Reading, in general.
I picked this one up when it first came out because I’m a sucker for a post-apocalyptic tale, but didn’t really get a chance to read it until just recently — and, all I can say is, wow. Blood Meridian was an uncomfortable read for me, just by the sheer violence and how visceral it […]
The first is His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik, which I’m sure almost everyone knows about and has already read, but, what the hell, I’ll mention it here anyway. The premise is: dragons are living and used for battle during the Napoleonic Wars. I really, really liked this book. I wanted to love it, and […]
Warning: this post contains spoilers for Lora Leigh’s Forbidden Pleasure and Joey W. Hill’s The Vampire Queen’s Servant, and it references sexual acts that are a) kinky, and therefore b) just plain wrong So I read these two books, and I gotta say — I don’t get it. Because I’m reading along, quite certain that […]
So I just read Laura Lee Guhrke’s AND THEN HE KISSED HER (and thought it was very good, and so, so romantic at the end, happy sigh). And I love the setting. But this isn’t a review, because I’m not really good at those, but just a quick note that what I found myself thinking […]
This is for Cindy, because when I posted a link to this flag on her blog, I think the link didn’t work. And also because when I looked through my old blog to find the flag, I realized that He-Man wasn’t the only one drawing in tons of spam. So I’m slowly going to be […]
Not counting the research stuff, I got in, yesterday: My sister immediately took BLOOD SECRETS because I said it was like vampire CSI, which she loves, and then had to put it down after there was a foreward or something that compared the hero to Gil Grissom until, she said, she got that image out […]
Today (or I guess yesterday, since it’s after midnight) was my dad’s 60th b-day. Happy Birthday, Dad! This year I’ll be 30, so I guess I’m the same age as he was when I was born. That seemed more important at 2:00pm today when I was driving down to his house, like there was something […]
Today (or I guess yesterday, since it’s after midnight) was my dad’s 60th b-day. Happy Birthday, Dad! This year I’ll be 30, so I guess I’m the same age as he was when I was born. That seemed more important at 2:00pm today when I was driving down to his house, like there was something […]
Blergh. I’m sick with a nasty headcold. Still writing, though. I’m pleased with how this version of the proposal is going, and it’ll definitely be out by Monday. Which is good, because I just got the copy-edits back for “Paradise” (in WILD THINGS, with Maggie Shayne! and Marjorie Liu! and Alyssa Day! /shameless crowing) and […]
MISSY: I hate you. MELJEAN: What? What do you want me to do? You, my precious inner/former child, should learn to like the closet a bit better. MISSY: Die. MELJEAN: If I do that, then you’ll never see how Tender Rebel turns out. MISSY: It’s a romance, they end up happily-ever-after. MELJEAN: Oh, dear Missy. […]
MELJEAN: Well. MISSY: Yeah. MELJEAN: Here we are. (awkwardly stubs toe in dirt) MISSY: Yeah. MELJEAN: …c’mon, now, you can’t hold this against me! I was really busy! MISSY: Uh-huh. MELJEAN: I wrote an effing book, you little twerp! MISSY: Oh, you say that like it’s a big deal. Fatty. MELJEAN: *sob* MISSY: While Meljean […]
MISSY: Ha ha! I did it! When stupid Meljean opened up the closet door looking for spiders to smash, I bonked her in the head with a boot! I’m free! I’m free! MELJEAN: **groan** …no…time…for you…must…write… MISSY: Shut up! I’ll kick you in the face, you meanie! I can’t believe you wrote a thing about […]
MELJEAN: Hmm…the site seems to be on the blink. MISSY: Oh, so this is your excuse for being late? You said you’d play with me yesterday. MELJEAN: Hehe. So I did. I admit it, I’m a dork. The only thing I worry about being late for is a deadline. Oh, and menstruating. That would be […]
MELJEAN: Hmm…the site seems to be on the blink. MISSY: Oh, so this is your excuse for being late? You said you’d play with me yesterday. MELJEAN: Hehe. So I did. I admit it, I’m a dork. The only thing I worry about being late for is a deadline. Oh, and menstruating. That would be […]
MELJEAN: How old are you now, kid? MISSY: Nine. And you are a liar. MELJEAN: Huh? MISSY: You said this was my first Silhouette Desire. It’s not. I read two before this one: Rare Breed by Janet Joyce and Through Laughter and Tears by Marie Nicole. MELJEAN: Oh, yeah! You read them in Auntie Joy’s […]
Okay, you guys — I apologize in advance for recycling old posts, but I’ve recently been reminded about Missy, and I’m thinking she needs to come out of the closet again. But — I also don’t know my schedule this week (methinks it will be one of THOSE weeks) so I’m taking the lazy way […]