Leslie Karst, author of Molten Death When A Fish Out of Water Meets an Active Lava Flow “Will we sip Mai Tais on white sand beaches under azure skies with puffs of trade wind clouds above? Will the strains of ukuleles and sweet falsetto voices float to us from a nearby tiki bar, brightly […]
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A Reflection on My New Book, WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan
A Reflection on My New Book, WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan My new book, WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA?, is out very soon, and I’m bracing myself, just a little, that some readers might think some parts of the story are a little far-fetched. If they do, I’m prepared with my rebuttal argument! […]
The Dark Side of Fame, or How Kpop’s dreaded “Black Ocean” Inspired the Plot of The Band
The Dark Side of Fame, or how Kpop’s dreaded “Black Ocean” inspired the plot of The Band There’s a wild statistic out there that says upwards of a quarter of millennials would quit their job tomorrow in order to become famous. Once upon a time, being doctors and lawyers were considered the “dream jobs”; these […]