Recently finished The Serpent’s Shadow by Mercedes Lackey–was highly recommended as an unusual and charming treatment of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but set in Edwardian England with a magic-using half-Indian doctor in the Snow White role. Interesting. Often very good, though the villian left me rather underwhelmed.
Currently reading The Bride’s Kimono [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Just Finished
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines on January 30, 2007 | Comments Off
Don’t Volunteer…
Posted in Conventions and signings, Personal blither, Stuff about the book(s) on January 26, 2007 | Comments Off
It’s gone! Hurray! I finally finished off the copyedit and front/back matter and stuffed it in a box and sent it to New York!
Now, if I can just get this stuff for Left Coast Crime coordinated and off my shoulders, I’ll be a happy camper.
Somewhere along the way, being competent and creative has become [...]
Dumb-Ass of the Week
Posted in Just Plain Weird on January 23, 2007 | Comments Off
My dear friend Jeff has initiated tales of the Dumb-Ass of the Week. As a professional tow-truck driver he’s seen more than his share and he’s pretty funny, so check it out.
Copyedit Ahoy!
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on January 19, 2007 | Comments Off
I received the copyedits for Poltergeist today. They are due back by February 1. I usually dread copyedits because this is the stage where I feel the stupidest. I was never a good copyeditor myself–it’s a very specialized and demanding job for people with infinite patience and more than a touch of [...]
Saved!
Posted in Conventions and signings, Cool writerly people on January 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ah, the power of friends. The Vancouver trip has been saved by the intervention of Richelle Mead and Caitlin Kittredge. (So long as Richelle gets over the icky-sick bug she seems to have caught–I’m beaming all my “feel better” thoughts her way and not just out of selfishness, ’cause I hate being sick [...]
Travel Plans Interrupted….
Posted in Conventions and signings, Personal blither on January 15, 2007 | Comments Off
I’m having a little trouble with the Vancouver trip. My mom was going to lend me her spare car (I don’t have one) so I could drive up to the book signing at Chapters in Surrey, BC, this Saturday. But, the spare car has broken down. I’m mulling the alternatives–which are all [...]
Someone loves me…
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines, Conventions and signings, Stuff about the book(s) on January 9, 2007 | Comments Off
at Kirkus Reviews. Greywalker made the Best of 2006 list! Wheeee!
And I’ve been busily updating the Appearances page at the main site with info on LCC and the upcoming signing in Surrey, BC on the 20th of this month. Busy, busy, busy….
What I’m Reading
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines on January 3, 2007 | Comments Off
If you care to know, you can click on the tab labeled “Recent Reading” for my current and recent reads. Some of ‘em are damned good books, some are just fun.
More bad book covers
Posted in Cool writerly people, Just Plain Weird on January 2, 2007 | Comments Off
Richelle Mead–whose book I’m currently reading in between bouts of hangover–sent me a link to Longmire does Romance Novels, in response to the previous post of bad book covers. Hehehe…. I’m going to have to do something bad to Richelle for this… nothing quite like giggling myself into fits with a migrane headache [...]
Stainless Steel Droppings
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on January 2, 2007 | Comments Off
I get all silly over the darnedest things. The owner of blog Stainless Steel Droppings said nice things about the book. I know… I’m such a goon….
