We live in that castle on the hill. Can you see it? There’s plenty of room. Or there used to be. It’s filling up quickly. More quickly as time passes. There’s a place for the college students. And for the battered women. For the theater goers. And for the patients. And for those who simply…
This post is full of secrets and spoilers. It also includes snippets of drafts from the very beginning of my writing practice. So, you know . . . I was learning. *clears throat* Project Renovatio has a longer history than my other books. In fact, it was the first novel I completed. It was not…
Originally posted on TheNerdyGirlExpress:
“For the first time in months, he was where he belonged, and he absorbed every second.” “He’ll do anything to get to her.” Project Liberatio by Allison Maruska is the sequel to the marvelous Project Renovatio, a YA novel that explored the possibilities of genetic engineering in altering human DNA. In…
I read a lot of blog posts over the course of a week. A lot. And most of them don’t come from my WordPress Reader, where the blogs I’ve subscribed to are listed. I find most of them on Twitter blog share days, where bloggers can share their interesting content with specified hashtags, expanding potential…
There’s something going around on Facebook. Don’t worry, it’s not a virus. At least I don’t think it is. Though there’s a high likelihood you’ll come down with a severe case of forehead smacking, given this election cycle. What I’m referring to is summed up pretty well in this picture. These kinds of memes always…
I started following this hilarious account on Twitter called Guy In Your MFA. He represents that potentially fictional, douchey guy who is obviously brilliant in his writing, wants to tell you how yours is all wrong, and will not accept that his work needs any changes whatsoever. Of course he’s a parody, but parodies are…
I’ve been a legal adult for half of my life now, and I gotta say, we adults are screwed up. The prospect of growing up is scary to a lot of kids. Sure, they talk about how awesome it would be to eat whatever they want and not have bedtime, but the whole concept of…
Confession: I’m writing this post as a form of procrastination and it may be a bit wandering, but I think we’ll end at a coherent place. I’m supposed to be working through my editor’s notes for Part 2 of the Project Renovatio series (hereafter known as Project Liberatio, or PL). And I have been. In…
As I goofed around on the interwebs, I came across this image. So of course I started brainstorming – what are truly boring things a writer could try to make interesting? A potato? A rug? This post?? I suppose it depends on the details. Maybe the rug is Aladdin’s and you can ride around on it. Maybe the…
Originally posted on TheNerdyGirlExpress:
In her latest YA novel Project Renovatio, Allison Maruska (the author of The Fourth Descendant and Drake and the Fliers) has once again proven her incredible ability to craft a well-written, thought-provoking, suspenseful thriller to keep readers riveted and yearning for more. Project Renovatio explores the possibilities and ethical implications of…
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