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GUEST POST: STACEY KADE-
ON THE SUBJECT OF ALIENS
As many of you already know, Colleen recently started her very own Houck Book Club, a place where we could virtually meet to read a featured book each month and then discuss it together on Goodreads. Since then, Colleen has decided to offer her fans something more!
She is starting a writer’s club called
THE MODERN INK SOCIETY!
Once a month, she will invite a guest to write an article, something unique and special to them and post it here on her website.
To kick things off, she’s chosen Stacey Kade, author of Young Adult science fiction. So for those of you who love sci-fi, this blog is just for you!
Last month was our first book club where we chose the story written by Stacey Kade entitled, The Rules.
Here’s a little about the book if you haven’t read it:
1. Never trust anyone. 2. Remember they are always searching. 3. Don’t get involved. 4. Keep your head down. 5. Don’t fall in love. Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. Ariane’s survival—and that of her adoptive father—depends on her ability to blend in among the full-blooded humans in a small Wisconsin town, to hide in plain sight at her high school from those who seek to recover their lost (and expensive) “project.” But when a cruel prank at school goes awry, it puts her in the path of Zane Bradshaw, the police chief’s son and someone who sees too much. Someone who really sees her. After years of trying to be invisible, Ariane finds the attention frightening—and utterly intoxicating. Suddenly, nothing is simple anymore, especially not the rules…
So. . . introducing Stacey Kade on the subject of ALIENS!
By: Stacey Kade
A couple of weeks ago, during our Goodreads chat, Colleen asked me, in regard to THE RULES: Why aliens?
And that’s a good thing. That distance gives us the space to consider who we want to be, now and in the future, by examining both our desires and our fears, as a people. As, well, Earthlings. (Or, Terrans, if you prefer).
So, in short (TL;DR), look to the aliens in our science fiction stories/movies/TV to see what we truly fear; they are a reflection of our concerns far more than those of any, as-yet unknown society of beings.
So, there you have it folks. Feel free to share your thoughts on the subject of ALIENS or on subject you’d like to hear in the future!
~Till next time,
Linda Louise Lotti
This entry was posted in Articles, Featuring Authors, The Modern Ink Society.
I’m Linda Louise, one of the bloggers on this website and Colleen’s little sister. I’m just a girl in her mid-thirties who feels thirteen when I play outside with my boys, fifteen when I sing my heart out listening to tunes while driving by myself, and sixty five when I go out past ten at night. I have a thing for junior mints, Mt. Dew, shrimp and kale (though not all at once) and I have a crush on Superman. I still get girlish butterflies when I read Twilight, cry when I read These is My Words, and smile from ear to ear when I read Anne of Green Gables. I have nightmares about aliens on a regular basis and I have a bad habit of midnight snacking. I love everything sports, except golf (although can that honestly be considered a sport??), and I hate anything that slithers, hisses, or stings. I have a problem with giggling at inappropriate moments and I sometimes wish life was a musical. I love science, hate math, love Dr. Seuss, and hate olives. My family is my world and my joys come from their happiness. I’ve learned I don’t know much about anything and I live for a good adventure, naps, cuddles, stories, exceptional food and The Shire.