I know, I know, artist types can be so boring when they talk about themselves but… humour me. I’ve been stuck for months now on the ending to my dystopian YA novel. Every time I would try to push the plot forward, the action would deviate from the protagonist’s ideals. It’s fun to create a […]
I was very sceptical when John Grisham‘s The Client was recommended to me. I once read one of his lesser books on an air flight and it felt more like work than pleasure to finish. The Client is a fascinating read. Mark, an eleven-year-old boy, tries to prevent a suicide and ends up knowing too
2007_031217-18March0008Originally uploaded by cerealboxreader. It’s finally over! “Eulalie and the Great March” drew a decent crowd and some thoughtful comments during the talkback. The playwright should be pleased. I taped the show but I have been having computer problems that prevent me from editing it and making a DVD. Soon. The computer goes back into
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M.T. Anderson‘s Feed is a young adult (14+) dystopia. In it, three quarters of humanity, those with money to spend, have a ‘feed’ interface in their brains. Implanted when they are very young, the feed supplied through this wetware allows them to look up facts, chat each other without typing on a computer and receive
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After seeing the musical Wicked, I welcomed the opportunity to read Gregory Maguire’s Son of a Witch. It’s the story of Liir, a young man who confronts the possibility that he is the abandoned son of the Wicked Witch of the West. Found on the point of dying, he is magically restored through sex and