Friday Finds

I have used Ereader IQ occasionally, but earlier this week I discovered a new to me feature: Subscribing to an author, and getting e-mails when their prices drop on Amazon. This is perfect for KDP select, since I tend to miss those freebies. Oh, and I discovered that I probably can order Createspace books through […]

Click. Click! Ooh.

Yesterday in the war room I asked if  it was believable if Mages were called Mancers in the US and Witches/Wizards in the UK.   It was prompted by a thought that the pixies had to come from somewere, and maybe Magi CIS and the Brownie Liason was set in the same world. The answer I […]

WWW Wednesday March 27:

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading?• What did you recently finish reading?• What do you think you’ll read next? Warning: This edition is bit… monotone :P. What are you currently reading?Right now, I am reading  Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend. It is the second […]

WWW Wednesday March 20

This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading?• What did you recently finish reading?• What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: The Marquess by Patricia Rice I am in a historical romance mood, plus I love Patricia Rice novels :). […]

Heads up: Google Reader is closing

I am sure that you have already read this on a number of blogs, but I thought I would post about it anyway :). From Google’s announcement: Google Reader will be retired on July 1, 2013. If you’d like to download a copy of all your Reader data before then, you can do so through […]

ARC Review: Beach House No 9 by Christie Ridgeway

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, HQN, avaiable in print and as e-book The Source: Netgalley The Grade: B- The Blurb: When book doctor Jane Pearson arrives at Griffin Lowell’s beach house, she expects a brooding loner. After all, his agent hired her to help the reclusive war journalist write his stalled memoir. Instead, Jane finds a […]

Another snippet from the sorcerer

I posted the old opening last week, so I thought I would post the new opening this week. I promise I will not post a third version next week! 😀 The sound of the phone made me look up from the report I was reading. I stretched out a hand and picked up the reciever. […]

A couple changes

I outlined the first 5 scenes of the Sorcerer , and then I decided to start writing. When I started writing, the words that I typed was in first, not third like the old version. I considered it, and decded that it felt right to tell it in first. And, the opening is SO much […]

Uh-oh.

Yesterday, my laptop suddenly froze. I cursed, turned it off and went to make dinner.  When I turned it on after dinner, I discovered that it was beeping. Not loud, and not all the time but occasionally, it beeps.   In fact, it sounds like an EKG machine..Yeah…  I don’t like that at all :P.  But […]