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Trick-or-Treat! The Sandy Screw-up Edition

I'm doing a thing! A very...scary?...thing. While Sandy was away vacation-ing in the West Caribbean, I was digging through organizing her stuff,* and I discovered something super hilarious.

Sandy can't sign her name.

ROFLMAO

I mean, eventually she gets it right, but check out a few of the sig pages she's "messed up." 

 

Look at that second pic! Sandra??? Sandy's only called Sandra when she's in trouble! lol

But wait, it gets better! I also found Sandy's Super Secret Stash of Slightly Imp...

Sandy's Favorite Books of 2023

I had a decent year of reading for me. 24 books (one added after I took this pic). That's probably more than I read in previous years. It helped that five of these were audiobooks.

I'd rate all the books pictured here at least 3 stars. Probably at least 4. I enjoyed them. I'm at a point in my reading life where I allow myself to DNF books more often than I used to. There are just too many stories to read to spend time in one I don't absolutely love. 

So which book was my favorite of the year?

Fo...

Sandy Recommends: An Ember in the Ash series in Audiobook (SPOILERS)

 

Title: An Ember in the Ash series

Author: Sabaa Tahir

Narrators: Fiona Hardingham, Katharine Lee McEwan, Steve West, Maxwell Caulfield, and Nikki Massoud

Format: Audiobook

Rec'd by: Milia

Date finished: 12/7/23

Short review: "Brilliantly plotted, this is a violent, heart-wrenching story that will emotionally wreck you."

 

Long review WITH SPOILERS

 

Sabaa Tahir has the best cliffhanger chapter endings. There was always a new tidbit of information or something similar that made me go, "Argh! ...

Fused in Earth & Stone is Out Everywhere!

Fused in Earth & Stone, Kennedy Rain #3 is finally available everywhere!

You can cut out the middle man/corporations and buy directly from me, or you can hop on over to your favorite retailer. However you choose to purchase, thank you so much for reading Kennedy’s story! You make my characters feel real.

Get it now:

Sandy’s Shop: https://www.sandy-williams.com/FUSED
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BDGCSSCK
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/fused-in-earth-and-stone
Apple: https://b...

Ready, Set, Read: Kennedy Rain Arrives Early!

Did you hear the news? Fused in Earth & Stone is out early on my website!

Be one of the first to read it, and when you purchase directly from me, you bypass the big corporations and support me directly. It's a win-win however you look at it. And, yes, you can read on any device. :-)

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁. 𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆?When Kennedy dares to open The Rain’s doors to unsanctioned paranorms, she sets off a chain of events that...

Did you hear the news?

Fused in Earth & Stone, the next--but not last!--Kennedy Rain book will be out in one week here on my website! Buying from retailers? No worries. It will release at all the places 7 days later, on October 3rd.

You guys are going to love Fused! I think it might be my favorite Kennedy book so far. 

Pre-order now, clear your schedules next week, and get ready to read!

𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲...

Sleeted in

It's below 32 degrees here in Texas, and we have wet stuff falling, so that means everything shuts down. The boys are home from school, appointments are cancelled, and I'm just sitting here in my office watching a few idiots drive on roads covered in a quarter to a half inch of sleet.

Out my window, I can see the back parking lot of an elementary school. A jeep decided it was a great time to drop off a bag of stuff to the donation thingy there. I laughed when the person almost slipped on their a...

Have you ever read a book wrong?

Have you ever read a book wrong?

I just did.
I bought Daughter of No Worlds (aff link) by Carissa Broadbent after seeing the cover and skimming the blurb and first page. Really, it was the gorgeous cover that sold me. I put off reading it for a long time because I didn't think the book would live up to the image, but then I opened it last week and read a few pages.
It was so good! The writing and the worldbuilding and the heroine were all awesome. So was the hero! But that's where I ...

I'm not going to show you my underwear drawer, but...

NaNoWriMo went GREAT last week! So great that I hit 10,000 and bought myself something to celebrate.

Drawer organizers!

Even though I'm one of the least organized people I know, it made me happy! I aspire to have my shit together someday, and my dresser drawers have been driving me nuts for a while. It was SO satisfying sorting things out and giving them a real home.

I now need an incentive for hitting 20k (even though that is farfarfarfarfar off because this week? The words aren't flowing). I t...

NaNoWriMo Math

I did the math. NaNoWriMo for me is, um, basically unattainable?

I know, I know. I'm a pessimist, but building myself up and telling myself lies has never really worked for me. But, really, take a look at this. I was able to figure out just how hard it would be.

I downloaded and completed the number-y part of Sarra Cannon's Preptober Planner. I started by crossing off the days that I know I'm not going to write, which is five days during Thanksgiving and three "buffer" days. To have any hope of ...