A.M. Riley's Blog, page 10
January 23, 2011
January 21, 2011
book I'm reading tonight
[image error]
Losing Everything by David Lozell Martin
Currently the writer I most want to emulate.
View all my reviews
Currently the writer I most want to emulate.
View all my reviews
January 17, 2011
I'm going to call it research
I love animals of the canine persuasion. Especially square headed toothy, battlescarred dogs whose backhair goes all prickly when they growl at the man who delivers packages to my door. So some time ago I thought I might try my hand at a sort of were wolf story.
Well, a sort of were dog, weir dog? Hmm.
Anyway, I'm feeling a little better today but not 100 percent so I decided to play with it a little. And I ran into the problem with the images in my head.
Not romantic. I can't even ::shudder:: imagine finding that attractive. So I used goodreads "Genre" search function for the first time. Not only can I look for werewolf stories available as ebooks, but I can see which ones my 'friends' have enjoyed.
This is so cool.
I read Amber Green's "Bareback" today. And now I think I sort of understand how the animal thing can be sexy. Then I downloaded "With Love" by J.L. Langley.
(Kindle via Amazon is wicked. There is virtually instantaneous satisfaction. My card is auto charged and I don't even feel the blood leaving me, so to speak. Evil.)
Anyway, then I purchased Stephanie Hecht's "Primal Passions" (despite the hideous cover)
It's research!
Well, a sort of were dog, weir dog? Hmm.
Anyway, I'm feeling a little better today but not 100 percent so I decided to play with it a little. And I ran into the problem with the images in my head.
Not romantic. I can't even ::shudder:: imagine finding that attractive. So I used goodreads "Genre" search function for the first time. Not only can I look for werewolf stories available as ebooks, but I can see which ones my 'friends' have enjoyed.
This is so cool.
I read Amber Green's "Bareback" today. And now I think I sort of understand how the animal thing can be sexy. Then I downloaded "With Love" by J.L. Langley.
(Kindle via Amazon is wicked. There is virtually instantaneous satisfaction. My card is auto charged and I don't even feel the blood leaving me, so to speak. Evil.)
Anyway, then I purchased Stephanie Hecht's "Primal Passions" (despite the hideous cover)
It's research!
January 15, 2011
Never read reviews...
I know better. I'm my own worst critic and I agonize over every book. The fact that I write slowly and don't come to it naturally, but by painstaking labor, makes me hyper aware that I'm undoubtedly attempting to do something nature never intended me to do. : )
But I persevere and usually have the good sense not to read my reviews. They will only mess me up in the head and echo there while I'm trying to write.
Maybe I can blame the fever. Or the boredom of being bedridden. But I read a couple of reviews today.
Stupid stupid stupid.
But I persevere and usually have the good sense not to read my reviews. They will only mess me up in the head and echo there while I'm trying to write.
Maybe I can blame the fever. Or the boredom of being bedridden. But I read a couple of reviews today.
Stupid stupid stupid.
feeling gross
Do we still say 'gross' or am I showing my age?
I feel wretched and yet I can't just hang it up and go to bed. I wanted to finish a short I'm editing (film) and write quite a bit of a book I've got in the works. My head is throbbing, my eyes are burning. If I take my temp I know what I'll discover and so I'm not going to do it.
My stomach is grumbling and feels like a volcano about to blow.
Stress, germs and rock 'n roll. It'll get you every time.
I feel wretched and yet I can't just hang it up and go to bed. I wanted to finish a short I'm editing (film) and write quite a bit of a book I've got in the works. My head is throbbing, my eyes are burning. If I take my temp I know what I'll discover and so I'm not going to do it.
My stomach is grumbling and feels like a volcano about to blow.
Stress, germs and rock 'n roll. It'll get you every time.
January 9, 2011
Flashing Teddy-pig
Teddy-pig has a new thing "Show me your Scrivener" He's asking all the authors who use the software to send him a screenshot of their WIP. I'm still in the 'trial' version and I love it to bits. This is the first writing software I've ever found not to be more trouble than it's worth and I sent a screenshot of "If Not for You" to teddy.
And now I feel like I've flashed my undies at the world. There is my novel all naked and stuff. Typos and curse words and all...
And now I feel like I've flashed my undies at the world. There is my novel all naked and stuff. Typos and curse words and all...
January 8, 2011
Yahoo comments - OR- Has the World Gone Mad?
I have a yahoo email account, so I get the latest news, as reported by Associated Press, right next to my 'mail' box. I often click on the links and read the articles and sometime, if I find the article particularly interesting, I'll scroll down to read the comments of other readers.
Or.. I USED to read those comments. With complete anonymity, the unmonitored yahoo comments section has become a place where people can spew their sociopathic vitriole without ever needing to take responsibility for their words.
The recent shooting of Representative Gifford, for instance, spawned this comment: "shooting a Dem in the head isn't life thereatening. they've got no vital organs there." (sic)
Seriously? You post this on the internet? "Who are these people?" I asked -E-.
"They don't live in California," she tried to soothe me.
I don't believe her.
Well, someone has decided to TRY to get yahoo to at least moderate their comments section. He's started a facebook group here and I encourage you to join. If you're into facebook , that is.
And check out this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/opi...
regarding the same topic.
Or.. I USED to read those comments. With complete anonymity, the unmonitored yahoo comments section has become a place where people can spew their sociopathic vitriole without ever needing to take responsibility for their words.
The recent shooting of Representative Gifford, for instance, spawned this comment: "shooting a Dem in the head isn't life thereatening. they've got no vital organs there." (sic)
Seriously? You post this on the internet? "Who are these people?" I asked -E-.
"They don't live in California," she tried to soothe me.
I don't believe her.
Well, someone has decided to TRY to get yahoo to at least moderate their comments section. He's started a facebook group here and I encourage you to join. If you're into facebook , that is.
And check out this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/opi...
regarding the same topic.
December 24, 2010
Christmas Eve and World Hunger
The title of my post sounds awfully momentous. I can't possibly write anything that lives up to it.
I hope you all are having a great holiday. I'm feeling super blessed this year. Disney gave us an entire week off, starting today. I work with an awesome group of creative and interesting people. I had money to buy gifts. Everyone I love is well and as happy as can be expected. My house will be full on Christmas day. A tiny dog is curled against my thigh as I type on my new MacBook Pro. I simply can't believe how lucky I've been.
So my early New Year resolution is to take steps to give other people as great a year as I've had. Despite the fact that I've no idea how to do this.
Luckily, Nathan Bradford posted a link to Heifer International on his blog. Y'all probably already knew that you can give a cow, goat, sheep, pig or whatever, to a needy family but I didn't. I've decided that since my sister beat me to the punch and already gave my mother an ereader, I'm going to give a goat to a family in her name. Neat.
As the week progresses, I hope to find other ways to give (hopefully not as expensive). I do plan a post-christmas give-away of my books as well.
Don't eat too much gingerbread. That stuff is dangerous.
I hope you all are having a great holiday. I'm feeling super blessed this year. Disney gave us an entire week off, starting today. I work with an awesome group of creative and interesting people. I had money to buy gifts. Everyone I love is well and as happy as can be expected. My house will be full on Christmas day. A tiny dog is curled against my thigh as I type on my new MacBook Pro. I simply can't believe how lucky I've been.
So my early New Year resolution is to take steps to give other people as great a year as I've had. Despite the fact that I've no idea how to do this.
Luckily, Nathan Bradford posted a link to Heifer International on his blog. Y'all probably already knew that you can give a cow, goat, sheep, pig or whatever, to a needy family but I didn't. I've decided that since my sister beat me to the punch and already gave my mother an ereader, I'm going to give a goat to a family in her name. Neat.
As the week progresses, I hope to find other ways to give (hopefully not as expensive). I do plan a post-christmas give-away of my books as well.
Don't eat too much gingerbread. That stuff is dangerous.
December 15, 2010
book give away! Death by Misfortune
Wander on over to 'Stumbling Over Chaos' and win a free copy of Death by Misfortune! Chris has been kind enough to run the contest on her blog.
Or maybe Chaos, the cat, is running it. I often wonder who is in charge over there.
Or maybe Chaos, the cat, is running it. I often wonder who is in charge over there.
December 14, 2010
Death by Misfortune's first review!
Auntie Lynn, at Reviews by Jessewave, gave 'Death by Misfortune' five stars here.
Very nice of her and she did a thorough job reviewing a complex book so I'm very grateful.
I have four books simmering on the burners right now, the sequel to DbM being on 'low'. They are:
Sequel to "Son of a Gun" called "The Unmapped Country"
Sequel to "Death by Misfortune" called "I
Dead Things"
Another Adam-the-vampire book called "Till Death Us Do Part" (this one is not even simmering at the moment, it's going to be a while)
And a new one called "If Not for You". Which I keep thinking I'm going to finish by the end of the month... and then something happens at work and I revise that thought.
My question is which would you rather see first? The 'Son of a Gun' sequel or the 'Death by Misfortune' sequel. Keeping in mind that my writing schedule looks like its been through a blender...
Very nice of her and she did a thorough job reviewing a complex book so I'm very grateful.
I have four books simmering on the burners right now, the sequel to DbM being on 'low'. They are:
Sequel to "Son of a Gun" called "The Unmapped Country"
Sequel to "Death by Misfortune" called "I
Dead Things"Another Adam-the-vampire book called "Till Death Us Do Part" (this one is not even simmering at the moment, it's going to be a while)
And a new one called "If Not for You". Which I keep thinking I'm going to finish by the end of the month... and then something happens at work and I revise that thought.
My question is which would you rather see first? The 'Son of a Gun' sequel or the 'Death by Misfortune' sequel. Keeping in mind that my writing schedule looks like its been through a blender...
