Sarah Mäkelä's Blog, page 44

The Reading Blitz Continues...

And surprisingly, I've already finished reading my "reading quota" of the month so far with it being just over the middle of the month. Wow! I'm a little surprised. Those two books being Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews and Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur. Both were great. I actually finished Full Moon Rising last night during the wee hours of the night. This year I've been trying to read more, and I made an insane goal at the beginning of the year to read at least 24 books this year, making it...

Please welcome... author Morgan Wyatt!

The Writing Virus

If you are reading this then you've probably been infected with the writing virus. Instead of carving your name into your desk or signaling your BFF across the room in elementary school, you may have written her a note or even a story that featured her as a lead character. Some of you may have started your story weaving even before you could write. Sure, parents tend to consider stories as lies as opposed to seeing it as a sign of a creative mind. Perhaps you were attempting ...

Rising up from the depths...

So things have been pretty interesting around my household recently, and my sleep schedule has been all over the map. I've barely been able to get near my computer to put in updates and other things here. It's crazy. On a happy note, I'm going to be going to Disney World on Thursday! Woohoo! I'm excited about that. It'll be hubby's first time going to the Magic Kingdom. Random... yes. lol

I also finished reading Ilona Andrews's Magic Strikes about a week ago. It was REALLY awesome. I honestly ...

Just finished reading...

A Hunger Like Fire by Greg Stolze.

This is a World of Darkness, Vampire: The Requiem (RPG) novel that I bought a couple years ago and started last year. I put it down since it wasn't keeping my attention, but I decided to pick it back up this year to give it another shot. It's based on the pen and paper games, and this one is about a vampire who is changed and doesn't know who his maker is as well as a female vampire who is changed by the Prince of the Damned who is the ruler of the vampires i...

The Friday 56

The Fifth Sentence

"I opened my eyes and I had become the only offspring of Chicago's Prince of the Damned." - A Hunger Like Fire by Greg Stolze (A World of Darkness, Vampire: The Requim novel)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
* Post a link along with your post back...

Please welcome... author Linda Andrews!

Ghosts. Phanthoms. Spookables. Most people would confess to experiencing something beyond their explanation. Case in point, my sister. She gave up her career in engineering to sell real estate and in doing so has had a few encounters. This is her latest:
Okay- I just had a spooky incident while showing houses to Adams County Housing Authority this afternoon. We were in our last house for the day. The two Adams County women were down the hall in one of the bedrooms, talking about repairs that w...

Just Finished Reading...

Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews.
This is the second book in the Kate Daniels series with Magic Bites being the first. They should be read in order since the books wouldn't make as much sense if you didn't.
Wow! That is the word that comes to mind when I think of this book. The other night, hubby and I werefacing some yucky insomnia and kept tossing and turning, so we decided to read for a little bit to help get to sleep. I was about half-way through the book at that point. Needless to say, I...

Quiet week

This week has been quiet with the agent hunt. I've been making myself scarce from the blogosphere since I've begun working on my next novel. I outlined it at the beginning of the month. After that, I stayed busy researching agents and trying to find all agents I could on that have urban fantasy leanings or specialization. Now I'm training myself not to check my email every five minutes, and instead, I'm focusing on getting away from the interwebs. *smiles* It's a good thing for a writer to do...

Interesting Links and Information

As I said yesterday, I find all kinds of interesting links and information while on Twitter, so I thought I would share some of what I saw last week with you guys.

Dabwaha - http://www.dabwaha.com/ - Best way to describe it is that it's a tournament style competition with books instead of sports where people fill out brackets of which book they think could go all the way.Barbara Vey's 3rd Anniversary Party -

Why Do Writers Keep Rejections?

After getting Twitter a few weeks, I've been learning and taking in lots of information from the published authors, publishers, agents, etc.  Having to keep up with all the tweets through the web is pretty hard, so I got TweetDeck and I keep it running throughout the day. This morning, I've been looking at the different windows I've pulled up and reading over what they entailed to see a tweet from Lori Devoti asking, "Writers, why do we save rejections? I have all of mine dating back to very ...