Sheila Deeth's Blog, page 71

Meet me at the Fair

Are ebooks real? What about virtual ebooks? I'm reading Zvonek 08 in paperback at the moment and thoroughly enjoying myself. It's definitely a "real" book, but it's made from a collection of ebook novellas published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing. The hero's a wonderful cat called Zvonek who happens to also be a special agent--08 rather than 007, but if you read the books for yourself you'll soon understand the numbers.

Meanwhile I'm posting short stories from my Five Minute Bible Stories Series (...

Still wanting to be "them." Meet me at the Dan O'Brien Project

Once upon a time I'd read interviews with different authors and think "Oh, I want to be them." I wanted to be famous enough to be interviewed. I wanted to have enough books in print to answer "Which book are you most proud of?" I wanted enough book reviews to make answering "What's the harshest you've ever had?" non-trivial. And I wanted to have a writer's life so I could say what's best and worst about it.

Then I self-published some books. I answered interview questions about "Why did you cho...

Series, sagas and trilogies... and sequels too.

My favorite trilogy was the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy--maybe the mathematician in me just got hooked on the idea of a trilogy in five--it certainly wasn't my ancient languages side anyway (though I did do Latin in high school--honest I did). But now the world's full of trilogies, series and sagas. I'm still dreaming one of my Hemlock prequels might make it into an anthology, or maybe my Hemlock trilogy, now threatening to grow into an Adamsian five, will find a publisher. D'you suppose...

Jewel of Shaylar and one author's approach to writing series

Today I get to interview Laura Eno, author of the Carienna Chronicles, the Kingdons of Chandra, and so much more. You can find my reviews of some of her books by following these links: Raven, Wraith (books 1 and two of the Carienna Chronicles), My Enchanted Life, Prophecy Moon... I love her short stories too (you'll find on in the collection Long Live the New Flesh, reviewed here), and I'm delighted to welcome such a prolific author to my blog. So...




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A Book Cover That Worked

I went shopping in a bookstore just before Mothers' Day and my husband told me to pick out a book for myself. As some of you know, I read a lot, but mostly they're books that people have asked me to review--lucky me, since I love reading! But there's something special about picking out a book to read just for me--not that I won't review it just the same since otherwise I'd probably forget I'd read it.

The new paperbacks shelf had the latest Alexander McCall Smith book from the Number 1 Ladies'...

Seasons and Echoes

Today I get to welcome two authors, Marlene Mitchell and Gary Yeagle, to my blog, but first let me introduce them and their books while I wait for them to arrive. I've often wondered how authors work together, so I'm really looking forward to meeting them here. And the books look fascinating...



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National Children's Book Week, and Delilah Dusticle!

Did you know it's USA National Children's Book Week? And here I am writing and rewriting my next book of children's Bible stories (published by Cape Arago Press). It's so easy just to tell the familiar story, and so much harder--also more satisfying--to find an anchor that might make kids relate and repeat, and maybe even learn from it. Still, the collection's growing, and I hope to have at least one more book completed soon.
Meanwhile, Delilah Dusticle, which I reviewed a while ago (click her...

Burning the Middle Ground

Today my blog is hosting one of the character's from L. Andrew Cooper's dark fantasy, Burning the Middle Ground. Meet Mr. Winston Beecher, writing here about Fathers and Spiders.


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Weeding, seeding, pleading and reading

So... The promotion's ended and the books were "sold." Now I'm just waiting (trying not to plead) to see if anyone liked them enough to buy more in the series. Meanwhile I'm reading, writing and researching books seven and eight (which might be called gathering seeds for story-starts). And I'm wondering why May keeps getting older while I still feel lost in February. Even the weather's betraying me--summer's arrived, which is very nice, both sunny and warm, but doesn't really do wonders for m...

Scholars, sphinxes, shades of nyx and a primal scream !

My latest children's stories are just reaching the edit and rewrite stage. I'm editing the first of the New Testament "Five Minute Bible Stories Series TM" while writing the second--and that scary panicky "This will never work right/sound right/feel write" phase is driving me crazy. So it was kind of fun to read Alison Reeger Cook's recent blogpost written as she completed rewrites for her fantasy novel, The scholar, the sphinx and the shades of Nyx. "There was sweat. There were tears. There...