Helen Power

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April 2, 2018April 1, 2018 Helen

“The Turning of the Season” is published!

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March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Helen

My First Short Story Publication

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March 18, 2018 Helen

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New book review! "Delivering Virtue" by Brian Kindall. Thank you to the author for the copy to review! . Synopsis: When Didier Rain, a broke scoundrel, is approached to fulfill a prophecy foretold by the The Church of the Restructured Truth, the offer is too good to pass up. He must transport the baby Virtue, the church’s prophet’s child bride, over a thousand miles across the western pioneer trail. During his journey, he meets many peculiar and interesting characters, and he just so happens to learn something about himself along the way. Delivering Virtue is an 1854 Western historical fiction, a fantasy, an adventure, an allegory. It’s definitely a genre-bender. Readers need to approach this book with an open mind. I have to admit there were a few times I was taken aback, because I thought I’d known where the story was going (and I’d clearly had no idea). This is a book that you can’t read too literally. There are quite a few WTF moments, but you just have to remember it’s allegory and try not to be too traumatized by what Didier does. I recommend this book to anyone who’s looking for a literary read that isn’t too heavy. However, are some parts that can only be described as “depraved” (although not too detailed), so readers should go into this with a trigger warning. ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ . Read the full review at: https://powerlibrarian.wordpress.com/ (link in bio) . . . . #amreading #bookreview #literary #fiction #booklover #bookstagram #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #bibliophile #bookphotography #amreadingfantasy #fantasy #historicalfiction #allegory #bookblog #goodread #instabooks #booklover #goodreads #igreads #onemorechapter #amreadingfantasy
This #SockSunday I'm feeling under the weather, so I'm just going to lounge around in my PJs all day and read and write. Right now I'm reading The Silver Chair by CS Lewis, which is fulfilling one of the categories for the 2018 PopSugar Book Challenge. The category is "a childhood classic you've never read". I'm really behind on the challenge, so I have to get reading! . . . . . . #narnia #amreading #book #Books #booklove #instareads #goodreads #cslewis #bookstagram #bookphotography #lazysunday #sunday #bookphoto #bookworm #booknerd #bookaholic #popsugarbookchallenge #reading #read #readingchallenge
New #bookreview! "Ashes of Retribution" by L. J. Andrews - a self-published dystopian fantasy. Read the full review on my blog: https://powerlibrarian.wordpress.com/ (link in bio) 🏹 Synopsis: Adira lives in a dystopian world where people have been divided in two groups: the “Pure” and the “Impure”. The pure have no deformities, no marks on their bodies, no scars. The “Impure” could be anyone--from someone who has eyes that are two different colours to someone with a little scar on their left hand. When Adira was a child, her maid was an “Impure”, and Adira ridiculed her for it. But when her maid was killed while protecting her, Adira realized that the impure are not that different after all. Now that she knows this, what is she willing to do about it? 🏹 It took me a bit of time to get into this book. I didn’t fall in love with Adira immediately, and I wasn’t entirely sure where the story was going. About fifty pages in, things got interesting, and I started to understand why Adira was the way she was. Then, once she’s kidnapped by the Shadow Assassins, the book becomes unputdownable. .🏹. ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ .🏹. *Thank you to LJ Andrews for the review copy* . . . . . #bookblog #amreading #amreadingfantasy #dystopian #fantasy #bookblogger #book #books #bookphotography #bibliophile #booklover #booklove #booknerd #bookworm #bookstagram #autumnleaves #autumn instareads #goodreads #bookaholic #selfpublished #instabooks #igreads
I have an exciting new announcement! My short story "The Big Squeeze" - a cozy noir mystery - is going to be in Left Hand Publisher's anthology "Suspense Unimagined". It's coming out the first week of December! ❄️☃️❄️ Stay tuned for more details, including the cover reveal. I can't wait! Synopsis: Everybody hates librarian Rue Daye, even her cat. But who hates her enough to want her dead? 📖🤓☠️ . . . . . #writing #amwriting #published #author #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writersfollowwriters #bibliophile #librarian #mystery #mysterywriter #cozymystery #literary #fiction #bookworm #booknerd #nanowrimo #nanowrimo2018 #amreading #writersofig #writenow #shortstory
It's NaNoWriMo! How many of you are participating? I'm cheating today and creating the storyboard I didn't have time to work on during October. Pictures coming later (if it isn't totally hideous LOL). I know I'm not supposed to plan at this point, BUT I find that when I have a sense of what I want to happen, it keeps me focused and the words come a lot faster. Sure, characters make unexpected decisions, but that's just a part of the writing process. 📖☠️📖 I also want to do #nanothatwrimo, but I'm already behind! Here's my answers for the last two days: Day 1 - My story is called "Only Hope Left" and it's about a policewoman whose father was a serial killer. I really want to delve into the nature vs. nurture discussion and have her come to terms with how she really feels about her father. Day 2 - Author bio - I'm a librarian, writer, and fridge magnet collector who lives in Windsor, Canada. ☠️ Day 3 - This is my fourth #nanowrimo, and hopefully my fourth win! I absolutely LOVE this time of the year, and I can't wait to get started writing! . . . . . . . . #nano #amwriting #author #writer #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writersofig #writenow #writersfollowwriters #writerslife #writing #psychologicalthriller #thriller #serialkiller #horror #november #nanowrimo2018 #anovelidea #authorslife #workinprogress
Happy Halloween! My reading of an excerpt of my short story "Dark Reverie" is up on IGTV for your viewing pleasure. Recording that was one of the most nerve-wracking things I've done in a long time! That feeling when you find out what your voice reeeally sounds like. 😬 . Other contributors of the Kyanite Press Halloween issue are doing readings from their short stories today, too, and you should check them out! The official event is over on twitter at @KyanitePress from 8PM ET onwards! . . . . . . . #amwriting #shortstory #horror #author #authorreading #writer #authorsofinstagram #writersofig #writersofinstagram #writenow #nanowrimo #halloween #amwritinghorror #horrorauthor #booklover #selfie #booknerd #bookworm #bibliophile #happyhalloween #litmag #literary #fiction #read #amreading #goodread #speculativefiction #horrorlover
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