I was asked once to recommend a series or two of books for boys in the middle school to young adult age group. The woman was a librarian, who helped the English teachers to select books that her middle school…
Me and my writing life
A blog about books, my ideas and what I've learned as I work towards becoming a full-time author.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Books for boys
Tagged with: Alex Rider, alex rider series, Anthony Horowitz, Artemis Fowl, books, D.J. MacHale, DJ MacHale, Eoin Colfer, Farmer Boy, Grey King, Hobbit, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Middle school, Newbery Medal, series, Susan Cooper, The Dark Is Rising, Where the Red Fern Grows, Young-adult fiction
Posted in Lists, Reading
Posted in Lists, Reading
What’s on my bookshelf? 5-16-12
Anyone who enjoys Kim Harrison, Ilona Andrews and Patricia Briggs should read any and everything by Kelley Armstrong. Think of the Twilight novels, only for adults, and with better writing. I first discovered Kelley Armstrong when I had a gift…
Tagged with: books, Darkest Powers, Dime Store Magic, Ilona Andrews, Kelley Armstrong, Kim Harrison, Patricia Briggs, Women of the Otherworld
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Review: Captive Queen by Alison Weir
I wrote in April about my enjoyment of Alison Weir’s novels. I’ve finally finished “Captive Queen: a Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine,” and can finally tell you what I think of it. I’m ashamed to say it didn’t click for…
Tagged with: Alison Weir, book review, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II of England, historical fiction
Posted in Book review, Excellent
Posted in Book review, Excellent
Quality in e-books: is it really so hard?
I think anyone who has bought some 99 cent ebooks off of Amazon or even bought these books while they were offered free for a weekend has noticed a disturbing problem with them: often times, the formatting/grammar/spelling – in short,…
Tagged with: Amazon, Creative Penn, E-book, Ebook, ebook sellers, grammar errors, proofing, proofreading, Publishing, quality, Quality control, Self-publishing, Smashwords, writing, writing process
Posted in Grammar, Intrigues
Posted in Grammar, Intrigues
How do you decide on a novel’s title?
After my first novel was published, I had a plan for the trilogy. That included their titles, or so I thought. My first novel is title Into Fire. I wanted the titles to be along those same lines, so the…
Review: Poison by Sara Poole
This past weekend, I finished reading Sara Poole’s Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance. Before this, the only reference I can remember hearing about the Borgias was from the Assassin’s Creed II video game, which my husband enjoys. Here’s the…
Tagged with: book review, Borgia, Catholic Church, Cesare Borgia, historical fiction, Lucrezia Borgia, Poison, Pope Alexander VI, Renaissance, Rome, Sara Poole
Posted in Book review, Good
Posted in Book review, Good
