Lazarapaste has a great post on Dear Author about Romance heroines, beauty and virtue–with the upshot being that she’d like to see some heroines with a lot less beauty and virtue, or with beauty decoupled from virtue. I’m probably saying it wrong. You should go read it. And if you’ve…
I’m taking a break from my nonstop writing orgy (32K since Thursday) to pimp the book of a friend. Now, I just bought my copy today, so you will have to wait a bit for me to rant and rave about Evie Byrne‘s new novella, Dante’s Inferno, but I’ve read…
Did you miss me? I’m sorry I told you to get lost three hours and forty-two minutes ago, but I wasn’t in my right mind. I had just opened my mailbox to find Private Arrangements waiting for me, and, of course, I had to read it. Now that I’ve read…
…go away. I’m reading. But come back on March 25th when I’ll give away the copy of Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas that I would have bought, if I hadn’t been so lucky as to win a copy in the Dear Author contest.
Rust, mold, mildew. Corrosion, erosion, collapse. Writers have imagined a thousand ways in which humanity will end, but no one has ever offered such a well-researched and startlingly specific idea of what happens after as Alan Weisman’s engrossing book, The World Without Us. The World Without Us presents houses, cities,…
My ARC of Ann Aguirre’s Grimspace arrived in the mail today. If her vast Grimspace Publicity Juggernaut has somehow missed you, Grimspace is an exciting new sci-fi novel which Jane of Dear Author recently reviewed very favorably and of which Sharon Shinn said the following: An irresistable blend of action…
Christmas at our house was like the “Gift of the Magi,” except, not stupid. Hubby and I, we bought each other video games. Two sets of video games, and only one PS3. ::sigh:: Anyway, We’ve finally managed to play through our respective sets of games, and I thought I’d write…
No secret here, I’m not a very good blogger. I’d love to be fascinating and insightful, but, honestly, I have way more fun reading other people’s blogs than I do writing my own. For instance: Tumperkin. You may have read her book reviews on I Swear it’s Not Chick Porn,…
Everybody loves presents. Here’s a list of presents from authors to readers–free reads! Update: December 26, 2007 through January 1, 2008: Free Harlequin eBooks! You can download one book a day. Paperback Writer’s 2006 Free eBook ChallengeThis here is a big, mama-jama list o’ free fiction. Lynn Viehl (she of…
A while back, Nice Mommy and Evil Editor Angie had a fun contest. She said she would send something to the first three people to reply to her post. The thing is, the winners have to pay it forward and hold a similar contest. Which is quite a nice kick…
