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What You Might Have Missed This Week

It has been an insanely busy week! I cannot believe how quickly holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas will be coming up! Given that everyone is super busy all the time these days, I like to catch all my readers up on what they might have missed on every Sunday! Without further ado, here are the posts from this week:

What You Might Have Missed This Week:

>> Balance: Practice Peace for Indie Writers– A great one to glance over if you’re feeling stressed.

>> Reading and Writing: Two Sides of the...

Book Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Title: Ender’s Game

Author:Orson Scott Card

Length:324 pages

Genre:Science Fiction //Young Adult

My Rating:5/5 Stars

There are many, many books in this universe. A great amount of them are amazing. Few are fantastic.Ender’s Game is one of the fantastic few. I first read this novel in high school at the behest of my then-boyfriend (now husband). He told me that it was incredible and one of his favorite stories. As soon as I completed the first chapter, I knew it would be one of my favorites as well....

Leaves Talk: ‘Tis the Season for Thankfulness

Wait…don’t we know these leafy guys? Yes…yes, we do. You’ve seen them before, but I haven’t gotten out and about to photograph other leaves in a few weeks. I need to get on that.

Anyhow, Happy Friday! I hope that you are enjoying all the cool weather and the preparations for Thanksgiving and Christmas! I know I am. Been doing lots of reading and publishing preparations this week. Hoping (*fingers crossed*) to have another book out VERY soon.

Thank you to everyone who has readNight Bells and to...

Current Reading: Favorite Quotes from Guards! Guards!

I’m a little bit in love with Terry Pratchett’s books. It’s true. I adore that man’s writing. TheDiscworldbooks make me laugh, swoon, and send my heart pumping intheheat oftheaction on occasion. Never read aDiscworldnovel? Don’t even know what they are? Well, my friends, do I have a link for you! Check out Terry Pratchett’s author website for anything you’d need to know! Anyway, back to the point at hand. I LOVE his books. Currently, I’m reading throughGuards! Guards!It’s a delightful story a...

A Christmas Tale: Blog Event Sign Up!

It may seem a bit early to announce a Christmas blog event, but Christmas is only 48 days away, folks. FORTY-EIGHT DAYS. That is really close. Besides, I wanted to give you all time to choose your stories and read them! This event is open to anyone who loves to read and has a blog! Here are the specifications for this blog event:

1. You must choose two Christmas stories, read them, and post a review for each of them on your blog at some point between December 1 and 25th! NO EROTICA!

2. In additi...

PROJECT FAIRY TALE

Hi, everyone! I came across this lovely blogging event via The Cheap Reader. We are planning to host the actual event on our blogs sometime in early 2013 (either February or March). The premise? Choose a fairy tale (that hasn’t already been chosen) and read it, along with at least 3 retellings of the story, and post reviews on your blog! There are many other things you can do to jazz up the event, but this is the bare minimum. All stories you read must be young adult or child appropriate. Cl...

Wednesday Wanderment!

Ahhh…looks picturesque and beautiful, right? Well, itwasa beautiful arbor that the Philosopher and I saw when we visited north Georgia’s winery…but looks can be deceiving. Swarming all over that stretch of sidewalk were about twelve thousand yellow jackets supping up the innards of myriad broken muscadines…SCARY!

Moving on! Here we are at another Wednesday! Hard to believe the weeks fly by so fast! I am really looking forward to a restful, fun, and snuggly evening with my hubby tonight. We’ve...

Sponsor Unearthing Words in November!

I am SO pleased to announce that Unearthing Words is officially accepting sponsors! If you’d like to help support L.M. Sherwin’s novels or you are an author, writer, or book blogger, you can now purchase affordable ad spots from my Advertising Page!I am offering large, medium, and small ad spots to be displayed at the top of my right-hand sidebar underneath the heading “SPONSORS”. Large sponsors will have the opportunity to do an interview post during their month of sponsorship. Medium sponso...

Site Currently Under Construction!

Forgive our messiness! We’ll get it fixed ASAP! We are converting the blog to a three-column format that will be much easier to showcase fun stuff! Thank you for your patience!

Reading and Writing: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Reading and Writing…to be an author, you need exceptional skills with both of these two activities. Many writers are so busy, they don’t take time to read. This, my friends, is a huge mistake. Some readers spend all their time reading, but never dare to believe they could write! This, too, is a mistakefor some. Not everyonewantsto write, but for those who do, an avid reading habit is a marvelous beginning.

What is it about reading that helps a writer so much? You’d be surprised. Growing up, I...