On a recent day of malingering, while, for once, I didn’t have any urgent commitments, I gave in to my need for a bit of escapist brain candy. Denise Domning has offered her book as a freebie on Amazon for a while, and since it’s described as a Regency romance, I was intrigued enough to … Book Review: Almost Perfect
This week I had to turn in the first draft of my major research paper for class. I had chosen to write about the changes in the publishing industry, since that is a topic that profoundly interests me as an indie author. But I’m supposed to focus on it from a management perspective, and that … Process and Change and Leadership
My Twitter friend @lianabrooks had a very specific request for a Friday reads recommendation yesterday for something “high fantasy set in Venice with pirates and witches.” It reminded me of the epic fantasy Mercedes Lackey co-authored with Eric Flint and Dave Freer. She asked me if it was good, and since Twitter just isn’t the … Book Review: The Shadow of the Lion
Fellow author Justin Bog tagged me earlier today in a writing prompt kind of game. As he describes it: The Look is a writing prompt, a game, another tagging event. This is how U Got “The Look” works: you take your current manuscript, search for the word “look”, and post the surrounding paragraphs. Lastly, you … U Got the Look: Sneak Peek at Encounters
I thought this week was going to be stressful. I suppose it was, too: I had four assignments due, including research, studying, and pages of writing. While I continued my procrastination inclination (I didn’t start actually writing the 4-7 page paper with annotations and proper academic formatting until tonight), I managed to read a fiction … Mid-term, Full Moon
It’s mid-term week for me already… and you can see what that’s done to my posting schedule. I missed Sunday altogether, and I’m contemplating the need to shift my posting dates, since my degree program’s standard due dates are Wednesdays and Sundays. This being mid-term week, that means I had discussion board responses due tonight, … ROW80: Final Check-in
I know. This is a classic. But it’s a classic for a reason. I read it the first time in 6th grade, while I was staying overnight at a friend’s house. We had big plans to complete a complicated school assignment. Sometime after dinner I stumbled across this book on some bookshelf in the house. … Book Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
For a year or two in High School, I was on a Heinlein kick. He was the “big deal” author in one of the genres I enjoy reading, so it seemed important to know what he had to say. I remember reading the inside cover blurb on Friday and being intrigued: Friday is a secret … Book Review: Friday
Another week of graduate school under my belt; all assignments turned in before their due dates/deadlines. That is actually starting to feel like a major accomplishment (and a goal worth reporting on), since this week I was assigned a literature review in preparation for the final paper for the course. That meant I wrote close … ROW80 Check-in: Puppy Birthday
This is one of the very few books I’ve read, where I saw the movie first, and was moved to read the source material. In fact, it was the first Sagan book I had read–something about reading male scifi authors in High School had turned me off of them and their inclination to make paper … Book and Movie Review: Contact
