![]() ![]() “It got universally rejected as you might expect,” he says, but the early experience of writing and submitting to publishers showed him that publication was not the most important part of writing for him. ![]() By age 17 he wrote the first draft of The Game of Sunken Places and sent it to publishers. “So much of my writing has come from that experience of being in the woods and making up stories about what goes on there.”Īnderson remembers writing simple stories at the age of six or seven, and by 7th or 8th grade, he wrote 30- to 40-page stories that he liked to call novels. He describes his house as “1970s suburban,” yet out his back door a forest and a lake beckoned. ![]() Matthew Tobin Anderson grew up in a small bedroom community for urban professionals. ![]()
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![]() They communicate telepathically, and Nere is even able to talk with the dolphins. When the government announces its intention to move the entire community inland, Nere’s mother finishes the alterations on the children and sends them away into the sea, where they will try to join Nere’s father’s colony for these new “Neptune children.” Nere and her friends, along with their friendly dolphins, must make their way there under the sea while fighting sharks and avoiding capture by government forces. Unbeknownst to Nere, her parents have genetically engineered her and several other children to breathe under water so they can live free there someday. In a small seaside community in what was Southern California, Nere lives with her scientist mother and a pod of trained dolphins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Several centuries after global warming has devastated the planet, a tyrannical government has taken control of the West Coast of America. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Cloudy with meatballs book![]() ![]() And most of the time it rained milk afterwards.” Butter and jelly sprinkled down for the toast. ![]() “After a brief shower of orange juice, low clouds of sunny-side up eggs moved in followed by pieces of toast. Everything is jolly and delicious, until the weather began to change and intensify, to the point where people’s meals weren’t only disrupted, but the food storms were becoming dangerous. For breakfast, lunch, and dinner, townspeople simply grab their dishes and cutlery, then go stand outside and let the skies supply their food and drink. Growing up, did you have a parent or grandparent that was incredible at making up stories? In this classic, a grandfather tells an enthralling tall tale about a land called Chewandswallow where the weather provides all the meals. If you can measure the amount of time that’s passed since you last read this book in decades, then you need to read it again. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Vanessa bohns influence![]() ![]() You Have More Influence Than You Think is an “enormously empowering” (Robert Cialdini, author of Influence) call to anyone who has ever felt ineffective or invisible to recognize their power and wield it accordingly.Ībout the Author: Vanessa K. ![]() She offers strategies for observing the effect we have on others, reconsidering our fear of rejection, and even, sometimes, pulling back to use our influence less. ![]() In You Have More Influence Than You Think, Bohns draws from original research to illustrate why we fail to recognize the influence we have already, and how that lack of awareness can lead us to miss opportunities or accidentally misuse our power. Bohns reveals, however, people see us, listen to us, and agree to do things for us much more than we realize. Whether attending a meeting, sharing a post online, or mustering the nerve to ask for a favor, we often assume our actions, input, and requests will be overlooked or rejected. Category: Psychology / Interpersonal RelationsĪn original investigation of our hidden potential to persuade, and how to wield it wisely. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments A song of wraiths and ruin book 2![]() Which was so sad, since they were both interesting characters with a lot of depth and relatable flaws.īut all in all, it was an enjoyable and unique read, with really interesting magical and folklore elements. It was insta-lovey to the extreme, and I somehow couldn’t root for either of Malik or Karina. ![]() There wasn’t enough buildup and the romance didn’t feel believable in any way. ![]() Unfortunately, I didn’t like the romance part of the story at all. My main problem though was the characters and their love story. I also had problems with the plot itself and how it was both unique, but nevertheless at the same time too predictable even though it was told in such a complicated way. The world and its magical and political systems were a little bit too complicated and made me feel detached from the story at some points. ![]() It took me a long time to get into this book, and all details also made the pacing a bit too slow. ![]() The world building and plot were the two things that made it really unique and interesting, but at the same time, were the root to the problem for me not being captivated by it. I have some very mixed feelings about almost all parts of this book. ![]() |