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Title: If Angels Burn (Darkyn, bk. 1) Author: Lynn Viehl Genre: Paranormal Length: 298 pages Plot Basics: Dr. Alexandra Keller is one o...

Word Nerd first interviewed Marcus Sakey last year around the time of the release of his debut novel, "The Blade Itself." Sakey i...

Word Nerd accomplished her goal this weekend of finishing the rough draft of the novel. The novel, though partly contained still in handwrit...

So. Since yesterday afternoon, Word Nerd's written more than 5,000 words and she's got one more definite scene to go. This next scen...

In August 2006, Word Nerd announced she was hibernating for a weekend and was going to finish her first WIP . In that post, she was pretty d...

This week's guest is historical and YA fiction author Jennifer Donnelly . Her first novel, "The Tea Rose" garnered lots of pra...

Dear Librarians who do the holds at IMCPL , The expression better late than never must mean something to you folks. Back in November (Novemb...

Title: Star Risk, Ltd. Author: Chris Bunch Genre: sci-fi Length: 344 pages Plot Basics: Former Alliance Marine M'Chel Riss has turn...

After a long hiatus, the Author Answers column is back this week (and hopefully for weeks to come.) Re-kicking things off is YA author Tina ...

Title: An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England Author: Brock Clarke Length: 303 pages Genre: literary fiction/faux ...

After a several month-long hiatus, Word Nerd is bringing back the Author Answers column. Wednesday will still be Author Answers day, so tune...

Word Nerd has been browsing through USAToday's listing of new winter books coming out. Her day has been made. Here's why. 1. The Pa...

Title: Grave Peril (Dresden Files, book 3) Author: Jim Butcher Length: 378 pages Genre: fantasy Plot Basics: Chicago's only wizard-...

Title: The Blighted Cliffs (The Reluctant Adventures of Lt. Martin Jerrold, Bk. 1) Author: Edwin Thomas Length: 298 pages Genre: histori...

The word meter for December did make it to full ( YAY !) and just barely. Word Nerd admits, she finished off the monthly writing on New Year...

So, with four days left in this month and still needing to finish the book Word Nerd's currently in, she figured (counting that one) it...

And the moment you've all been waiting for. Word Nerd's Top Ten Book of 2007. (Just a reminder, while some of these actually were 20...

The second of this year's "Best Of" awards is the one for author who Word Nerd discovered and started reading during 2007. She...

Title: New Moon Author: Stephenie Meyer Genre: YA Length: 563 pages Plot Basics : SPOILER ALERT (it's the second long book of a seri...

It's that time of year again for Word Nerd to dole out her completely subjective awards for Best Books of the year. These are not titles...