Okay, it’s been a busy couple of weeks, but I hope to be back on track. I’ve got my novel finished for NaNoWriMo — well, not finished, but the 50,000 words uploaded. I’ve got some new books and some reviews to get caught up on and some photos for Saturday Snapshot. So, here’s what’s coming up: Monday: I’ve got some… Read more
Oh, this made me smile. There are some great things about ebooks, but you lose something when you aren’t holding the book in your hands. “How do you press a wildflower into the pages of an e-book?” – Lewis Buzbee, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop Read more
If you haven’t seen much of me lately, it’s because I’ve been busy writing. As I mentioned earlier this month, I joined NaNoWriMo for the first time ever, and just a short while ago I uploaded my novel, The Girl in the Woods — all 50,421 words of it. What will ever become of this bit of writing, I can’t say.… Read more
Oh, now here is a question that we Readers are all familiar with — and I love the responses she runs through. “She remembered one of her boyfriends asking, offhandedly, how many books she read in a year. “A few hundred,” she said. “How do you have the time?” he asked, gobsmacked. She narrowed her eyes and considered the array… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home with Books. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes… Read more
Welcome to the Black Friday Book Bonanza! I’m hosting this giveaway hop along with Heather from Book Savvy Babe and Jenn at the Bawdy Book Blog. You know how this works: you can enter my giveaway using the form below, then use the linky to connect with more than 70 other Black Friday giveaways! Why fight the crowds at the… Read more
Today, I’ve got an excerpt from the award-winning novel The Children by Ida Jessen. Ida Jessen is one of Denmark’s bestselling female authors. Since 1989 she has written ten novels and short stories collections for adults and children. She has also translated novels from Norwegian and English into Danish and won a swathe of awards, including the prestigious Søren Gyldendal Prize and the BG Bangs Literary… Read more
Here’s an interesting quote and I would love to hear your comments on it. I think it gets at the heart of why so many avid readers get pegged as book snobs. A lot of my well-read friends dislike a lot of popular fiction, and it makes them sound snobbish, but the fact is that they are probably just pickier… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce at At Home with Books. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes… Read more
It’s Friday, so we must have a guest post! Today’s contributor is Terri Austin, author of the Rose Strickland mystery series. Her latest effort is Last Diner Standing, where poor Rose is having a blue Christmas. I asked Terri about the special difficulties in writing a series: how do serve both new readers and the folks who have read all… Read more