Slog, slog

I haven’t had any days were the words flowed this week, but the slow and steady has netted me 22 pages so far, or roughly 2000 words.  I have a bit mixed feelings about the draft.  The quality of the draft is… low.  Which can be fixed later, I know.  The fact that I am […]

Winners!

The winner of a pre-order of Wild Invitations are KatyAmber wins a copy of Tangle of Need Michele wins a copy of Slave to Sensation Congrats to the winners 🙂

Monday News: Macmillan settles with DOJ

Amazon get patent to sell used e-books and other digital content This piece of news broke on Thursday… and Twitter went wild. I honestly don’t think Amazon will use this patent, since it would cost them too much.   Why? Because Amazon is first and foremost a content provider, and I strongly suspect that if […]

Weekend ramblings

This weekend was surprisingly busy, but in a good way.  First, I went to a play with  Mum,Dad, my sister and her boyfriend, my brother, aunt and one of my cousins. I am not sure it was the best version of The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg, since it was shortened and modern. But I […]

Reflections on UK vs US urban fantasy

I finished reading Fated by Benedict Jacka yesterday. Which is a book that I enjoyed a lot*, but as I wrote up my review, I started to think about the differences between the UK set Urban Fantasy and US Urban Fantasy.  Or rather the difference. I haven’t read that many UK set urban fantasy novels […]

Writing update

Look! Two blogposts this week 🙂   The draft is slowly progressing.  Right now I am foreshadowing later events.  Some of it I am aware of, like the fact that she is tracking down something that just doesn’t fit. But other things, I have no idea what I am foreshadowing, just the feeling that it […]

WWW Wednesday Feb 6

( Crossposted from my other blog) The meme comes from shouldbereading. To enter, just answer the following questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? and What are you planning to read next? Currently reading: When Demons Walk by Patricia Briggs.  I decided to read it since it is one of […]

WWW Wednesdays Feb 6

The meme comes from shouldbereading. To enter, just answer the following questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? and What are you planning to read next? Currently reading: When Demons Walk by Patricia Briggs.  I decided to read it since it is one of my favorite books, and it has […]

Embarrassment of Riches: January roundup

Well… I might have been a bit optimistic when I said I’d easily each the 50 books goal.  While I did read A LOT this month, a lot of it was newish books. But. I did read some books that qualify for the challenge :). And those was:Hidden by Blood by Laurie LondonDark Awakening by […]

On my Wishlist: Paranormal Romance

A blue moon rises, bringing with it magic and danger to a sleeping Denver.Brandy Svensson mourns her lost soldier fiancee and struggles to move on. Her own near-death experience has brought her an odd “gift” – she has a telepathic connection with cats. She’s coping with life’s changes until the night she finds a lost […]