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January 17, 2014
2014 Book #2 – Widdershins, by Jordan L. Hawk
*gasp* This book was AWESOME! That’s about as simple as I can get when it comes to explaining how I felt about a book. It’s true! I loved it from the moment I started reading it, through the entire course of the action and romance, and all the way to the exciting conclusion! Widdershins, by […]
January 14, 2014
The Power of Can’t
There’s one word in the English language that can drive me to the brink of madness faster than any other. And when I say “madness”, I mean it both in terms of extreme, rabid anger…and wild bouts of imagination and creativity. That word is “CAN’T”. No one should ever say the word “can’t”. I don’t […]
January 10, 2014
Poisoned Peppermints of the 19th Century
All right, so this is totally a mini spoiler for my forthcoming novella, Seeks For Her, but bear with me. At the beginning of the story, several children in Cold Springs are ill, including two of the heroine, Rebecca Turner’s children. But they’re not sick with a disease. I needed it to be something else. […]
January 8, 2014
Same Story, Different Book
This month’s issue of the Romance Writer’s Report (the trade magazine for the Romance Writers of America) included a fantastic article by Erin Quinn and Kris Kennedy entitled “That’s My Book She Wrote!” about those painful moments when you pick up another book and realize someone else has written your story. The article talked about […]
January 6, 2014
2014 Book #1 – Leveling Up, by J.R. Tague
What a seriously cool book to start the new year with! It wasn’t my usual fare, but I had so much fun reading Leveling Up, by J.R. Tague that I couldn’t put it down. I should note that J.R. Tague is a real-life friend of mine and I was involved in the really early beta-reading […]
January 3, 2014
2013 Book #34 – The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
I’ve already mentioned in my post of Top Five Books of 2013 that The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak was one of my favorite books read last year. Well, now you get to find out why. I was a history major in college. Twice. I have always been fascinated by any story that has a […]
January 1, 2014
Indie Publishing Done Right
Last week, Kristen Lamb wrote a killer-good post about self-publishing. Literally. Five Mistakes KILLING Self-Published Authors. She hits several nails (five, to be exact) right on the head and points out the most common mistakes we indie authors make. But I know that some people have a knee-jerk reaction any time anyone points out the […]
December 30, 2013
Top Five Books of 2013
And now for my final top five list of 2013. Of course I saved the best for last. I made a real effort to read more in 2013 than I have been reading lately, and lucky for me, I pulled that off! So of those 34 books I managed to read in 2013, here are […]
December 27, 2013
Top Five Things I Watched in 2013
Continuing with my year-end look at the best of 2013, today I’m looking back over the stuff I watched in 2013. I’m including movies and TV in this category because I don’t actually see a lot of movies. I watch a lot of TV either, but between the two I have enough to pull from. […]
December 23, 2013
2013 Book #33 – Seduced by Innocence, by Karpov Kinrade
I should probably start off by saying that I’ve never really “gotten” the whole paranormal romance thing. It just isn’t a genre that speaks to me. Twilight? Never been the slightest bit interested in reading it. The only reason I picked up Seduced by Innocence (as part of a 3-book bundle that includes its two […]
