by Christie Meierz | Nov 2, 2024 | Writer's Life
One of the hazards of researching for a novel — at least for me — is that the subject I’m researching can, under certain conditions, become an obsession. The story behind this particular obsession is complicated. I don’t know why my father, a...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 1, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
46 Daughter of Fire, by Sofia Robleda 47 The Magpie Lord, by KJ Charles (reread) 48 China in Ten Words, by Yu Hua 49 A Case of Possession, by KJ Charles (reread) I may pick up Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson again and give it another try — after I finish...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 5, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
Yes, just one novel in September. (sigh) I spent most of my time working on Tolari Space #7, The Song of Lynadria. I spent my reading time trying to get through Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson, but I took a strong dislike to one of the characters and...
by Christie Meierz | Sep 2, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
Okay, yes. Only 3 books this month. But do note that the second title below is a 1,137 page Brandon Sanderson novel that took me 3 weeks to read. I want to read the next book in that series, but I’m hesitating because it’s only 100pp or so shorter. 42 The...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 2, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
37 Tuyo, by Rachel Neumeier 38 A Glimpse of Redemption, by Rachel White 39 Dust Up at the Crater School, by Chaz Brenchley 40 Mary Ellen, Craterian! by Chaz Brenchley 41 Rowany Goes to Summer School, by Chaz Brenchley (novella)
by Christie Meierz | Jul 25, 2024 | Review
Like private schools back on Earth, the Crater School is primarily the preserve of the upper and middle classes. But the hinterlands of Mars are very rural. Farming the Red Planet is hard, and families rely on their children to help with the work. What, then, is a...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 15, 2024 | Review
Christmas is coming to the Crater School, so the girls must celebrate. So says the Earth calendar. But Mars does not respect school rules. Nor does the Red Planet have much respect for Earth weather. Why bother with a white Christmas when Martian weather can be far...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 1, 2024 | Review
On a world where cake is a necessity, it takes the Grid to protect the civilized and the deaf from the dire influences of the ambient and to keep the chaotic Haosa at bay. Having arrived at recently Dust-bound Colemeno, Trader Padi yos’Galan is essential to...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 1, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
31 Wave Without A Shore, by C.J. Cherryh 32 A Taste of Rebellion, by Rachel White 33 Double Vision, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (collection) 34 Three Twins at the Crater School, by Chaz Brenchley 35 Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, by Jessica Brody 36 Ribbon Dance,...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 23, 2024 | Review
Mars, the Red Planet, farthest flung outpost of the British Empire. Under the benevolent reign of the Empress Eternal, commerce and culture are flourishing along the banks of the great canals, and around the shores of the crater lakes. But this brave new world is not...
