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Refocus. Reset. WriMo.
(Any WriMos who want to buddy up, come on over!)
Preprotber is upon us! And lo and behold, I am actually prepping. I’m not only getting my narrative ready, I’m getting my space in order, removing potential distractions, making inspirational posters.
I’ve also made the decision to move away from in-depth book reviews around here. It takes a good bit of my brain to think out and write those, and I…
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The Race of Thrones
The Race of Thrones
Or, Season 8 Should Have Slowed Way the F*@!k Down.
Yeah, I’m going to ramble about this along with the rest of the Internet.
Spoilers are plentiful below. They won’t be hidden so tread with care.
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Letters from Camp NaNo: Week Two
Letters from Camp NaNo: Week Two
April 11th
Dearest Readerlings,
On Tuesday my brain decided to eat my soul and yesterday was a recovery day. For those whose brains are chill and don’t gnaw on their souls, I don’t recommend it and I envy you.
I am drinking coffee today because Chapter 7 is Siraneth and she is totallymildly reliant on her world’s version of it. It’s called khav [so that the sound is deliberately similar], is…
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Letters from Camp NaNo: Week One
Letters from Camp NaNo: Week One
April 5th, 2019
Dear Crew of Readers,
I joined Camp at the last minute this year. I wasn’t going to do it, but in the spirit of self-improvement I’m trying to be more open and sociable about my writing endeavors. Because if I want people to read my stories I have to…you know…tell people they exist. Introverts are to self promotion as cats are to cucumbers so that’s a struggle.
My goal this Camp…
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Raise the Camp Flag!
Raise the Camp Flag!
Gooooood morning Campers!
April is here and so is the first Camp NaNo of 2019! I rather prefer the Camps to the November event just because the goals are more flexible. Since I’m 5 chapters deep in the outline of Woven Earth I’ll be continuing that work with an official goal of writing 30 hours in the month of April, with the intent of writing for 1 hour each day.
It’s been said by the Internet…
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March 27: Books You Thought You'd Hate But Ended Up Loving [T5W]
March 27: Books You Thought You’d Hate But Ended Up Loving [T5W]
Sometimes a book surprises us with its impact. Today’s T5W includes stories that
East of Eden- John Steinbeck
I’d heard groaning horror stories about turtles crossing the road in The Grapes of Wrath from family members so when I saw Steinbeck on the syllabus in English class I was prepared for something droning and depressing. Instead I fell for this book hardand it’s now among my lifetime…
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March 20: Spring Reads
March 20: Spring Reads
This weeks T5W is Spring Reads– books that remind you of spring, or that you plan to read in spring.
1. Holy Sister- Mark Lawrence
Holy shit I am so excited!!!!! TWO WEEKS!!! I need to read Grey Sister stat!
2. The Chronicles of Narnia- C.S. Lewis
I KNOW Lion, Witch, & Wardrobe is full of snow and Father Christmas, but LWWis literally about the end of winter. These stories are sweet and uplifting…
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March 13: Characters That Embody Your Hogwarts House [T5W]
March 13: Characters That Embody Your Hogwarts House [T5W]
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you’ve a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind. 1. Galadriel- The Lord of the Rings
Galadriel is one of the Noldor, a sub-group of Elves distinguished by their love and pursuit of knowledge and invention. She’s older than the moon, telepathic, and sometimes sees the future. She invented and built a magic mirror that dispenses…
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Grit, Guts, and Green: Jade City Review
Grit, Guts, and Green: Jade City Review
Jade City by Fonda Lee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The clan is my blood and the Pillar is its master…On my honor, my life, and my jade.
For centuries the Green Bone warriors of Kekon have used jade to enhance their mental and physical power, and used that power to protect their people. A generation ago two great men used it together to free their island from invaders. Now, their descendants have…
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Top Five Wednesday: Independent Ladies
Top Five Wednesday: Independent Ladies
Having recently discovered the awesome Sam of Thoughts on Tomes I’ve been introduced to the Top Five Wednesday tag. It seems to be fun and I don’t always know what to blog about so yay for some structure!
This month is all vaguely Valentine’s themed and today we have Independent Ladies— women who get shit done and whose stories don’t get swept away by the Romance River.
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Review: Red Sister
It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size. For Sister Thorn of the Sweet Mercy convent Lano Tacsis brought two hundred men.
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Many reviews of this book opens with that quote. This is because they are the best opening lines of the best, most bad-ass prologue I’ve ever experienced.
Red Sisterdances…
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Review: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Review: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The giant Grof was hit in one eye by a stone, and that eye turned inward so that it looked into his mind, and he died of what he saw there.
-Cyrin the Boar
My 2018 reading year ended with The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, and it could not have been a lovelier ending.
There was something uniquely magical floating about in the…
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DNFing Hurts My Heart
DNFing Hurts My Heart
Or, Why I Should Really Have a Rating System Already
2019 is off to a disheartening start. After finally finishing the Sookie Stackhouse series (pleased as punch with that ending!) I tucked into Last Song Before Nightby Ilana C. Meyer. Bards journeying to the Otherworld to restore magic and save their homeland sounded right down my path in the forest. But after a pretty hook, this one took a…
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2018 Wrap Up
Merry Solstice and Yule to All!
(Yule runs from Solstice to New Year’s Day for me. I do lots of reflecting, baking, cleaning, and starting at candles. This year we’re moving house too!)
My Reading Challenge on Goodreads has me at 38 out of 45, so 7 short of the goal. I blame the cold I’m still getting over, which made my brain go “Hey, you know what you should do? Watch ALL OF OUTLANDER!”. Still,…
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On Expectations and Soul Crushing
On Expectations and Soul Crushing
It is a very particular devastation when I read a book that is so close to brilliance and fails to shine. It’s a little bit crushing. And Children of Blood and Bonejust crushed me. I wasn’t really aware of the massive hype surrounding this book, or the facts of the absolute dream deal that Tomi Adeyemi landed with it. I’d heard great reviews. The premise sounded stunning. When it was finally my…
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The Struggle is Real; or Conversations with Difficult Characters
The Struggle is Real; or Conversations with Difficult Characters
I am mired in plot outline.
For the past month-ish I have been diving in to plotting my current novel-in-progress, TWE. It is a bitch and a half cup of hellfire.
Of my two main characters only one has a solid arc at this point. I know what’s driving her, I know where she’s headed, and I know some of what’s in her way (which is mostly herself, to be honest. She’s not great on the self-awareness…
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Review: A Gentleman Undone
A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant My rating: 4 of 5 stars What can I possibly have to say to a man who would split a pair of fives? As promised in my last post, my first romance review! I read this series 2-1-3 solely because of the library’s e-book availability and oddly enough I enjoyed them in the same order, though the gap between this book and its predecessor is quite narrow. Will…
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