Publication date: 2010 Pages: 362 Word count: 104491 Ages: YA “Be good, Gaia,” Capt. Grey told her, his voice grave. She still refused to look at him, but she could feel the heated flush of anger again in her cheeks. “Cooperate with the guards. For your own sake,” he continued. “Be good yourself, Captain,” she said […]
This is just a quick post about something that’s been on my mind for a while. It’s sad that there are so many preconceived ideas about YA novels, ideas that show those who speak about them, very often haven’t read any. I’m writing for adults, children and Young Adults and in one of my writer’s […]
Publication date: 2015 Pages: 350 Word count: ? Ages: YA They are all innocent until proven guilty. But not me. I am a liar until I am proven honest. What a book! I finished it a while ago but I’m still stunned. Sometimes you read a book and the topic shocks you. Then you read a book […]
Publication date: 2014 Pages: 198 Word count: ? Ages: YA Last year I read my first Dana Reinhardt novel (The Summer I Learned to Fly) and liked it a great deal. The story was cute, the characters lovable but what I liked the most was the tone and the voice. I knew I would read another […]
Publication date: 1993 Pages: 180 Word count: 43,617 Ages: MG 4 – 8 I wanted to read Lois Lowry’s The Giver for ages. Not only because it was a Newbery Medal winner but because it has become one of the great MG classics and has even been made into a movie. The Giver was written at a […]
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Congrats Caroline. I didn’t know that you wrote crime in addition to reading it.
Thanks, Guy. I do. For years. I just never submitted anything. I only just started. I didn’t want to talk about it here before that.
So wonderful to know that, Caroline! Can’t wait to read your story! Congratulations! Looking forward to also reading your Dashiell Hammett review.
Thanks, Vishy. I’m quite happy. I hope you’ll enjoy it.
I finally got to read your story, Caroline. Loved it! I loved the way it started where things seem open-and-shut and the way the narrator describes it and moves the story in a new direction with the unexpected twist in the end. We could agree with the narrator, we could regard her as unreliable, we could amaze at how one thing can look like two totally opposite things when seen from different perspectives – I loved thinking about the story after I finished reading it. It made me ponder on what is the real truth in any given situation – there is more to life that what meets the eye. Thanks for sharing your story, Caroline. I loved it and I can’t wait to read more 🙂
Thanks so much for your kind words. I had fun writing it, imagining how someone could misread just about everything. The question is – is she really unreliable or just a liar trying to get away with murder. Obviously, she would still be unreliable but for other reasons. 🙂
That’s fantastic news, Caroline. Congratulations! I’ll head over soon to read your story.
Thanks, Delia. I wanted to tell you about it but then it all went so quickly. I hope you’ll like it.
I loved it! It’s so funny and twisted and it all makes sense. Unreliable characters are great fun.
Thank you so much, Delia. I’m glad you liked it.
I did, A lot. I hope you feel better soon. When I first read about your story everything else in the post just went over my head.
Thank you so much.
Hope you feel better soon
Thanks, Stu. I feel like I have two heads. Both of them hurt.
Wow, that’s wonderful news – congratulations! You must be thrilled. I’m looking foward to reading your story – bookmarking it now for a quiet moment. I hope you feel better very soon. 🙂
Thank you, Jacqui. I hope you’ll like it.
I still feel bad.
It’s a very good story – just shows what can be done with just a few words – a wonderful pen-picture of an obsessive relationship. Excellent work Caroline
Thanks, so m much, Tom. I’m very glad you liked it.
Congrats Caroline!
Thanks, Emma.
Slow build up, character projection, then a tight finish!
Nice writing
How would the Skinny Bitch have seen it?
Pat
Thank, Pat. I’m glad to hear you liked it. Ha! Yes, what would she have seen?
Sorry that you are not feeling well. I hope that you feel better soon.
I loved the story. As I mentioned on Twitter, you managed to really create a the voice of a very believable and interesting character using a concise number of words.
I hope that you publish more of your work. I would no doubt enjoy reading it.
Thank you so much, Brian. So kind of you. I hope the story at Daily Science Fiction will be posted soon.
Wow! Huge huge congratulations on your story, that’s amazing! And I’m so sorry that you have flu. I hope you get plenty of rest and fluids and feel much better soon.
Thank you so much, Jenny. I’m feeling a tiny bit better today. Yes, I was so glad and as if this wasn’t great enough – today I’ll share more news.:)
Btw – I hope yu see this. I always want to leave comments at your site but struggle with that disqus thing.
Oh, congrats, Caroline!! So exciting! Didn’t know you wrote crime…so interesting.
Hope you’re on the mend when you read this.
Thanks, Carole. Yes, I write a lot of crime. I like many genres.
I feel a little bit better thanks.
Outstanding!
What a great pick-me-up for a flu dose.
Oh it was. But wait until later today. There’s more. Thanks, Leroy.
The story was SO much fun, Caroline. I really liked reading it. 🙂
Also, I hope you would feel better soon.
Thanks, Deepika, glad you liked it. I’m feeling much better.