It’s WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. I’m a slow reader and don’t have a lot of reading for myself time. I also have numerous books going at one time–a different one stashed by each sitting place. So I … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Welcome back to The Author’s Alphabet. You can read earlier posts here. Each week, I’ll be posting another letter of the alphabet, selecting a word that starts with that letter, and sharing my view of what that word means to … Continue reading
Editor Jessica Faust at BookEnds Literary Agency blogged a few years ago on “How I Edit,” ending with these words: As far as I’m concerned you can run with my suggestions or you can ignore them altogether and go off … Continue reading
The As You Wish Series, Vol. 1-3 by Mindy Klasky This omnibus (“three-in-one”) edition includes the first three volumes of the series. The As You Wish Series shows what can go wrong when a magic lamp, a wish-granting genie, and … Continue reading
Kidnapped, tortured, betrayed by his brothers whom he loved, the heir of the Golden Empire has lost everything but his life. His only hope is a chance encounter, a wandering priest from the Empire of the Sun. But the priest … Continue reading
A Story from the World of The Hound and the Falcon by Judith Tarr A story set in the world of The Hound and the Falcon: In the midst of the Black Death, in a nation constantly at war, the … Continue reading
Walking through the Bottomland by Ursula K. Le Guin This has been a prime week for unzipping political penises and seeing what they look like in public. In Paris Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been charged with “aggravated pimping,” which is legal … Continue reading
This post is going to deal with places and things that make me write. To start with, here’a picture of my writing nook: … Continue reading
This is Mr. Darcy’s 10th week of life; he’s halfway through the most critical period in a dog’s life. Puppies, like all young predators, are wired for almost frantic, try-everything exploration of their world. (Prey animals have a similar … Continue reading
My First Computer by Patricia Rice In the 1980s, rural America was not a guiding light of technology. I distinctly remember a university club meeting where the speaker told us about the wonders of household computers. When quizzed on what … Continue reading