caroline Flarity
Book Blurb In Daylight  is a sci-fi psychological thriller offering a chilling and intimate take on a phenomenon of global—and...
Apr 93 min read
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Book Review: Miss Win: Tales of Intrigue and Deception by Rosemary Mairs
Book Blurb ‘I always get away with it. Some would call it luck, but it’s more than that. People make it easy for me – they want to...
Feb 173 min read
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Book Review: In the Fullness of Tion by J.C. Gemmell
Book Blurb A man reborn in his owner’s image. A warrior disrupting a millennium of stability. A beloved partner purges his recollections....
Jan 153 min read
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Chiz's Top 5 Reads of 2024
This was a solid year for reading. I finished 26 books—22 new reads and 4 rereads. While I set out to prioritize the indie market, I...
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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Book Review: Siduri by J.J. Vason
Book Blurb After her mother’s death, Siduri’s search for her missing father reveals a shocking truth – she belongs to an ancient eldritch...
Dec 2, 20243 min read
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Book Review: Humdrum by Mitchell Brockman
Book Blurb Humdrum follows David, a lonely office worker whose life descends into chaos after his sister’s sudden death. As his grief...
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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Book Review: Suspended by Carmel McMurdo Audsley
Book Blurb A young woman’s life hangs in the balance when she is convicted and sentenced to die for the crime of infanticide. In 1700s...
Oct 30, 20243 min read
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Book Review: Apocalypse Cow! by Kim Aaron
Book Blurb Industrial spy Marlow Willard is tasked with his greatest challenge: steal the ingredients to create zombies from a crazed...
Oct 7, 20243 min read
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To Write for Oneself or the Audience?
Writing is a solitary process. It is often one performed while cloistered away in a dingy attic with a stiff glass of brown. Within these...
Sep 5, 20243 min read
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Book Review: Hunter's Dirge by E. S. Fein
This is the third volume of Fein’s The Collected Histories of Neoevolution Earth series. Check out my reviews of Mendel's Ladder  and...
Aug 26, 20243 min read
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Book Review: Winter's Remains by E. S. Fein
Check out my review of Mendel's Ladder (The Collected Histories of Neoevolution Earth Book 1) . Winter’s Remains  Book Blurb Descend....
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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It's Okay to Indulge in Your Own Writing
For those who write for the sake of the art, it’s the perfect outlet to express ourselves. It’s a liberating experience when you don’t...
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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Book Review: Mendel’s Ladder by E. S. Fein
Mendel’s Ladder Book Blurb The Earth will never be the same. Ravaged by climate destruction, nuclear devastation, and other cataclysmic...
Jul 5, 20243 min read
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Book Review: Ty Scarlet by Joe Camborne
Ty Scarlet Book Blurb A newly found body. Possible cult connections. A wasps' nest of family secrets. Ty Scarlet was once a high-flying...
Jun 21, 20243 min read
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Short Story: The Evolution of a Motorized Mind
This short story was initially published on in Dreams of Sleeping Gods, an online science fiction magazine. Since the website and...
Jun 20, 20248 min read
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Book Review: Conviction by Carmel McMurdo Audsley
Conviction Book Blurb A privileged young woman from the Highlands of Scotland is transported to a penal settlement in Australia in 1797....
May 23, 20243 min read
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De Facto or Delusion: When Can You Call Yourself a Writer?
Introducing oneself as a writer, especially if it’s not your primary source of income, can feel fraudulent. It can seem like an...
May 8, 20242 min read
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Book Review: The Reigns of Terror Volume Five: Magic by Jack Reigns
The Reigns of Terror Volume Five: Magic Book Blurb Let Magic mystify and horrify you in the fifth volume of The Reigns of Terror; four...
May 2, 20243 min read
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5 Reasons Fiction Writers Should be Blogging
As a fiction writer, writing anything that doesn’t drive a plot, build a world, or establish characterization can seem counterintuitive....
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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Can AI Replace Fiction Writers?
The decline in journalistic integrity is by no means a recent development. Timeliness has long since overtaken quality when it comes to...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
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