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Reading & Writing Wrap-Up: 11/16/12
How was your week? Good, I hope. Mine was...productive, and filled
with research on snorkeling, coral reefs, coastal lagoons and rip
currents. And a little marine life thrown in for good measure.
All the research is for the novel I'm currently working on for my NaNo draft, not-so-aptly titled On Her Terms . If you want to see what I've written this week, it's up on The Drafting Desk:
Installment 6
Installment 7
Installment 8
There's also a new chapter of The Handyman's Harem Girl up at the Fantasy Ranch blog:
Chapter 18
And for fans of my horror alter-ego, a new chapter of Jack at the Alex Westhaven blog:
Chapter 5
I'm actually thinking of meshing the end of this particular horror
short with my NaNo draft - if it works, I think I just might have
something kind of fun on my hands to play with next year as far as these
two genres are concerned. Stay tuned...
I've been a total slacker on my other blogs lately. I've decided to shutter Routinely Yours,
to focus more on writing. The fate of my nail art blog is up in the air
as well...I'm just not sure I have any interest in keeping it up any
longer (much like my tea blog). Obligation isn't a good reason to do
anything, really...and yet, I do have trouble letting things like that
go, because I still enjoy them. Just maybe not enough to work at it.
As for what I've been reading lately: I just finished a really fabulous short story by Dean Wesley Smith called On Top of the Dead, but I also recommend a great contemporary romance trilogy for this week's Recommended Read(s):
Suddenly Sexy, Simply Sexy & Sinfully Sexy by Linda Francis Lee
Up next on my kindle I'm flipping between more shorts from DWS, and
trying to finish up a few of the books that have been in my "current
reads" file for far too long now (just because I never quite got back to
them...several story collections/anthologies, but a few novels as
well). Why all the shorts? Well, I actually really like reading short
fiction (groovy for lunch breaks especially), but I love writing it too.
So I'm hoping that some of the awesome from these other authors rubs
off on me while I'm reading, and improves my own writing. Win-win!
In print, I'm still working my way through Blasphemy by
Douglas Preston. My slow slog through it should in no way be construed
as a commentary on the book - I'm enjoying it greatly. It's just that
it's on my nightstand, and I often don't go to bed until my hubby's fast
asleep. It would be better for both me and Preston if I got to bed
earlier...
This weekend I'm also reading/marking up a handful of short/flash
story submissions for the next BSB anthology, and very much looking
forward to that.
And that's my week in a not-so-small nutshell. How did yours go? Read or write anything fun?
with research on snorkeling, coral reefs, coastal lagoons and rip
currents. And a little marine life thrown in for good measure.
All the research is for the novel I'm currently working on for my NaNo draft, not-so-aptly titled On Her Terms . If you want to see what I've written this week, it's up on The Drafting Desk:
Installment 6
Installment 7
Installment 8
There's also a new chapter of The Handyman's Harem Girl up at the Fantasy Ranch blog:
Chapter 18
And for fans of my horror alter-ego, a new chapter of Jack at the Alex Westhaven blog:
Chapter 5
I'm actually thinking of meshing the end of this particular horror
short with my NaNo draft - if it works, I think I just might have
something kind of fun on my hands to play with next year as far as these
two genres are concerned. Stay tuned...
I've been a total slacker on my other blogs lately. I've decided to shutter Routinely Yours,
to focus more on writing. The fate of my nail art blog is up in the air
as well...I'm just not sure I have any interest in keeping it up any
longer (much like my tea blog). Obligation isn't a good reason to do
anything, really...and yet, I do have trouble letting things like that
go, because I still enjoy them. Just maybe not enough to work at it.
As for what I've been reading lately: I just finished a really fabulous short story by Dean Wesley Smith called On Top of the Dead, but I also recommend a great contemporary romance trilogy for this week's Recommended Read(s):
Suddenly Sexy, Simply Sexy & Sinfully Sexy by Linda Francis Lee
Up next on my kindle I'm flipping between more shorts from DWS, and
trying to finish up a few of the books that have been in my "current
reads" file for far too long now (just because I never quite got back to
them...several story collections/anthologies, but a few novels as
well). Why all the shorts? Well, I actually really like reading short
fiction (groovy for lunch breaks especially), but I love writing it too.
So I'm hoping that some of the awesome from these other authors rubs
off on me while I'm reading, and improves my own writing. Win-win!
In print, I'm still working my way through Blasphemy by
Douglas Preston. My slow slog through it should in no way be construed
as a commentary on the book - I'm enjoying it greatly. It's just that
it's on my nightstand, and I often don't go to bed until my hubby's fast
asleep. It would be better for both me and Preston if I got to bed
earlier...
This weekend I'm also reading/marking up a handful of short/flash
story submissions for the next BSB anthology, and very much looking
forward to that.
And that's my week in a not-so-small nutshell. How did yours go? Read or write anything fun?
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