Rick Yancey

Rick Riordan is a full time author and has written many best selling books. A few of his bestsellers include Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus series. If an author can write that many bestsellers than he must be good. Rick Riordan was born June 5, 1964. He grew up with two very artistic parents. His mother was an artist and musician, his father was a ceramicist. Riordan started to write in middle school, the first story he submitted to be published

In 1996 Samuel Mohammed, a resident of West Palm Beach community, kicked down the door of an abandoned house within his neighborhood, that was used as a drug house, spread lighter fluid and started a fire. The night he set the fire he was never far away from the scene. He stood by and watched as the fire and at the time he deemed appropriate he called the police and the fire station. In response for setting the fire he was arrested on the charge of arson. His lawyer argued that he was not practicing

Yet again, I have the joy of introducing my readers to a delightful new Hallmark author, Cassidy Carter. Recently, her book The Perfect Catch, was published in both ebook and print form, and I not only had the joy of reading the book, but I got to interview this special lady. While I was already quite familiar with the movie and the stellar cast, it was sheer delight to savor every moment of this novelization. I am quite honored to share both my review and my interview with everyone today. RH:

Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief is based off Greek mythology. Percy Jackson is a half-blood, which means half human, half god, but even more shocking he is the son of Poseidon; one of the big three. Percy just discovered this whole new world, but now Zeus’s master bolt is missing and all fingers are pointing at Percy. Percy must find the bolt and return it to Zeus in 10 days or else a god war will begin. Through Percy’s quest to find the bolt, Percy shows courage even when he

Rick Riordan: Behind the stories “Where’s the glory in repeating what others have done?” The answer to this question from Rick Riordan’s New York Times Bestseller, The Lightning thief, is simple, There is no glory. Riordan did what others hadn’t done, mixed ancient mythology with modern day life. Rick Riordan has many inspirations for his books, and lots of people who helped him make his books the best sellers they are. So as you learn about Riordan's process of creating his magical stories

During every era of literature, madness is used as a device to help move the plot along, whether it is in ancient writing, William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or Young Adult Novels such as Alice in Wonderland or Percy Jackson and the Olympians. There are many things that could drive a person to madness but if they try and stop the madness by seeking the help they can combat it rather than falling into a dark state of mind that is complete insanity. Most people choose to receive help to defeat their

How can we modernize a story to make it more relatable and understanding to a new generation of learners? The book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief based on the original,“The Legend of Perseus,” is taken and molded into a new take on ancient greek mythology. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief draws on and adds to the original characters, uses similarities and creates differences to rejuvenate the old story. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief has very similar plot types and structures

"BOOM, POW, WHAM, SWOOSH", movies these days are much more realistic and can be compared to many theories or people. Books on the other hand, can be seen in your mind, where you can picture and exaggerate the things that you are reading. The movie and the book of Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief are both interesting. It is about a boy named Percy Jackson who finds out that he is the son of the Greek god, Poseidon. He goes to this camp where he trains and learns to use his powers for good so that

In this essay we will be comparing and contrasting the books “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan and “A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket. We will start off by having a summary of Percy Jackson In “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The lightning Thief” the book starts off simple. A twelve year old boy named Percy who is dyslexic and struggles in school who only has one friend named Grover who is actually a satyr which means goat

look to be that if he continued on this path that he was not going to make out and become successful. He graduated high school and attended some college. Russell Simmons passion was music so he left college to pursue his dreams. He met a guy named Rick Rubin and created Def Jam Records to promote local rap artist. They both gave all there money to make this record company to become successful.