Chelsey’s Blog
The New Word Every Reader Needs to Know
Thank the Japanese for this one:
Parasites and Zombies? Oh My.
We have faith in Mira Grant, where Parasite is mostly exposition, we hope the next book in the series redeems this book. Watch the review to find out why.
Parenting in a Post-Apocalyptic World 101
I’ve encountered 3 books recently that have had a real focus on media in a post-apocalyptic world, and I’ve noticed a fascinating little trend. (I’m sorry, the scholar in me is clawi...
5 Reasons to Read The Diviners
I’ve loved everything I’ve ever read from Libba Bray. She knows just how to keep you interested, her characters and plot getting equal time. And let’s not forget her range. From her ...
5 Supernatural Serial Killers in Teen Fiction
Serial killers make for a creepy crawly read, but they don’t feature very prominently in the teen fiction. These books have taken the horror stereotype and gone one step further, creating supern...
Evil Overlords in Teen Books
We all grew up with evil overlords in our fairy tales. They were like the broth of our story soup. As we got older they began to fade out of our stories, replaced with the more complex evils, and dark...
Tolkien Didn’t Write the Desolation of Smaug
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhvh7XNbn_k?showinfo=0] If Tolkien wrote blockbusters… he did not write the Desolation of Smaug. Struggling to make the movie 2 1/2 hours long, endearing...
The Hunger Games is Catching Fire
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIiVqhmKSIk?showinfo=0] My reaction after coming back from the Catching Fire. I was so excited, and here is why!
Book Haul: The Mysterious Box D
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iak07WWaaUo?showinfo=0&w=853&h=480] What’s in the the Mysterious Box D, buried deep in my basement. I wanted to know.
Strained: The Horror of a TV Show Turned Novel
I was promised horror, discomfort and a lingering sense of dread. What I got was bludgeoned into boredom by pages upon pages of unnecessary details and irrelevant points of view that slowly sucked the...
Thor 2 Review in One Picture
Thor 2 Review I loved Thor 2. Was it deep? No. But it was hilarious, and Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth’s chemistry lit up the screen. The end of the movies can be summed up in one picture...
My Subconscious
In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.
Publishing Advice
“I once asked this literary agent what kind of writing paid the best… he said, “Ransom notes.” –Get Shorty, 1995 The bottom line of being a writer and trying to make mone...
Genre: Zombie Realism
Of the horror genres that are cycling through the public consciousness, the shambling threat that is zombie realism has caught my attention. It started with Warm Bodies. R and his mind that surpassed ...
Inspiration
Life always of presenting you with the unexpected. A passing word will come back to haunt us, or a chapter of our we thought was done will blow itself wide open again. In my case, bonding with a frien...