CHALLENGES OF THE GODS by C. Hofsetz (Book Review #524)


Challenges of the Gods is a fictional story about a man who somehow falls into a secondary world where it is neither heaven nor hell. There, he realizes that he has been chosen to destroy Earth. He is returned with a different body meets a woman and that’s where the journey takes on an adventurous tale. The God’s are at play and Mike is the chosen one.

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The Emissary by Tamara Veitch and Rene DeFazio (Book Review #523)

The Emissary is a trilogy fantasy novel written about a group of supernaturals that come to earth in order to assist humans in welcoming what is known as the Great Year. Every 26 thousand years, the Atitalans, who are also known as the Emissaries, usher in the Great Year.

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Pantser vs. plotters. by Dennis Scheel

Pantser vs. plotters. by Dennis Scheel

 

Many authors blend their stories into many different genres. The main one first, then many little ones mixed in for goodwill… or just for the heck of it. Then there are also those, who fall into them by accident. They let it take them, where the story, they are telling goes, whether that means they divert a little on the original idea, so be it.

A story is never on paper, as you imagined in your head. Read More

An Article by Damien Larkin

When I was ten, I had a grading at my Tae Kwon Do club. If I passed, it meant I would move up to a more advanced belt. How much preparation did I do?

Virtually, none.

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THE ETHICS OF A.I. by Heidi J. Hewett

THE ETHICS OF A.I. by Heidi J. Hewett

 

People have been making tools since the early Stone Age to help us do things. Sometimes we build things just to see if we can. Artificial Intelligence straddles both. I think that’s part of what makes the question of the ethics of A.I. so thorny. Does it even make sense to create something with a sense of ‘self’ and expect it to act in a selfless way?

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THE ODDITIES OF A TRAVELING LIFE – WRITING AS RETIREMENT THERAPY FOR AN OLD GEEZER…by Patrick Burns

THE ODDITIES OF A TRAVELING LIFE – WRITING AS RETIREMENT THERAPY FOR AN OLD GEEZER…by Patrick Burns

 

Sometimes it just doesn’t work out the way you thought it would.

I decided to climb off the corporate ladder nearly ten years ago, leaving Singapore and a senior HR management role with vague plans to spend more time on “interests” rather than work. Plans that hadn’t been fully defined yet but there’d be something to do with making music and I was also quite keen on learning to surf since I would be living in Southern California; that’s what you do there instead of working, surely?

I wasn’t quite calling it retirement yet but to all intents and purposes… Read More

An Article by Ruth Danes

An Article by Ruth Danes

Since childhood, I have been interested in both stories and history. When I was a little girl, I wrote and illustrated little books made from folded pieces of A4 paper. In my teens, I wrote a few truly awful novels and tried, unsuccessfully, to get them published. They will never see the light of day again! Read More

Why Tell the Truth by Tylor Lovins (Book Review #522)

Why tell the truth is a short self-help book discussing Jordan B. Peterson’s methods of work, basic thoughts and ways of intellectual interactions. Some of his ideas such as the pragmatic notion of truth, thoughts on religion, the justification behind suffering, cultural law, Marxism, are introduced in this book.

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Happy New Years!

Happy New Years!

I want to wish you all the best in 2018! Thank you for giving me an opportunity to do what I love. May you all have a successful year, a joyous holiday season, and a continued inspirational new year.  Read More

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