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,…
Me and my writing life
A blog about books, my ideas and what I've learned as I live life as a writer.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Quality in e-books: is it really so hard?
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
What’s on my bookshelf? 4-30-12
This week we’ll delve into another genre I love: historical fiction. One of my favorite time periods to read about is the time of Henry VIII of England and Queen Elizabeth I. That’s one of the reasons that I enjoy…
Tagged with: Alison Weir, Duke of Northumberland, Edward VI of England, England, Goodreads, Henry VIII of England, Lady Elizabeth, Lady Jane Grey
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Book review: Virals by Kathy Reichs
To start this post, I have to tell you about my obsession with the television series Bones. The series is loosely based on the life and writings of novelist and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. I watch it religiously, and I’ve been rewatching the…
Tagged with: book review, books, Kathy Reichs, Reichs, Temperance Brennan, Virals, young adult novel
Posted in Book review, Good
Posted in Book review, Good
Details – pay attention to the details
I spent this past weekend in Phoenix visiting my younger brother. I’m now a little more tan, a little more relaxed, and pretty happy that I got to watch my Atlanta Braves play the Arizona Diamondbacks. I returned to work yesterday…
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, detail-oriented, details, Double check, Email, journalism training, name spellings, Writers Resources
Posted in notes
Posted in notes
Be professional with rejection
I read a scathing tweet a few days ago from a literary agent who had rejected a writer’s submission. Said author then had written a “snarky” reply to the literary agent. I can only imagine what the “snarky” reply was.…
Tagged with: Author, Fiction, Literary agent, Publish, Query letter, rejection, Writer, Writers Resources, writing
Posted in Intrigues
Posted in Intrigues
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