I found Kalayna Price‘s novel Grave Witch via an Amazon recommendation. I have to say that for the most part I’ve been pretty happy with their recommendation engine–though I suspect it has as much to do with the fact that I’m pretty reliably a fan of the urban fantasy subgenre, and like to see how … Review: Grave Witch
I found this at a local bookseller primarily because of its placement on the shelf with a group of featured books. The premise of someone being transported from modern-day Oklahoma to a parallel reality via a vase that had vague Greek goddess overtones appealed to my sensibilities. From the blurb: Somehow Shannon has stepped into … Review: Divine by Mistake – A classic tale of Partholon
I ran across this in the bookshelves at a local book store when I was browsing for a new author a few months back, and was intrigued by the blurb on the back cover (ironically by an author whose name didn’t ring any bells, despite the “New York Times bestselling author” appellation). “In Laura Resnick’s … Review: Doppelgangster
As you might remember from last night’s post, I met @bputtroff on Twitter via the #wordmongering community. She was beavering away on the second book in a series she had started and was more than willing to both cheer me on–and chat and distract me between sprints. In the heady moments after I realized I … Review: Dusk Gate – Seeds of Discovery
I know… it’s a little bit of old news… But, honestly, I had to take a keyboard break after the breakneck pace of writing I needed to maintain to actually finish. I did finish–even better, with 35 minutes left before the deadline. And it felt like much more of an accomplishment this year than last. … NaNoWriMo – Two-time Winner
Once again Twitter has granted me a new author contact. Carolyn Arnold (on Twitter at @Carolyn_Arnold) is doing a book release blog tour to promote her third title and was kind enough to accede to an author interview here (where I’m frantically trying to stay on top of my Nanowrimo word count this month). Enjoy! … Author Interview: Carolyn Arnold
Here’s something I never would have expected: Having started this blog a year ago, flush with the amazement of having conquered my first NaNoWriMo challenge, I really only thought this blog would serve as an aide-memoire for myself, and maybe a roadmap for my friends and colleagues on the things I had been reading. I … Me? Blog Award?! I’m a Versatile Blogger
The other day one of my Triberr buddies, @JustinBog, posted about Russell Blake’s Pet Wall, since his Zippy is prominently featured there. As I read the stories outlined on that site, and in particular Blake’s explanation regarding the inspiration for his latest book, An Angel with Fur, I was particularly moved by his desire to … Furry Angels – Sacred Whispers
For the second year in a row, I’m participating in the NaNoWriMo madness… And this time I have an active blog that needs feeding, on top of the writing I’m supposed to be doing on my latest novel. Combined with my Twitter penchant, my job, and my freelance work, November is starting to feel like … NaNoWriMo – Madness the Second Time Around
Today on Twitter, @evilmynx @PavartiKTyler shared a review of a book currently on sale at Amazon… for FREE. I’m a sucker for free, given all our many expenses, and Pavarti’s review was so good I had to see for myself what the fuss was about. It was totally worth the gushing! I had a hard … Review: Space Junque
