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November 7, 2014
NaNoWriMo 2014!
Greetings, dear readers!
It's the first Friday of the month, and time for A Drift of Quills to get together and chat about books and writing.
You may also have noticed that it is November, and November means NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). While Patricia is off flitting about the countryside, Kristie and I are knee-deep into the crazy, wonderful writing frenzy that is NaNoWriMo.
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It's the first Friday of the month, and time for A Drift of Quills to get together and chat about books and writing.
You may also have noticed that it is November, and November means NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). While Patricia is off flitting about the countryside, Kristie and I are knee-deep into the crazy, wonderful writing frenzy that is NaNoWriMo.
Do
October 31, 2014
Book Review: The Shadow of What Was Lost
Whim struck, and I went with it. Author James Islington is being compared to the likes of Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss—and while I can see that influence on his writing, don't let it fool you into thinking he can't "do his own thang." He did, and pretty well, too!
It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as
It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as
October 17, 2014
Getting Up Again
It's been a busy few weeks—months! Moving from one house to another took up a considerable amount of my time, brain power, and emotion. So does "nesting," as I try to make this new place feel like home. Twenty-three years in the same house bestows a lot of comfort and familiarity. As much as I love the new digs, I still miss the feel of the old one with its well-known walls, much-loved landscape
October 10, 2014
Wedding Bells—Again!
We are celebrating another wedding! Preparation for this one was crunched into two months, and of course the last bit has been hectic! I was able to design the invitations again—I love that—and the hubster has, of course, done the pre-wedding photography again.
So. Tomorrow's the big day, and tonight there's a wedding dinner to attend (which is good, because I've had no time to cook today!).
So. Tomorrow's the big day, and tonight there's a wedding dinner to attend (which is good, because I've had no time to cook today!).
October 3, 2014
The Author's Secret Sauce
It's the first Friday of October. Already! You know what "first Fridays" mean, right? It's the coming together of A Drift of Quills to chat about different aspects of reading and writing. It's the latter we're focusing on this time, with two question we often get: Where do we get our story ideas? How do we keep track of them when they come to us? And joining us today we have author Joshua Grasso.
September 26, 2014
Sci-Fi Fantasy FREAK
Sci-Fi Fantasy FREAK. Yeah!
How would you like a subscription service that caters specifically to the sic-fi and fantasy genres? I know I would. And when founder Matthew Keith emailed me with the news I whooped a gleeful "YES!" and got up to do a Snoopy Dance. (No, there are no recordings. Too bad, right?)
The really cool thing is that I'd just been doing some serious wishful thinking for that
How would you like a subscription service that caters specifically to the sic-fi and fantasy genres? I know I would. And when founder Matthew Keith emailed me with the news I whooped a gleeful "YES!" and got up to do a Snoopy Dance. (No, there are no recordings. Too bad, right?)
The really cool thing is that I'd just been doing some serious wishful thinking for that
September 19, 2014
Guest Interview: A.R. Silverberry
Today we get to visit with the wonderful A.R. Silverberry, who writes fiction for adults and children. His first novel, Wyndano's Cloak, won multiple awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award gold medal for Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction. His newest release, The Stream, has folks waxing poetic. It's intensely captivating, thought provoking, an exhilarating adventure, wonderfully compelling…
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September 5, 2014
Books We Love
Welcome to the Friday Feature of our Fantasy writers group, A Drift of Quills! We Quills get together once a month to chat up aspects of reading and writing. We’re returning to the topic of books we love best—and this will be something we revisit from time to time, because hello! we’re readers *and* writers. Being a writer (or an editor) changes the way one reads things. It’s not strictly for
August 8, 2014
Chocolate Fix: Cinnamon Toasties
There is a bag of chocolate chips in my pantry in severe danger of being exterminated. Or... I might break down and make a family favorite. Cinnamon Toasties.
Now, they're not 100% chocolate (I know, shocking isn't it?) but they are just so darned good it's hard to eat just one. And they have chocolate chips IN them. In the world of "almost chocolate," these little items are hard to beat. And
Now, they're not 100% chocolate (I know, shocking isn't it?) but they are just so darned good it's hard to eat just one. And they have chocolate chips IN them. In the world of "almost chocolate," these little items are hard to beat. And
August 1, 2014
Picture This!
Welcome to the Friday Feature of the Fantasy writers group, A Drift of Quills! We Quills get together once a month to chat up aspects of reading and writing. This month we're choosing a picture we think best represents some person, place or thing in one of our works. I don't know about you, but I love seeing the pictures that have inspired my fellow authors in their writing. Sometimes their
