by LJ Metz | May 7, 2016 | Searching For Meaning
Some of the most memorable moments of my life have centered around coffee (coffee in one of its many forms: black, with cream, espresso, cappuccino, latte–even instant). With that in mind, I’ve decided to write a coffee travelog. It’s been more than thirty...
by LJ Metz | Apr 10, 2016 | What's On My Bookshelf
Glen’s writing is clever and fast-paced, and her characters unique and lovable. While Martin Hathaway is an endearingly brave but bumbling hero, Captain Daisy Fitzgerald McNamara is one of the most self-assured female protagonists I’ve ever encountered. Though it’s no...
by LJ Metz | Nov 21, 2013 | Searching For Meaning, What's On My Bookshelf
This might surprise some of you (or maybe not), but I was pretty much a nerd in middle school and high school (as opposed to the super cool person I am now). Thus, my fascination with alien words. A few years ago, I showed my daughter, who was then in 8th grade, a...
by LJ Metz | Nov 12, 2013 | What's On My Bookshelf
John Guy Collick’s novel, Thumb, takes place on what its characters literally consider the body of God. More specifically on, “A flat singularity (carrying) the unfinished body of God through an empty universe.” The inhabitants of Collick’s universe not only live on...
by LJ Metz | Nov 5, 2013 | For Writers, What's On My Bookshelf
You thought November was all turkeys and parades, but I’m telling you now, November is Sci-Fi Month! So… Throw an alien in the pot and add some spaceships to that parade! As some of you know, I like science fiction. (Maybe my twitter name gave it away?) Anyway,...
