![]() For most of us, writing for publication is a dream we’ve nursed for a very, very long time. But once I’d acknowledged and set aside the pressure attendant on producing on a schedule, what replaced the anxiety was a sense of gratitude bordering on awe. There are obviously potential downsides to this. ![]() What had felt, for so long, like a very intimate endeavor had now acquired a public dimension. Suddenly I had deadlines, and professionals waiting (and wanting! what a headtrip!) to see my work, and – most amazing of all – readers inquiring about it. In my experience, being published wreaks its own transformation on the writing process. In what ways has your life changed since becoming published? ![]() ![]() This year, you have two back-to-back releases. Last year The Duke of Shadows, your debut and winner of ’s Romance novel competition, was released. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Wiseguy life in a mafia family![]() He killed at least a dozen men, probably more, and even killed a close friend for an honest mistake. ![]() He had loose grip on reality, thought nothing of killing men, and played a major role in the Lufthansa heist. Tommy “Two-Gun Tommy” DeSimone- was an Italian-American gangster and an associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York Loose. He is finally convicted after Henry Hill testifies against him. ![]() He was also accused of murder(s) many of those involved in the months following. ![]() Jimmy Burke- “Jimmy the Gent” was the mastermind of most heists he was an American gangster of the Lucchese crime family associate who is believed to have organized the Lufthansa heist in 1978. Hill is arrested for his part in the Lufthansa heist but rats on his crew in return for exemption. Henry gets addicted to cocaine and his whole life falls apart failure after failure after failure. Henry matures and becomes of master of crime he is thriving in the business until he does cocaine, his ultimate downfall. ![]() Henry plays a key role in the Lufthansa Heist. He is eventually discharged for hustling. We Will Write a Custom Essay SpecificallyĪfter he is released, Hill joins the army in hopes to please his father, but continues to maintain contact with Vario. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The trials of apollo 5![]() One of his adopted children cuts Lu’s hands off and she is thrown into prison with Apollo. Meg and Apollo surrender to Nero who already knew the plan. Nico and Apollo convince the trogs to fight on their side and disable the vats but the cattle attack. Will turns out to have awesome glowing powers. They meet the troglodytes who Nico thinks will help. The cattle attack and escape by Nico using his Shadow Travel. Rachel speaks the final couplet of the prophecy. Will, Nico, Apollo and Meg find Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Apollo dreams about Nero who gives him an ultimatum–he needs to surrender in two days or New York burns. Chiron is gone to meet other people from pantheons (oooh crossover material!!!) but Apollo meets Mr. Meg and Apollo use the Chariot of Damnation (with the Grey Sisters who share an eyeball) back to Camp Half-Blood. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lu plans for Apollo to push her off a building and pretend that they got away so they can plan. They go to Percy’s house where Sally and Paul give them a place to stay for the night. One of them is a Gaul named Luguselwa or “Lu.” She helps Meg and Lester escape. On a train to New York, Meg and Apollo meet an amphisbaena which gives another stanza of the prophecy. ![]() Unfortunately, that battle is against Nero and Python. Lester Papadopoulos aka Apollo has one final battle to win before he can return to godhood. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Flaubert education![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Accordingly, at the request of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on behalf of the National Academy of Medicine, an ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted a study aimed at envisioning and charting a path forward for the nursing profession to help reduce inequities in people’s ability to achieve their full health potential. Nurses have a critical role to play in achieving the goal of health equity, but they need robust education, supportive work environments, and autonomy. They are often the first and most frequent line of contact with people of all backgrounds and experiences seeking care and they represent the largest of the health care professions.Ī nation cannot fully thrive until everyone - no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they make - can live their healthiest possible life, and helping people live their healthiest life is and has always been the essential role of nurses. Nurses work in a wide array of settings and practice at a range of professional levels. Nurses live and work at the intersection of health, education, and communities. ![]() The decade ahead will test the nation’s nearly 4 million nurses in new and complex ways. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Hp lovecraft reanimator book![]() ![]() Joe Lynch said, “When I read Dennis Paoli’s adaptation of the story, I felt like there was a fantastic opportunity to update and subvert Lovecraft’s often old-fashioned sensibilities in a way that felt modern, relevant and even dangerous, with a pinch of 90’s neo-noir and a dash of eroticism to spice up the stew. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this June as part of the “Escape from Tribeca” lineup. ![]() The new film is written by Dennis Paoli who wrote Re-Animator and From Beyond.Īfter murdering her young patient, a once-esteemed psychiatrist helplessly watches her life spiral into a nightmarish maelstrom of supernatural hysteria and gruesome deaths, all linked to a seemingly unstoppable ancient curse. The film stars Barbara Crampton, Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davison, Johnathon Schaech, and Jonah Ray. Suitable Flesh is the new film from Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Wrong Turn 2). Posted by Phil on in All, Books, drama, fantasy, Film, horror, News, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Redwall series netflix![]() ![]() ![]() The graphic novel clocks in at a whopping 147 pages and each one is painstakingly illustrated in black and white, detailing the intense emotions and action-packed fight sequences that made Redwall one of the most beloved children's fantasy sagas of all time. The 2007 Redwall: The Graphic Novel was illustrated by Bret Blevins, known for his penciling and artwork on the '80s run of New Mutants, the Marvel adaptation of The Dark Crystal, and many issues of Batman: Shadow of the Bat. Related: Shadow and Bone Graphic Novel Debuting in 2022 as Fans Wait for Season 2 ![]() First published in 1986 by Jacques, Redwall features the young novice monk Matthias as he searches for a legendary shield and sword created by the great Martin the Warrior, while helping the Abbey fight back against the truly evil one-eyed rat Cluny the Scourge. Much of tension and adventure that appears within the books come when the typically peaceful and loving residents of Mossflower are forced to become warriors to defend their kingdom and loved ones from the evil forces of the world's "vermin" creatures, the terrible rats, foxes, and weasels. Redwall follows a large group of anthropomorphic animals that live within Redwall Abbey and the surrounding Mossflower Wood, mainly featuring characters that are mice, badgers, rabbits, and moles. ![]() ![]() Hopefully killing one witch makes Jamie Edwards enough of an expert on magic to be helpful, as the thieves aren't content to just break into one building. ![]() What is he supposed to do with a partner? Every officer in the precinct is either in awe of her or a little frightened by her. The woman is famous for killing the most destructive rogue witch of the century, and no one is quite certain where she's from. Even more astounding, he assigns Henri a partner. ![]() Quite to his astonishment, Captain Gregson has him work the case like a detective. To say the police are 'alarmed' by this is the understatement of the century.Īs a Magical Examiner, Henri Davenforth is of course immediately called in. The break-in is daring enough, but their method shreds the magical wards and protections on the building like confetti paper. ![]() When the Night Foxes boldly break into the Fourth Precinct's Evidence Building, it causes quite the stir. ![]() ![]() ![]() As lively and readable as a crime novel." - The Times (London) "Reading this account of a real-life crime in 1845 is an experience close to time travel. Expertly told.a captivating accomplishment in nonfiction" - Shelf Awareness "In an echo of Magwitch, the convicted criminal who returned from Australia as a rich man in Great Expectations, so John Tawell, a Quaker and convicted forger transported to Sydney where he made a fortune as a retail pharmacist, returned to England where he was a social outcast. Baxter's accounts of the telegraph's technology, the prevailing cultural climate regarding murder and poisonings, contemporary forensic methods and Tawell's personal history are all worthy of an engrossing thriller. Baxter does a stellar job of integrating details about the nascent forensic science of the time, questions about the role of expert witnesses in jury trials, and the insatiable public hunger for salacious details about the case." - Publishers Weekly "Australian historian Carol Baxter melds true crime and science in the gripping The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable. ![]() "Fans of Erik Larson's true-crime thrillers will be pleased by this gripping account.With a novelist's flair for drama, using details that were painstakingly extracted from the historical record, Australian popular historian Baxter recreates the life of suspect John Tawell. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Kakegurui compulsive gambler vol 9![]() ![]() Yumeko is then challenged by card expert Itsuki Sumeragi to a game of two-deck Concentration. She frees Suzui of his debt and becomes friends with him, revealing she has a maniacal passion for gambling. At first, Yumeko wins and loses a few rounds, and ends up out of chips, but she figures out how Mary has fixed the game in her favor, and when the stakes are raised, soundly beats her. ![]() She is challenged by Mary Saotome to a jankenpon (rock-paper-scissors)-styled gambling game. ![]() New transfer student Yumeko Jabami is guided about the school by house pet classmate Ryōta Suzui. "A Girl Named Yumeko Jabami" ( 蛇喰夢子という女, "Jabami Yumeko to iu onna" ) Main series Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler No. A prequel spin-off manga, Kakegurui Twin, began serialization in Gangan Joker on September 21, 2015. It is licensed for English released in North America by Yen Press. It has been serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Joker since March 22, 2014. ![]() The Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler manga is written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Tōru Naomura. The official logo of Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The Lottery by Shirley Jackson![]() A few years after Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’ was published, Ray Bradbury wrote a story, ‘ The Flying Machine’, in which a Chinese emperor decides it is better that one man be killed (in order to keep the secret of the flying machine concealed from China’s enemies) than that the man be spared and his invention fall into the wrong hands and a million people be killed in an enemy invasion.īut what makes the lottery in Jackson’s story even more problematic is that there is no evidence that the stoning of one villager does affects the performance of the village crops. There are obviously many parallels with other stories here, as well as various ethical thought experiments in moral philosophy. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s much better to people like Old Man Warner that one person be chosen at random (so the process is ‘fair’) and sacrificed for the collective health of the community. People will die if the lottery is not drawn, because the crops will fail and people will starve as a result. To give up the lottery would, in the words of Old Man Warner, be the behaviour of ‘crazy fools’, because he is convinced that the lottery is not only beneficial but essential to the success of the village’s crops. ![]() We may scoff at the Carthaginians sacrificing their children to the gods or the Aztecs doing similar, but Jackson’s point is that every age and every culture has its own illogical and even harmful traditions, which are obeyed in the name of ‘tradition’ and in the superstitious belief that they have a beneficial effect. ![]() |