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“Golden Son” Book Review [Jalapeno Fiction Award] Pierce Brown
Jalapeno Score: 47/50 Overall Impression: Hello! Let me just quickly introduce myself: I’m Caitlin from Words and Other Beasts, writing a guest review here on Ellie’s blog for Golden Son, as part of the Jalapeno Fiction Award. So big thanks to Ellie for letting me review this here as part of her awards! If you enjoyed Red Rising, […]
#PokemonGo ? Your Thoughts!Â
Ok the picture is not Pokemon. Deal with it. But who could think this silly game could be resurrected? I’m currently in a location where I cannot get it, and I’m envious to all of those who can. So tell me your thoughts on the game.
Write Like A Child’s Play
I found this curious video with some thoughts on the writing process. I personally don’t believe in the ‘how to’ writing tips simply because all of us are too different to develop a cookie-cutter type of a process. However, the idea of releasing an inner child and accessing the story through a play seems […]
“The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet” Book Review [Jalapeño Fiction Award] Becky Chambers
Jalapeno Score: 37/50 Overall Impression: âThe Long Way to F*n NowhereâŠâ Donât get me wrong, I think Becky Chambers is a talented writer, I really do. I think she has ideas and active imagination. But there is something fundamentally lacking in the book, and it is plot. Imagine you started building the house from the […]
My First Day On Twitter
You might argue that I need to get a life. I may actually agree with you. And more so, I need to finish a draft for the upcoming  deadline, and yet I am fiddling with my new Twitter account. As a reward for invested time, this is how my Twitter account plumped up since […]
Today All Hell Broke Loose. My Twitter Account And Vision For Invading Science Fiction Universe
What a day. Earlier I started my official Facebook page and a public Facebook group – the Jalapeño Book Club . Like if that wasn’t social media overload, I just registered my  Twitter account @EllieMaloneyFic, where ‘Fic’ stands for fiction, but that was more than the allowed character limit. Twitter, right? How am I going to survive […]
Ellie Maloney on Facebook – Let’s Be Friends
My dear followers! Over the past five months I have been sharing my thoughts and insights with you. I have met over 150 people who wished to follow me on the quest of diving into the world of sci fi. All of you are amazingly talented in your own way. We all create interesting content […]
Meet a New Contributing Writer: Julia Satu
Folks, please stop by Julia’s web site and say hi. Julia Satu is a writer and avid reader, and she is going to write a review for the 2016 Jalapeño Fiction Award  on the debut novel “Echo: Approaching Shatter” by Kent Wayne. By the way, Kent and I were talking about an interview in the […]
My New Discovery: Indie Author Opher Goodwin
Sir Opher is an author of 49 books, a good chunk of which are science fiction. We need to know more about people like him. That is why I am posting a link to the 3-part  interview with the author: Part 2 Part 3 (can’t find the part 1, but I will update later).