by Cassandra Spellman | Jun 8, 2023 | Book Reviews, Fiction
You wake up in a room you don’t recognize. You shiver inside a coat you’ve never seen before. You touch your face, which you know is yours but you can’t identify it. You look out the window at a city, and you have no idea how you got here. You have taken a wrong turn...
by Cassandra Spellman | May 9, 2022 | Dystopian, Fiction
“I feel like I’m living in a dystopian novel,” I said to my husband one day in March 2020. That was when my world, like yours, came to a dramatic halt. A universal shut-down, imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, became an unprecedented experience for our...
by Cassandra Spellman | Apr 29, 2022 | Fiction, Writing
As is the case with most endeavors in life, it’s helpful to have some kind of an end goal when you embark upon a new pursuit. Well, the other day I began to contemplate my motivations for writing fiction. It wasn’t an existential meltdown, by any means: a “Whyyy am I...
by Cassandra Spellman | Mar 31, 2022 | Dystopian, Fiction, Music, Writing
As we approach the publication date of A Nation of Tyrants, the second book in The Shadows of Freedom series, we thought you, our readers, might enjoy hearing some of the music that inspired our writing. Get ready to enter the atmosphere of the novel! “Lost at Sea” by...
by Cassandra Spellman | Mar 15, 2022 | Fiction, Friendship, Writing
Are you a people pleaser? Let’s say someone asks you out for coffee, but you don’t really feel like going. Do you go anyway, just because you don’t want to say no and upset the person? Or maybe a friend has done something that hurt your feelings. When he or she...
by C & C Spellman | Jan 4, 2022 | About the Authors, Dystopian, Fiction, Writing
Many have expressed interest in the sequel to In the Shadows of Freedom and we’re excited to be able to share a bit about it! First of all, you may be wondering what the title will be. Coming Spring 2022 is… A Nation of Tyrants We want to keep most of the plot a...
