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Book Cover Torture
Posted on July 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
I must applaud those fabulous artists on DeviantArt and those insane individuals who actually brave the tortuous world known as PHOTOSHOP. I am majorly intimidated. Which is why I am using a Superhero skilled Photoshop guru for the final copy of UNDERTOW (and live models . . . which is a whole different post for a different day). Anyway, I wanted printed […]
BOOK REVIEW: SIEGE AND STORM (Dark YA Fantasy)
Posted on July 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
OH YEAH! As much as I loved SHADOW AND BONE, Leigh Bardugo surpasses her first novel with SIEGE AND STORM. SIEGE picks up with Mal and Alina on the run from the Darkling after a throw down / massacre in a dark swath of land known as The Fold (see review of first book HERE). Bardugo […]
The Critical Self-Published Cover
Posted on May 30, 2013 1 Comment
I’m just gonna say it: I DO judge a book by it’s cover. Well, okay – at FIRST. Then you have the book blurb to continue to lure me in. After that, I give you just the sample pages. Wait – I’ve wandered off topic for a second. Back to covers! So . . . […]
BOOK REVIEW: THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT
Posted on February 21, 2013 4 Comments
THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT by VERONICA ROSSI So, it ain’t no secret that I loved UNDER THE NEVER SKY, Rossi’s first book in this fabulous dystopian series. Of course, being that I adored book #1 meant that I had high standards set for book #2 (THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT). Dang it all, Rossi actually outdid […]
Self-Publishing?
Posted on February 19, 2013 2 Comments
TO HAVE AN AGENT OR NOT? That is . . . sooooo not the question! Of course I want an agent! I’d love that one person that sees the money in the story and knows I bring more than my pen to the table. That I bring an understanding of marketing and a deep love […]
BOOK REVIEW: DEFIANCE by C.J. REDWINE
Posted on December 14, 2012 2 Comments
DEFIANCE will hold a special place in my heart since it was the first thing I ever bought on my NOOK Color (and, realizing that I am a MAC girl at heart, it is saying something that I even GOT a NOOK . . .). Aside from being my first purchase, however, it is a […]
Burning the Candle at both ends . . . with a blowtorch!
Posted on December 10, 2012 Leave a Comment
So, I have not fallen off the face of the earth (at least, I don’t think so. Sometimes I question my sanity and hence, my reality). Anywho, life has been BUSY. Driving the beast, shuffling kids, juggling boobs – I mean, breastfeeding questions – and, as always, writing. Journalism assignments keep me busy as does […]
BOOK REVIEW: SHADOW AND BONE
Posted on October 9, 2012 4 Comments
SHADOW AND BONE by LEIGH BARDUGO When I was a child, my grandmother used to make the most decadent, velvet smooth chocolate sauce in the world. I remember pouring it generously over vanilla bean ice cream and watching it turn the snowy mounds into a river of milky goodness. The best part was always dragging […]
BOOK REVIEW: THRONE OF GLASS
Posted on September 23, 2012 3 Comments
THRONE OF GLASS by SARAH J. MAAS A++ Brilliant! Must, MUST be read. I first heard about THRONE OF GLASS on an agent’s blog and will admit, I wasn’t instantly dying to buy it. Assassin? Eh. Glass Castle? Eh. THANK HEAVENS I DID BUY IT! Want to know just how good it was? When I got […]
BOOK REVIEW: FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS (YA Dystopian)
Posted on September 15, 2012 5 Comments
FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS by DIANA PETERFREUND ENGLISH TEACHERS TAKE HEED! This book should – no, MUST – be on the classroom reading list. I’d say it is best for the 8th grade and up crowd due to size, but on a reading level, it is not at all difficult. I’d dare say this […]
Cape Cod Scribe 