January 2010
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Amazon, You and Me Are Quits
Disclaimer: I am well aware that this is an incredibly biased letter but I’m ranting. That’s what rants are: incredibly biased. This particular post is nothing more than my interpretation and understanding of the current debate. I really tried to stay away from blogging about this., because EVERYONE is. I ranted about it on Twitter. [...]
Writing Update: Week 4
I had a good week. Big Grin. Also, for the first time this year (I know we’re only 4 weeks in, but whatev) I have two projects to report this week and one to add. Week 4 of 2010 Writing Updates Project Title: FULL CIRCLE Genre: Urban Fantasy Total New Words: 30,116* Goal: 55,000 Current [...]
Books That Don't Suck: NIGHTLIFE by Rob Thurman
I actually read this one about a week ago, but I’m just now getting around to posting about it. And because I’m incredibly lazy, I’m reposting my (short) review from Goodreads instead of writing another whole review: Nightlife by Rob Thurman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I absolutely loved this book. I’ve been searching [...]
Spammers Suck
I just got blasted with spam yesterday and I have to wonder, do these people really think this works? I mean, I’m not all that anxious to buy over-the-counter Viagra right now. Well, I blocked about 9 IP addresses yesterday, even though my spam filter caught them before they posted to the website. I have [...]
In Which I Am Crafty
No, I don’t have pictures. Mainly because I haven’t finished anything except a weird bunny head that my child confiscated from me a few days ago and now sleeps with it. It’s kind of weird. I never thought my kids would like anything I crocheted, especially like it enough to go to bed with it. [...]
Spreading the Love
One of my friends from an online writing community just recently got her first cover so I thought I’d spread the joy here too. Kasey Mackenzie’s debut novel comes out in…oh, about five months. Go check out Kasey’s LJ and see the fantastic cover! I’m really hoping I get to do this stuff soon too!
Writing Update: Week 3
Week 3 of 2010 Writing Updates Project Title: FULL CIRCLE Genre: Urban Fantasy (I can’t decide if I want to market this as YA or not. So we’ll just call it urban fantasy for now and when I’m finished, I’ll look at the genre again) Total New Words: 9893* Goal: 42000 Current Progress: 44903/75,000 Things [...]
Pop! Goes the…Plotbunny?
Alright, so as I’m struggling to get through FULL CIRCLE (otherwise known as REWRITEPOCALYPSE) I’ve realized my mind works in a pattern. It seems as soon as I hit the 40-50k mark on a book, a new plotbunny pops into my head. Not that I’m really complaining, because I love getting the ideas. It’s just [...]
See Suzan Write
Since I’m waaaaayyy behind on my writing right now, I though I’d offer you a little story: See Suzan. See Suzan write. Write, Suzan, write! See Suzan pull out her hair. See Suzan bald. See Suzan bang her head on the desk because she’s way behind in her writing and possibly isn’t going to get [...]
Books That Don't Suck: STEELFLOWER
Yeah, so I bought this book at Barnes and Nobles the other day purely for curiosity sake of the publisher. It helped that I’m familiar with the author, (because I follow her on Twitter…yet another reason I think Twitter is the most effective promotional tool online right now) though this is the first one I’ve [...]
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