Keep the binge-reading going with the Summer Reading List.
Included in this giveaway is The Fine Art of Keeping Quiet, which now has a reading group guide. You can download the guide in PDF format here.
Happy reading!
Tag Archives: Books
Free Fiction Friday: Summer of Love and Magic
Looking for something magical and romantic to read? Head on over to the Summer of Love and Magic giveaway and download a book … or ten.
Summer is a great time to binge read.
Filed under Free Fiction Friday, Reading
April (snow) showers, 99-cent sci-fi and fantasy, and some free fairy tales
So this is what it looks like right now (more or less).
I’m not sure what April (snow) showers bring. Chihuahuas, maybe.
So, with that, I think it’s entirely appropriate to curl up and read until spring starts in earnest. Author Patty Jansen is hosting another of her fabulous promotions this weekend. All the books are organized by category so you can jump to your favorite sub-genre.
Or if you’re in the mood for fairy tales, you can download some for free during the entire month of April.
The free and fabulous fairy-tale promotion.
Happy reading, everyone!
Filed under Books, Promo, Reading, Reading & Writing
Weekly writing check-in: the one with the early morning dance competition
Dance competition time! For my daughter, not me. But we were up early and at the event before we’d normally be at school/work. I’m tired. We’re all tired here. So a short check in this week. I finished How Goldie Lost Her Locks, which came in at ~14,000 words. I also finished up the layout for Coffee & Ghosts 3 and have ordered a print proof.
I think this come week will be a short story week, and I hope to both write one and revise one. We’ll see.
Writing Work:
- Planning/researching new series
- Draft writing ~ 3,700
- Print layout, Coffee & Ghosts
Submissions:
- None
Rejections:
- None
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- None
Filed under Coffee & Ghosts, Weekly Writing Check In, Writing
Weekly writing check-in: the one with more fairy tales and Girl Scout cookies
It was a week of Girl Scout cookies and fairy tales and print layout for Season Three of Coffee & Ghosts. And that’s about it.
I’ve been doing some world building, but I prefer to write stories along with that, or really, as part of the world building. Because sometimes you have to walk in your world to see whether or not it works.
I’m hoping to finish How Goldie Lost Her Locks this week and move onto An Army of Toads. Then I’ll take a look at a novella I wrote last year with an eye to expanding it (and really, it’s this story that started this particular journey).
Writing Work:
- Planning/researching new series
- Draft writing ~ 5,100 words!
- Print layout, Coffee & Ghosts
Submissions:
- None
Rejections:
- None
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- None
Filed under Coffee & Ghosts, Weekly Writing Check In, Writing
Weekly writing check-in: the one with the bundle of ghosts
So, this week, I released the bundle of season three of Coffee & Ghosts, because some people like their coffee and ghosts all in one place. I’m still doing the print layout for it, but that should be ready in a week or two.
And … I started in on a new story. For now I’m calling it How Goldie Lost Her Locks, and it’s about how … Goldie lost her locks. I’m also outlining another one that I think I’ll call An Army of Toads. And if you’re thinking to yourself: hm, those sound like reimaged fairy tales, you might be right.
Otherwise, I filled the week helping my daughter with her Girl Scout cookie sales … lots and lots of cookies sales and lots and lots of cookies.
Writing Work:
- Planning/researching new series
- Draft writing ~ 5,000 words!
Submissions:
- None
Rejections:
- None
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
Coffee & Ghosts 3: The Complete Third Season is now available for those of you who like your coffee & ghosts in one place.
Filed under Coffee & Ghosts, Weekly Writing Check In, Writing
Weekly writing check-in: the one with the reading challenge
This week looks a lot like last week. I’m still in class, working on a new series (or so I hope), and reading/researching. I’m also hoping to start in on a reading challenge this year. I haven’t done one for a while, but War Through the Generations is hosting a stress-free World War II reading challenge this year. Check out their read-along books as well. I’ve been meaning to read All the Light We Cannot See, which is up first in March.
So? Join me? I’ll start doing mini-reviews again once I log a few books for the challenge.
Writing Work:
- Planning/researching new series
- Story Genius
- Graphic design class
Submissions:
- None
Rejections:
- None
Acceptances:
- None
Publications:
- None
