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March 30, 2009
932 and counting …
Finished Night and Day by Robert B. Parker. This is the eighth book in his series about Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass.
In this one, Jesse has to deal with two problems — a peeping Tom who calls himself the Night Hawk and a school principal who made several girls show her their underwear before a school dance. The Night Hawk soon escalates to home invasions, while the principal insists she did nothing wrong. Jesse also has to deal with his ex-wife, who’s gone off with another man
931 and counting …
Finished The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks. This is the first book in his epic fantasy, Night Angel trilogy about an orphan-turned-assassin named Azoth/Kylar.
Azoth knows that life on the streets is hard and dangerous. So to protect his friends, Doll Girl and Jarl, and himself, Azoth decides to become an apprentice to the best wetboy (aka assassin) in the city — Durzo Blint. The years pass, and Azoth slowly takes on the persona of Kylar Stern, a respected, but relatively poor noble. But war is br
The tax man cometh …
So I mailed my taxes in over the weekend. Painful, as always. Self-employment tax, which authors have to pay, really, really sucks. [image error]
I also have a day job, which is in a different state from where I live. And wouldn’t you know it, but the state that I work in has a state income tax. This year, I had to send them a check for $9.
Evidently, all the money that the state takes out of my paycheck during the year isn’t enough to cover the state income tax. No, they need $9 more. Sigh … [image error]
March 26, 2009
Today’s post …
Is over at Romancing the Blog. Enjoy! [image error]
March 25, 2009
‘Tis done … for now …
So I’ve finished my first draft of my young-adult fantasy, Quiver. Word count: 62,241. If I was writing one of the Elemental Assassin books, I’d need about 30,000 more words. But I think 62K is a good start for a YA. I’m thinking the final book will be between 70-75K.
After about six false starts, I finally think I’ve nailed down how I want the story to go. My main character, Gwen, is sort of a Scarlet Pimpernel meets Robin Hood type. With magic. Here is something resembling a blurb:
After her fat
March 24, 2009
Smooth-Talking Stranger …
So the folks over at Dear Author and Smart Bitches are doing another Save the Contemporary book campaign, this time for Smooth-Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas. There are free books to be had, so go on over and check out how you can enter and help spread the word. [image error]
Now, I don’t keep a lot of books (simply because I don’t have room) and I don’t re-read that many books either, but Kleypas’ other two contemporaries, Sugar Daddy and Blue-Eyed Devil, are two books that have gone up on my keeper shelf
March 23, 2009
A second chance …
There will, in fact, be a second chance tournament for the Dear Author/Smart Bitches tournament. Huzzah! So go on over and enter.
I did, because my first bracket sucked. Of course, now the second book I’ve picked to win (Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas) will automatically lose as well. Because that’s how I roll when it comes to contests. [image error]
Sorry, Ms. Kleypas, I really didn’t mean to curse your book …
March 19, 2009
Book madness …
I’ve been meaning to mention this all week, but time has gotten away from me. Anyway, the folks at Dear Author and Smart Bitches are hosting their own version of March Madness — with books. Check it out here.
It’s too late to sign up to win prizes now (unless maybe they do a second-chance tournament halfway through like they did last year?). But you can still vote here and play along at home.
My pick to win the tournament? The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (which is next in my TBR pile). Of cour
March 18, 2009
930 and counting …
Finished The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines. This book kicks off a new fantasy series for Hines, about three fairy tale princesses and the adventures they have.
This book focuses on Danielle de Glas Whiteshore (aka Cinderella). Danielle is trying to adjust to life in the royal castle now that she’s married her prince. But when Danielle’s stepsister Charlotte tries to kill her, the princess learns that her husband has been kidnapped — and that her servant Talia (aka Sleeping Beauty) is quite ha
Success, baby!
So a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I was hunting for a fantasy book I’d seen somewhere about a thief and a wizard whose stories intersect … and I’ve finally found it again! It’s Melusine by Sarah Monette.
Curiously enough, I was reading through the fantasy reviews in the latest issue of Romantic Times when I spotted the review for Monette’s latest book (the title escapes me right now). Hey, I thought, that sounds familiar …
Anyway, now that I know what the book is, I can do something useful — li
