January 2011
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LibraryThing chat with H. L. Reasby →
Please join me on LibraryThing this week (Jan 31 - Feb 6) for my first author chat!
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25 Years ago
25 years ago today, five men and two women reached for the stars and like many men and women my age, I watched the space shuttle Challenger lift off only to fall back to Earth moments later.
Even after 25 years, I vividly remember that day. Packed into a classroom with perhaps 40 of my peers (3 or 4 classes worth), we at at desks, on the floor between rows, and in every open space available to...
Miss Lexi Flint's review of Akhet! →
The wonderful Lexi has honored me by dedicating her first ever book review to Akhet!
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Status Update
I figured it was probably time for another update of what I’ve been up to lately.
I briefly posted earlier that I’d gotten word that ‘Akhet’ is now available to the UK library system thanks to the efforts of the wonderful Michael Margerison, but I should probably expand upon that. I’m very pleased that Holt Jackson Book Company has added my book to their system,...
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Unlikely Places Update
I just got word this morning from my friend, Michael, who works for a library in London that he’s successfully lobbied for my book to be available in Britain’s library system! This is insanely good news as it potentially opens up all kinds of doors…
Now I just need to find a way to afford a trip to London so Garth and I can take him out to dinner as a thank you! :D
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The Oddest Places
So, my husband and I are engaged in playing Star Trek Online recently… it’s a tremendously fun game that I really recommend. However, the reason for this post is not to endorse the game so much as to point out that support for your writing and marketing efforts can be found in the strangest of places.
We’ve hooked up with a fleet on the game and the guys have been very cool...
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Updates
So I haven’t posted in a bit and I thought I would give you guys some updates on what’s going on with book 2.
I have passed the manuscript along to two people other than Garth and Ren (they’re kind of in the thick of things with their own books and don’t really have time to give mine a read through at the moment); that would be the lovely and brilliant Quiana Kirkland and...
New Reader review! →
Xarah, one of the winners from my giveaway on Goodreads.com just posted her review of Akhet!
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The Mutilation of a Classic
So, today I’d like to talk about something that is extremely serious and which is a major sore spot with me. I’m going to be discussing the recent ‘revisions’ made to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I will be using the ‘n-word’ in a few places relation to the use in the book. If you’re going to be offended by this, please stop reading now. You have been warned.
Firstly, I’d like to say that my...
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A great start so far!
So, I’m told by my friend Ren that how you spend new year’s day is how you can expect to spend the bulk of the year ahead. I’m not sure how accurate that theory is, but if that be the case, my year will be spent with light housework, some writing, and some gaming thrown in for good measure. I could TOTALLY live with that.
Having the last few days off from work with Garth has...