I’ve stumbled across a writer who has given me LOTS of food for thought lately.
Seth Godin, isn’t a fiction writer — his area is actually marketing and new media — but I still feel intrigued about what he has to say.
And even though Seth Godin’s expertise is not in fiction, his blog is something you [...]
I’m a really big fan of Susan Beth Pfeffer’s books. I was a total fan geek when she responded to my email and sent me an autographed bookplate.
I just finished reading the last book in her trilogy, This World We Live In.
I’ve already talked about the first two books, Life as We Knew It [...]
For those of you who read this blog, you already know how much I love to talk about the writing craft. Yes, I’m a nerd that way.
Since the day job is still a shade of crazy (I have ONE more week left until this software release), I figured I would share with you a blog [...]
Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, I went to the library to see if I could find some books to read while I was in Athens. It was there that I saw the popular Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Now having the opportunity to read it, I checked it out and I’m so glad that I did.
I [...]
When the National Book Award announced the 2009 finalists for Young People’s Literature, one of the books caught my attention.
Lips Touch Three Times had been on my TBR list for awhile. I had seen it in stores but never cracked it open. I knew the author, Laini Taylor, from her trademark pink hair [...]
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