Emma in the Night and Other July Reads

I finished 10 books in July:Shadow Girl by Gerry Schmitt (ARC For my review, click here.)The Selection by Kiera CassA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J MaasThe Writer’s Journey by Christopher VoglerHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (audiobook, reread)Emma in the Night (ARC) Hoodoo by Ronald L. SmithThe Poet’s Companion... Continue Reading →

Luminary

The lighter snaps to life as the last of the sun drains from the skyIt is naked, bare, Harshly bright compared to the muted flicker of the candles that line the pathA host of hands reach up, prop the ribs, the flesh, as the fire kindlesAir warmed, the white orb lifts away, a ghost drifting... Continue Reading →

Prophecy (The Lightning Thief and Other June Reads)

Persuasion by Martina BooneRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFrom Where You Dream by Robert Olen ButlerMad Richard by Lesley Krueger (digital ARE) Click here for full review‘Round Midnight by Laura McBride (ARE) Click here for full reviewJust After Sunset by Stephen King (reread)Illusion by Martina BooneFairest by Marissa MeyerZen in the Art of Writing by Ray... Continue Reading →

A Year of Bodies

I didn’t realize salt had a smell until I moved inland. Maybe my smell sensors were always full, clogged, and couldn’t register the salt. Maybe it was just pleasant, a lovely thing that blended into the background. Unlike the air here. Here I am full of the absence of salt. I miss it.I knew that... Continue Reading →

The Blonde and Other May Reads

I finished eleven books in May: Shadow Man by Alan Drew (ARC)Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t by Steven PressfieldAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanProductivity for Creative People by Mark McGuinnessHeartthrobs by Carol Dyhouse (ARC)The Civil War Love Letter Quilt by Rosemary YoungsThe Map That Leads to You by J.P. Monninger (ARC)Harry Potter and the Goblet... Continue Reading →

Tango Girls

I finally finished the rough draft of my latest novel. This is the fourth novel I've finished in the last two years. I'm still not entirely sure how this happened....The novel is part of what I think will be a set of four novels, each focusing on a different main character. I have no idea... Continue Reading →

Motivation (April 2017 Reads)

I finished twelve books in April:The Midnight Star by Marie LuCase Histories by Kate AtkinsonMacbeth by William Shakespeare (reread)The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. FinneySinner by Maggie StiefvaterHeartless by Marissa MeyerThe Lucky Ones by Anna GodbersenThe Sun is Also a Star by Nicola YoonThe Ship... Continue Reading →

From the Way Back

Again, the middle of the month has snuck up on me. Typically, I post a new bit of short fiction around the fifteenth. But I am deep in the dark and spooky drafting cave where the bright flash of short fiction cannot reach. (Translation: All of my writing has been on my current novel in... Continue Reading →

Bad Blood and Other March Reads

I finished twelve books in March:Feversong by Karen Marie MoningMiss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestOrigin by Diana Abu-JaberBad Blood by Jennifer Lynn BarnesHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (reread, audiobook)Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth WeinForever by Maggie StiefvaterGreen-Light Your Book by Brooke WarnerDuma Key by Stephen... Continue Reading →

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