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  • Home
    • About Lori
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure of Material Connection
  • Book Reviews
    • Search Book Reviews by Category
    • Request A Review
    • Why Should I Pre-Order A Book?
  • Fiction Editing
    • About The Little Red Pen
    • Services and Rates
    • Editing in Second Life
    • Which Came First?
  • HodgePodge
    • My Author Website
    • My Writing Workshops
    • The Aether Salon Archives
    • Fun Lorem Ipsum Generators
    • Seattle Stories
    • Aether Chrononauts Calendar
  • CowTown Cooking
  • Living Simply
  • Home
    • About Lori
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure of Material Connection
  • Book Reviews
    • Search Book Reviews by Category
    • Request A Review
    • Why Should I Pre-Order A Book?
  • Fiction Editing
    • About The Little Red Pen
    • Services and Rates
    • Editing in Second Life
    • Which Came First?
  • HodgePodge
    • My Author Website
    • My Writing Workshops
    • The Aether Salon Archives
    • Fun Lorem Ipsum Generators
    • Seattle Stories
    • Aether Chrononauts Calendar
  • CowTown Cooking
  • Living Simply
  • Second Life,  Writing Workshops

    Writing Workshop: Blurbs the Word!

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 26, 2023 / 0 Comments

    If that back-cover description isn't compelling, your potential audience could be passing you by. Learn how to hook a casual browser and turn them into your next avid reader.

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  • Second Life,  Writing Workshops

    Writing Workshop: Continuity: Solid Worlds, Believable Characters

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 26, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Ever have a character change their hair color, accent, or even gender in mid-story? And it's not part of the plot? Oops. If your Loki-wannabe isn't a shapeshifter or a trickster, it's up…

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  • Book Review,  Fantasy,  Magical Realm

    Book Review: The Witches of Bone Hill

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 24, 2023 / 0 Comments

    If dark and stormy nights, eccentric Victorian mansions, atmospheric landscapes, chilling family crypts, strong magic, handsome yet brooding groundskeepers, and witchy family legacies appeal to you, this is your next read.

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  • Book Review,  Classics,  Detective and Mystery,  Middle Grade

    Book Review: The Secret of the Old Clock

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 23, 2023 / 0 Comments

    When I was eight, I discovered a secret at my Gramma's house. Behind her huge console television, there was a bookcase built into the living room wall. I had to squeeze my way…

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  • Book Review,  Humor,  New Adult,  Realist Fiction,  Writing

    Book Review: The Workshop: Week One

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 19, 2023 / 0 Comments

    It's clear that Matt Mills is a writer (yes I know, duh, he wrote this book). But he's a writer that's fought in the trenches and, so far, has lived to tell the…

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  • Book Review,  Cookbooks

    Book Review: Mary Berry’s Baking Bible: Revised and Updated

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 9, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Mary Berry’s Baking Bible: Revised and Updated: With Over 250 New and Classic Recipes by Mary Berry My rating: 3 of 5 stars From the promo blurb: “Baking legend Mary Berry, longtime judge…

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  • Editing,  Wordsmithery

    Adventures in Copyediting – Booze and Bullets

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 5, 2023 / 0 Comments

    As I copyedit/rewrite a 103K-word, modern-day vampire novel, I'm pausing often to consider word usage.

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  • Book Review,  Children's Picture Books

    Book Review: Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats

    Lori Alden Holuta / May 3, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Miss Hazeltine is a gentle woman who seems like someone society might label 'awkward'. But the cats that are brought to her school to learn how to be outgoing and brave think she's…

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  • Book Review,  Dystopian,  LGBTQ+,  Realist Fiction,  Science Fiction,  Speculative Fiction

    Book Review: Odds Against (Aces High, Jokers Wild Book 7)

    Lori Alden Holuta / April 26, 2023 / 0 Comments

    I wouldn’t be conforming to acceptable standards if I wrote a review that recommended a different book. But in the spirit of the Wildcards, I am going to risk insubordination and do what…

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  • Second Life,  Wordsmithery

    Fantasy Faire 2023: My Literary Festival Events

    Lori Alden Holuta / April 20, 2023 / 0 Comments

    If you're a Second Lifer and also a writer, you may be interested in attending my special events at Fantasy Faire 2023

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  • Second Life

    Fantasy Faire 2023: Building a World Without Cancer

    Lori Alden Holuta / April 20, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Celebrating its fifteenth year, Fantasy Faire 2023 is the largest gathering of fantasy designers, enthusiasts, roleplayers and performers in the virtual world.

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  • Action and Adventure,  Black Authors,  Book Review,  Steampunk

    Book Review: From Here to Timbuktu

    Lori Alden Holuta / April 16, 2023 / 0 Comments

    I love a good treasure romp - and I love steampunk - and I love high adventure in far off exotic lands. So naturally, I eagerly dove into this 'steamfunk' story.

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  • Book Review,  Humor,  Science Fiction,  Speculative Fiction

    Book Review: On Earth as It Is on Television

    Lori Alden Holuta / April 1, 2023 / 0 Comments

    If you set up two television screens side-by-side, then simultaneously watch National Lampoon's Vacation on one and Close Encounters of the Third Kind on the other, while snacking on a pound of crispy…

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  • Book Review,  Classics,  Science Fiction,  Speculative Fiction

    Book Review: The Lathe of Heaven

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 28, 2023 / 0 Comments

    My introduction to The Lathe of Heaven was through the 1980 WNET (public television) film starring Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, and Margaret Avery. I was blown away by the concepts presented and immediately…

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  • Book Review,  Fantasy,  Romance

    Book Review: In Darkness: The Werewolf

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 24, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Vickie is a young American woman who has come to England to attend fencing school. She soon finds herself attracted to her landlord's son, Nicholas. Just as romance begins to bloom, she discovers…

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  • Authors,  Book Deals

    The Dragon Eater

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 18, 2023 / 0 Comments

    J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer YA/Crossover Sci-Fantasy book out – The Dragon Eater, Tharassas Cycle book one. There’s a giveaway, and a free book with purchase too! Raven’s a thief who…

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  • Book Review,  Fantasy,  Magical Realm

    Book Review: The Book of Gems

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 15, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The Book of Gems by Fran Wilde My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fran Wilde has a knack for pulling readers under the skin of her well-crafted characters, where we intimately ride out…

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  • Book Review,  Fantasy,  LGBTQ+

    Book Review: The Dragon Eater

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    My reaction to reading this title was, “I have so many questions already.” The rest of the back cover blurb didn’t help that problem much. In fact, it raised many more.

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  • Book Review,  Detective and Mystery,  Foodie and/or Cozy

    Book Review: No Whisk, No Reward

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 6, 2023 / 0 Comments

    This short prequel is a nice little read that cleverly accomplishes four important jobs.

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  • Book Review,  Fantasy,  Humor,  Science Fiction,  Speculative Fiction

    Book Review: Tempus Fugit – The Engagement Ring

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 3, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Bravely written in second person, past tense, Jules Pelarski’s The Engagement Ring addresses you, the reader, as the protagonist. You’ll be told what’s happening to you and what’s going on all around you…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Realist Fiction,  Womens Literature

    Book Review: We Hope for Better Things

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 20, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Having previously read three books by this author, I trusted her storytelling skills to thread together three stories set in different times - the American civil war, 1967 Detroit riots, and present day.

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  • Action and Adventure,  Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Western

    Book Review: Nunslinger Book Three: A Pilgrim and a Stranger

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 18, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Episode three keeps the tension high and the situation dismal. Abe and Sister Josephine are battling their toughest enemy yet - winter in the Sierra Nevada mountains. But at least they have a…

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  • Book Review,  Cookbooks,  DIY,  History,  Non-Fiction

    Book Review: Skilletheads: The Complete Guide to Restoring, Repairing, and Replacing Cast-Iron Cookware

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 17, 2023 / 0 Comments

    There's no pleasure that can compare to searing a good steak in a hot, well-seasoned cast iron skillet... unless it's pulling a skillet full of freshly baked, buttery drop biscuits out of a…

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  • Book Review,  History,  Non-Fiction

    Book Review: Fragile Cargo

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 14, 2023 / 0 Comments

    By request of the publisher, I will update this space with my review on February 14, 2023, the release date of the book.

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  • Book Review,  Dystopian,  LGBTQ+,  Science Fiction,  Speculative Fiction,  Western

    Book Review: Frontier

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Told in a series of vignettes and interludes, the story begins in the future on a ruined, mostly-abandoned Earth. The sparse population that remains struggles to survive in spite of a corrupt justice…

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  • Book Review,  Humor,  Magical Realm,  Steampunk

    Book Review: Dear Lord Akeldama & Parasolverse Ephemera

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 4, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Lord Akeldama takes center stage (because of course he does), answering questions posed by real readers of the books set in Gail Carriger's Parasolverse.

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  • Recipe Box

    Congee

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 3, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Congee is a traditional Chinese comfort food, fed to the very young, very old, and invalids. It's good for tummy woes, fighting the flu (or more applicable to current times, Covid) or just…

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  • Living Simply,  Recipe Box

    Frost Warning Hot Pepper Sauce

    Lori Alden Holuta / February 2, 2023 / 0 Comments

    A bright, spicy green sauce made from those bell peppers you just ran out and rescued from the frost.

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  • Book Review,  Cookbooks,  Fantasy

    Book Review: The Princess Bride: The Official Cookbook

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 30, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The Princess Bride Cookbook: the Official Cookbook by Jenn Fujikawa My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world… except for a nice MLT. Mutton, lettuce,…

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  • Book Review,  Coming of Age,  Middle Grade,  Science Fiction

    Book Review: One Giant Leap

    Lori Alden Holuta / January 23, 2023 / 2 Comments

    One Giant Leap by Ben Gartner My rating: 5 of 5 stars “I’m pretty sure I’m about to die in space. And I just turned twelve and a half.” is how Finley “Fin”…

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Full Steam Ahead and other books by Lori Alden Holuta are available at many online booksellers. Click the book cover for universal links.
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