by Hanna Martine A Taste of Ice is book #2 in The Elementals series by Hannah Martine. I’m a huge fan of book #1 (see my review here), and book 2 did not disappoint. The world continues to grow and develop as Martine introduces new characters and continues the story from before in one nice, well rounded heap of awesomeness. A Taste of Ice starts out at a slow burn and focuses on the budding relationship between two misfits: Xavier (a...

It’s time to Bend Your Eyes again!  If you played along last week, the answer to Light And Shadows can be found at the bottom of this post. Now for this week: what do you think this is? Be specific, and don’t be afraid to get creative. Leave your guess in the comments below, then check back next Wednesday to find out if you’re right!   The answer to last week’s puzzle:  ...

It’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned anything about my writerly doings. If I’m in the middle of a first draft I’m often skittish about sharing any details because those details frequently change. In the current WIP (work in progress) alone I’ve written 90 thousand words and deleted about 40 thousand, only to add another 30 thousand different words. Sometimes it takes awhile for the story to mesh with the idea...

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko I wanted to see this movie at first simply because it was Sci Fi and I like to encourage more movie making in that genre by plunking over a few bucks in support. Then I saw a recent preview and thought huh, it might be a decent story. Plus, it was obviously going to be beautiful to look at and I’m a sucker for eye candy. It did not disappoint in the visual department. This movie is...