What I’ve Been Reading

September 2018 Edition. With a long summer of revisions and edits behind me, I’m looking forward to reading something other than my own work! I did manage to read a few good books over the past few months, though. Here are the best of them:   The Dark Defiles (A Land Fit for Heroes, #3), byContinueContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading”

Buddy Reading with My Dad

My father recently stayed with me for two months. He’s retired now, so can visit for longer—which considering the time it takes to fly from Australia to the US is a very good thing. One week is a jet-lagged fever dream, two weeks just isn’t long enough, and three weeks allow one for recovery, oneContinueContinue reading “Buddy Reading with My Dad”

What I’ve Been Reading

May 2018 Edition. I had planned a new blog series for this year to replace my regular reading updates. Every month, I wanted to feature the first sentence or paragraph of a single book, with commentary on how that line or those lines had measured up against the book as a whole. I might stillContinueContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading”

#FirstLineFriday: Scratch Track by Eli Lang

#FirstLineFriday is a new feature for my blog. It’s a series I’ve been thinking about for some time and I hope to use it to highlight a book every month or so that has an amazing first line. We all know how important first impressions are, and as a writer, I spend a lot ofContinueContinue reading “#FirstLineFriday: Scratch Track by Eli Lang”

2018

We made it! 2017 was a very busy year for me and perhaps one of my most productive. I wrote four books and edited five. I also published four books, all of which I loved writing and really enjoyed sharing.   I also won an award! My first ever, if I don’t count third placeContinueContinue reading “2018”