![]() I also post free short YA stories on that group, more than 50 of them so far. You can find me to chat there– I hang out on Goodreads a lot because I moderate the Goodreads YA LGBT Books group there. I also have an author page on Goodreads where I do a lot of book reviews. A complete list with links can be found on my Books page. ![]() I now have a good-sized backlist in ebooks and print, both free and professionally published. I also have two collections of LGBTQ Young Adult stories released under the pen name Kira Harp, which range across genres and identities. My spec fic usually includes a gay romance element in a paranormal, SciFi or high fantasy setting. I’ve been writing for far longer than I care to admit (*whispers – forty years*), mostly for my own entertainment. Minnesota’s a kindly, quiet (if sometimes chilly) place and it’s home now. I live in Minnesota, where the two seasons are Snow-removal and Road-repair, where the mosquito is the state bird, and where winter can be breathtakingly beautiful. ![]() ![]() “Kaje” is pronounced just like “cage” – it’s an old nickname. ![]()
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![]() In Search of Myths and Heroes - Shangri-La Both the 1937 film and this one had their story from James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon. The film is a remake of Frank Capra's film of the same name, with a screenplay by Larry Kramer. This is a 1973 musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer. ![]() Its claim to be the inspiration for the novel. ![]() ![]() One such town, Zhongdian, has now officially renamed itself Shangri La (Chinese: Xianggelila) because of Such as Muli, show many similarities to the fictional Shangri-La. It is said to have been inspiredĪt least in part by accounts of travels in Tibetan borderlands, published in National Geographic by the explorer and botanist Joseph Rock. Among the book's themes is an allusion to the possibility of another cataclysmic world war brewing. Hugh Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love, and a sense of purpose in Shangri-La, whose inhabitants enjoy It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet. The book was turned into a movie, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra. Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gender Blender: It might make boys uncomfortable. Also, why is there a whole chapter of Tom checking out the girls in the locker room (where most of them turn out to be ugly and fat!) and the shower, and getting to see the boobs of his crush and so on, but Emma never gets a chance to check out guys in the shower or the bathroom or anywhere? ![]() Me: This is my review, and I will call it a tiddlewinkle before I call it a boy part. Also, we prefer to use the term "boy part." ![]() Gender Blender: Because, see, boys like boobs. Me: If you're going to have a scene where Tom-in-Emma's-body looks in a mirror to have his First Real Experience of Boobs, and he's all excited about that, then why does Emma's only exploration of Tom's body consist of thinking Tom's dick is a chipmunk when she wakes up with an erection? Look, since we're talking and all, can I ask you a question? Tom is a slacker slobbo thrill-seeking baseball player dude! He likes to spit and punch things. ![]() Gender Blender: And then I think we should explore gender by reinforcing stereotypes! Emma is a sweet little gymnast A-student perfectionist, always eager to please, but also part of an evil bitch cabal! Also, she likes to talk about feelings. Let's start off with a spurious Native American legend! Ha ha, those wacky Indians and their crazy gender-swapping gods! Let's just present this as a conversation between me and the book. 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Captain Underpants is a superhero from a boy’s homemade comic book who accidentally becomes real ( there’s a movie now).Īfter that, he illustrated books from other authors as well as his own and quickly launched the Dragon Series, then the Dumb Bunnies. He grew up, but the characters stayed with him, but his first book, World War Won, was an allegorical fable inspired by the nuclear arms race. He started creating characters like “Captain Underpants” in elementary school. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.Īll of Dav Pilkey’s Books! Who is Dav Pilkey?ĭav Pilkey is an American cartoonist, author, and illustrator of children’s literature from Cleveland, Ohio. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Republic is the centre around which the other Dialogues may be grouped here philosophy reaches the highest point to which ancient thinkers ever attained. 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There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal the form and institutions of the State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws as works of art, the Symposium and the Protagoras are of higher excellence. ![]() THE Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. ![]() ![]() ![]() When All Hail Breaks Loose offers practical, proven life strategies for not only surviving, but also thriving, in the midst of major life challenges. And it is during these times that we need the assurance that only our faith in God provides. We are never the same after suffering the shock and after-shocks of such earth-shattering experiences. Book excerpt: Storms can come suddenly, unexpectedly, and catastrophically. ![]() This book was released on 2011 with total page 83 pages. Pat Dayĭownload or read book When All Hail Breaks Loose written by R. 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