25 April 2008

Book Banter -- The Learners

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Title: The Learners Author: Chip Kidd Length: ~2250 pages Genre: literary fiction Plot Basics: A few years have passed since the end of...
24 April 2008

Author Answers with Jill Davis

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Word Nerd has been having trouble remember when Wednesdays are, so instead of waiting for another one to roll around, she's going to pos...
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21 April 2008

The Revision Schedule

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Word Nerd went through her WIP late last week to devise a plan for how to work through revisions. Tackling the 381-page manuscript seems to...
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17 April 2008

Book Banter -- The Gun Seller

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Title: The Gun Seller Author: Hugh Laurie Length: 339 pages Genre: comedy/thriller Plot Basics: Thomas Lang is a gun-for-hire. His late...
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16 April 2008

Book Banter -- Too Pretty to Die

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Title: Too Pretty to Die Author: Susan McBride Length: ~350 pages Genre: chick-lit/mystery Plot Basics: Dallas debutante drop-out Andy ...
15 April 2008

Guest Blogger -- Worderella

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Word Nerd's relinquishing her post today to welcome guest blogger, Belinda Kroll, also known in the blogosphere as Worderella, the mind ...
10 April 2008

A Note on the Currently Reading title

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Just in case you wondered, the Hugh Laurie who wrote "The Gunseller" is the same Hugh Laurie who plays Dr. Gregory House on "...
03 April 2008

Book Banter -- Fighting Ruben Wolfe

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Title: Fighting Ruben Wolfe Author: Markus Zusak Genre: YA Length: ~210 pages Plot Basics: The Wolfe family is in financial hard times ...
02 April 2008

March 2008 Bibliometer

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Here are the March totals for this year, which are significantly higher than last year because of Word Nerd's whole appendix adventure a...
01 April 2008

Book Banter -- Death Masks

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Title : Death Masks (Dresden Files bk. 5) Author: Jim Butcher Genre: urban fantasy/sci-fi/paranormal Length: ~370 pages Plot Basics: Har...
31 March 2008

Literary Loss

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Minnesota author Jon Hassler died. Word Nerd just now stumbled on to this news, apparently more than a week after he died. Hassler wrote ...

Short is Good

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Word Nerd's been taking a hiatus from the WIP to write a short story. (That is if 26 pages is short...) Anyway, it's been a wonder...
27 March 2008

Book Banter -- The Chains of Albion

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Title: The Chains of Albion (The Reluctant Adventures of Lt. Martin Jerrold, bk. 2) Author: Edwin Thomas Length: 297 pages Genre: Histor...
24 March 2008

2007-08 Literary Year Bibliometer

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March 20 marks the end of Word Nerd's "Literary Year." It's an odd date, but that's when she first started recording h...
19 March 2008

Book Banter -- The Red Tent

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Title: The Red Tent Author: Anita Diamant Length: 317 pages Genre: literary/historical fiction Plot Basics: The story of Jacob and his ...
14 March 2008

Book Banter -- At the City's Edge

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Title: At the City's Edge Author: Marcus Sakey Length: ~300 pages Genre: crime thriller Plot Basics: Jason Palmer has been coasting...
12 March 2008

That thing called editing

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So if you recall, Word Nerd was hoping to read a bunch of her novel over the weekend while flying on airplanes. Yeah, that didn't happen...
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11 March 2008

Book Banter -- Dragon Wing

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Title: Dragon Wing (Death Gate Cycle book 1) Authors: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Genre: Fantasy Length: 417 pages Plot Basics: Hug...
05 March 2008

First Edits

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Word Nerd's hopping on a jet plane tomorrow for a few days of vacation, but it won't be a vacation from writing. With her on the pla...
04 March 2008

Book Banter -- Kushiel's Scion

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Title: Kushiel's Scion Author: Jacqueline Carey Length: 753 pages Genre: fantasy Plot Basics: Imriel no Montreve de la Courcel ...