The following is a guest post by Alexandra Sokoloff, author of Cold Moon, the third book in the Huntress series. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. I’m often told that my thrillers are extremely visual and cinematic; I’m pretty sure that the comment I get most often from readers is “I could see the whole story like a movie…
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Ian Rankin in Ottawa
On Thursday 19 November 2015, Ian Rankin was in town for the Ottawa International Writers Festival to talk about his new book, Even Dogs in the Wild. In the 20th installment of the Inspector Rebus series, John Rebus comes out of retirement to help detective Siobhan Clarke investigate the death of a lawyer during a robbery. Ian Rankin was interviewed by Peggy Blair, a local crime writer who got her break thanks to a chance…
Why YA?
The following is a guest post by Rebecca Jaycox, author of The Other Inheritance. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. I’ve always been an avid fantasy and science fiction reader. I blame Star Wars for making me seek out Dune. Eventually, I discovered the joy of Urban Fantasy, Dystopia, and Steampunk. The latter three genres really showcased kick-butt female…
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
The second installment in the Divergent series picks up right where the first book left off. Tris and Tobias go to the Amity compound to recover from the simulation attack on the Abnegation. When the Erudite and Dauntless traitors arrive to look for them though, the couple narrowly escapes and returns to the city. However, Jeanine Matthews, the Erudite leader, intends to eliminate all Divergent and control the rest of the population….