Louise Palanker is the author of the semi-biographical young adult novel Journals: Middle School Love and War. In hopes of turning her novel into a springboard for open dialogue about teen issues, Palanker launched her book as an interactive book app on iTunes. To continue the conversation, Palanker recently launched the ‘Journals: Out Loud’ Podcast, …
Monthly Archive: May 2011
May 22
Victoria Patterson on Radiance by Louis B. Jones
Author Victoria Patterson (This Vacant Paradise) reviewed Radiance by Louis B. Jones for Three Guys One Book. Excerpt: “Mark Perdue is the kind of perfectly flawed and contemplative character that I love, quietly tortured over everyday events—like being put on hold on the phone: “And with a clotting sound in the earpiece, the intelligible universe everywhere was …
May 22
Reading in L.A. review of Radiance by Louis B. Jones
“Every word of this short novel is relevant. Brilliant, actually.” ~ Reading in LA Excerpt: “The tension between Mark and Blythe’s undeniable attraction, (compounded by the increasing distance he feels from his aggrieved wife) and the necessity of maintaining narrative equilibrium, makes for some thoroughly good writing. But I think the most interesting part of …
May 14
SCARY SCHOOL – The perfect summer read for kids
Excerp from review on Diaries of a Domestic Goddess: “What I liked about Scary School is that not only does it give children an opportunity to use their imagination, but it also shows them that smarts and goodness ALWAYS prevails over bullies. In a time where it seems like bullies are taking over schools all …
May 14
Ashes of the Earth Review on Inkwatu
Pattison’s Sleuths Typically, Pattison’s sleuths all have a foot in both sides of the cultural conflict. Often he is a fallen and outcast hero of the culture of oppression who defends the oppressed culture as a side effect of his sleuthing. Here, too, is a feature of Pattison’s novels that set them apart from many …
May 04
Eliot Pattison on Ashes of the Earth
From a recent guest post by Eliot Pattison on Omnimystery News: “Endings of worlds have occurred throughout human history. Some have been abrupt, like the annihilation of the original, ancient Carthage by the Romans. Some have been gradual, like the destruction of the Tibetan world over the past fifty years by the Chinese. But none …
May 04
Interview with Eliot Pattison on Bookpleasures
Excerpt from an interview with Eliot Pattison on Bookpleasures: How did you get started in writing? What keeps you going? At a very early age I was an avid reader, a ravenous consumer of almost any genre. By the time I was in college I often found myself thinking of alternative endings to the books …
May 04
Bookpleasures praises Ashes of the Earth by Eliot Pattison
This excerpt from a Bookpleasures review of Ashes of the Earth really captures the relevance of Eliot Pattison’s newest mystery in today’s world, in which the powers that be have the weapons of mass destruction to obliterate humanity: “Take a glimpse into the future. Think about your world as it is right now. Trees, markets, …