Although I ended up spending most of February sick, I still got my first draft of Mito written in my personal version of NaNoWriMo in February, and am working on rewriting an older work in March and getting ready for Camp NaNo in April. But, on to reading!
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I was saddened to hear this morning about the passing of Leonard Nimoy. I could spend hours telling you about his many qualities, many of which you already know, but I think the Times did a great job with this article.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
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If you are looking for more books for your TBR pile, here are books that grabbed my attention this week. These are not generally books that I have already read, though a few of them might be. They are books that I have seen and added to my TBR list, looked up on Amazon, loved the cover of, etc. Just a quick run-through of what caught my eye, so you can have a look too.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
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Happy Valentine's Day! Do you have a love of books?
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
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If you missed my big announcement this week, hop over and have a look!
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Way back in May, I received a request for copies of Ruby, Between the Cracks for consideration by the In the Margins Committee for their Best Books for Teens award. Then in August, I was excited to tell you that Ruby had been nominated for award. A week ago, I was over the moon to find out that Ruby won the award, landing a place in the top ten! I have had to wait to announce it, but the list was released today and I am free to spread it to the world.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
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Looking for more books for your TBR pile? Here are books that grabbed my attention this week. These are not generally books that I have already read, though a few of them might be. They are books that I have seen and added to my TBR list, looked up on Amazon, loved the cover of, etc. Just a quick run-through of what caught my eye, so you can have a look too.
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One of the reasons that I picked up The Gauguin Connection by Estelle Ryan is that like This Plague of Days, it involves a protagonist on the autism spectrum at the center of an intriguing plot. And unlike This Plague of Days, The Gauguin Connection gives us a capable, believable, well-rounded autistic character (and a great plot!): ...

Here I am with books that grabbed my attention this week. These are not generally books that I have already read, though a few of them might be. They are books that I have seen and added to my TBR list, looked up on Amazon, loved the cover of, etc. Just a quick run-through of what caught my eye, so you can have a look too.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
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I have decided to start a (hopefully) regular feature on books that have grabbed my attention in the last week (or however long it has been since I got the last feature up). These will not be books that I have already read, though a few of them might be. They will be books that I have seen and added to my TBR list, looked up on Amazon, loved the cover of, etc. Just a quick run-through of what has gotten my attention, so you can have a look too.
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I have had This Plague of Days on my TBR (to be read) list since I heard Robert Chazz Chute's interview on Rocking Self Publishing back in August. I'm not big on apocalyptic, but was intrigued by his use of an autistic character and wanted to see how he portrayed Jamie and got into his head. Jamie has Aspergers Syndrome and is a functional mute with an obsession for words/etymology. I was disappointed to find that Chute only has a superficial understanding of the Autism Spectrum, and has endowed Jamie with mystical/paranormal powers. But I'm still reading it because I want to see how it all turns out ...

It's sort of like Christmas in July; NaNoWriMo is just too much fun to only do once a year. Or, er, only three times per year... When I made my initial five-year plan for publishing, I decided that I would continue to write three new books per year (writing the first draft for Camp Nano in April, Camp Nano in July and NaNoWriMo in November) as well as working on finishing, rewriting, editing, and revising my backlist for publishing. It was a good plan. But my creative brain starts to itch during the long space between November and April, and my logical brain points out that I have a new writing project planned for Q2, Q3, and Q4, but nothing in Q1, which is rather unbalanced.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
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