carmillavoiezNov 20, 20177 minNaNoWriMo, day twentyI have been a member of NaNoWriMo for eight years and competed during six of those with varying degrees of success. 2015 was a...
carmillavoiezNov 18, 20172 minConsider Her Ways and Others, by John Wyndham, a reviewA friend of mine, a fellow author, on learning about the concept of my work in progress – Venus Virus, sent me this book – just in case....
carmillavoiezNov 3, 20176 minNaNoWriMo, day threeNaNoWriMo is an intensive writing boot camp that costs nothing but late nights, blurred vision and sore wrists. I discovered it through a...
carmillavoiezMar 29, 20178 minDystopia, our dystopiaI read four novels “It Can't Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis (published in 1935), “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley (published in 1932),...
carmillavoiezMar 11, 20173 minThe Purge, Election Year, a reviewElection year 2016 was a dramatic one for the United States, and early 2017 we are already getting sniffs that dystopian fiction like...
carmillavoiezNov 9, 20162 minThe Venus Virus (in honour of Election Day and America's new president)This morning's news inspired me to write a draft prologue for my work in progress "The Venus Virus". The Venus Virus Prologue Two years...
carmillavoiezMar 13, 20162 minLilith's Brood, Octavia E Butler - a reviewI thought for a long while that I didn't like sci-fi. I now realise that I just don't like white-male-centric sci-fi. I love this book...