What Makes a Good Sequel?
By Bahia Simons-Lane ©2012 Bahia Portfolio bahiaportfolio.wordpress.com My aunt and author D.S. Thornton posed this question to me over email the other day. She continued: What makes a successful sequel? What sequels really held up to their predecessors? What sequels really added to the story? Which ones were satisfying and why? Which weren’t and why … Read more
Interview for The Daily Creative Writer
A few months ago I was interviewed along with a few other bloggers by Elizabeth Cutright of The Daily Creative Writer. This interview was really fun to do and it was exciting to see the responses of other bloggers to the same questions (it was especially an honor to be included in an interview with … Read more
2012 Books: Year in Review–Part 2
By Bahia Simons-Lane ©2012 Bahia Portfolio Sorry for the delay in getting part 2 posted. I have been traveling almost non-stop for the past month! Hopefully I will be back to posting more regularly from here on out. Young Adult 30. Keturah and Lord Death, Leavitt, Martine 3/5 31. The Graveyard Book, Gaiman, Neil 4/5 … Read more
2012 Books: Year in Review – Part 1
By Bahia Simons-Lane ©2012 Bahia Portfolio This year I managed to come very close to my goal of reading 50 books, hitting a whopping 49 books! I’ve listed these books in roughly chronological order of reading, but grouped by category. Some books fit more than one category or were part of a series and depending … Read more
Two Books About Death… and Also About Life
By Bahia Simons-Lane ©2012 Bahia Portfolio It’s hard to write a book about death that is not also about life. Though it is easy to write a book about life that is not about death. Books that deal with death, whether in conventional ways or in more unconventional ones, make us examine our lives and … Read more
