ARC Review: Blood Winter by Diana Pharaoh Francis:

The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Pocket, available in print and e-book The Source: ARC from the author. The Grade: B- The Blurb: NEW GAME. SAME RULES. SHE FIGHTS. THEY DIE. Max always does her job, no matter how brutal and bloody. That’s how it’s been ever since she was enslaved by a witch, turned into a […]

Keep it simple

Writing a synopsis is a part of my revision synopsis, since it allows me to figure out plot holes.   But, I have  struggled  with the synopsis for Trollkungens dotter.  And then yesterday, I had one of those lightbulb moments. While the partial draft are riddled with problems, it start in the right place. Which […]

World Fantasy Con!

I just paid my membership for WFC in Brighton. Right now I am crossing my fingers that I will not get a refund, due to it being full booked. *twitches*   ( I had planned to go to P-Con, but it was cancelled…)

Decoupage ramblings

Lillian’s post about her new craft store ( And yay for Lillian :))  made me want to take up decoupage again.   I have dabbled in it, primarily serviette decoupage.  Which is fun. But, I want to move on from it. I just haven’t been sure what to do next.    But today I discovered […]

Friday Bargains: A mixed bag

I love Shannon Stacey’s Kowalski novels ( most of them, anyway.)  And right now, Exclusively Yours is free at number of e-bookstores. And,  if you buy the Kindle Version, the audiobook is discounted to 3.99.   ( You have to own the Kindle version, this is an Whispervoice deal. ) Samhain made me happy when they […]

ARC review: Jar of Dreams by Liz Flaherty

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Carina Press, available as e-book The Source: ARC from Netgalley The Grade: B The Blurb:  For as long as she can remember, Lucy Dolan has been jotting down her hopes on slips of paper and saving them in a pickle jar—her jar of dreams. It was the first thing she saved […]

Back to the drawing table

So. Yesterday I took a look at the synopsis.   And I was a bit appalled to discover that there were plot holes big enough to poke my head through.   I knew that the end was missing when I started writing, but I had planned to reach the point were the first draft stops before I […]

WWW Wednesday Jan 16th

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?   I found this meme at Book View Cafe, although originally it was created by Shouldbereading   • What are you currently reading? The […]

Read along: The Granite Wolves series by Vivian Arend

Book 6, Wolf Nip, will be released in February, so  to celebrate Vivian Arend is hosting a read a long of the first 5 novellas.  And, she is giving away prices too.  Join  the fun at her blog.   ( I definitely plan to. Also, this gives me a reason to review the first 4 novellas. Something […]

Things like this just don’t happen here

  First, a train crashed into a house in southern Stockholm ( thank god the train was out of traffic and the house empty).   The incident is really embarrassing for the train company, since  it was a cleaning lady that drove  the train (!) and someone had forgotten the key in the ignition (!!).  Oh, […]