Evie is a small town girl at the hight of the roaring 20s and she is pos-i-tute-ly going to be a big deal someday. When she’s whisked off to go live with her uncle in New York City it’s just the thing for a modern girl wearing just the cutest cloche hat. Only Evie’s not just another flapper looking for a cute fella with access to giggle juice. She has the power to see into personal history by touching a personal item. And her power […]
Holy Crap Guys, These are Great!
I received Red Rising from Scootsa1000 (THANKS!!!) and ordered the sequel, Golden Son before I was even finished the first book. These books are bloodydamn great and you should buy them both immediately. I don’t have the words to do them justice and I’m afraid my fumbling attempt might mistakenly convince you that, “Eh, it sounds like other YA dystopian books, been there done that. No thanks.” This would be a mistake. Red Rising is the story of Darrow, who is a miner deep in […]
A Thesaurus for Writers, in Concept Anyway
At a certain point when you’re writing a book that is over 100,000 words you come to the uncomfortable but inevitable realization that you’re using the same damn words all the time. MS Word has an integrated thesaurus but the options it provides are obvious and largely include the words you’re already overusing. So the newly updated Describers dictionary seemed perfect. Need a word for something that smells bad? Take 22: Noxious, rank, noisome, stinking, fetid, miasmic, foul, malodorous, putrid, rotten, offensive, nasty, vile, olid, […]
Huge Thanks to Scootsa1000! #bookexchange
Lookie here – the first presents have arrived under our tree! No I haven’t opened them and yes I’m leaving them for Christmas morning. Mostly because our big Christmas present is the new flatscreen TV so my husband and I aren’t really getting each other presents thus there won’t have a large stash of grown-up goodies to open. So I’m going to save the goodies that Scootsa1000 generously sent along so I have some fun treats to look forward to Christmas morning. Thanks so much […]