Friday Reads 12.22.23

It’s Friday, and you know what that means. Let’s talk about what we’re reading!

I’m on vacation this week, and had high hopes for many books read, but ended up doing some writing instead. It’s hard to find quiet time when you’re with family for the holidays. Next week.

I did start Carissa Broadbent’s THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF THE NIGHT, and AMERICAN PROMETHEUS, the True Story of Robert J. Oppenheimer.

I’m also deep into a buddy rewatch of Harry Potter movies, a Christmas tradition. I’ve seen them enough times that this go around, I’ve turned on the audio subtitles, as I did with the first season of The Crown, and am sinking into the narrative and analyzing story and character arcs.

When I say I’m writing, I’ve been doing a revision of a short story I turned in last week, a historical Christmas story set in Ireland, with a twist on The Tell Tale Heart. As my short stories are wont to do, it turned quite supernatural, and now I’m deciding between pulling back on that or writing something new. Either way, this particular story is going to be bigger than what my editors need, so I might just end up with two. Or a novella. We’ll see…

And a fun, fun evening last night, as I was able to get together with my very first editor, Linda McFall. She is the one who bought the first three Taylor Jackson novels in 2006. We had a lovely catchup, and talked about the industry and the changes we’ve seen. Makes me itchy to get another Taylor story into play…

That’s it from me this week. How about you? What’s on your reading plate this weekend?

Wishing all who celebrate a safe and beautiful holiday ahead. Merry Christmas!!!