Word Nerd

Check the meters on the side. While the word count fluctuator code won't show that the project's finished, it's done. It's r...

Word Nerd's got one section of the book left to edit tonight. One section. Less than 10 pages, really. Then she'll be done with the ...

So this is it. Word Nerd is to her last week of editing the novel before turning it over to a group of dedicated readers to get some feedbac...

Title: Sitting Practice Author : Caroline Adderson Length: 329 pages Genre: Literary fiction Plot Basics: Ross and Iliana are newly-weds...

Title: Proven Guilty (Dresden Files bk. 8) Author: Jim Butcher Length: ~370 pages Genre: urban/paranormal fantasy Plot Basics: Chicago...

Just over a month ago now, Word Nerd moved into a new apartment. The highlight of the new place is this: It used to be an elementary school ...

Everyone's a critic.

Word Nerd kicked off another week of editing last night, after taking off a three day weekend for a Halloween shindig for her work on Friday...

It's the last day of the month, but since Word Nerd's got 300 pages left in Dresden Files book she's currently reading it's...

Title: Killing Floor Author: Lee Child Length: 407 pages Genre: Mystery/thriller Plot Basics: Drifter Jack Reacher has been in the tow...

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, for the uninitiated) begins on Saturday. For the third or fourth year in a row now, I am adamantly...

So -- Word Nerd has a new, real job. For those of you following her AmeriCorps saga, her year of national service is over and now she is bac...

Last night Word Nerd took a break from reading books and went to the opening film of the Heartland Film Festival. The film was The Boy in t...

The goal is to see more movement on the editing meter and word count fluctuator in the next six weeks. Word Nerd recently moved to a new ap...

Title: Good People Author: Marcus Sakey Length: 326 pages Genre: Crime/thriller Plot Basics: Chicagoans Tom and Anna Reed are weighed d...

Please welcome mystery writer Sean Chercover back for a second Author Answers column here. Chercover's new book Trigger City hits she...

Title: Pinkerton's Secret Author: Eric Lerner Length: 317 pages Genre: historical fiction Plot Basics: Allan Pinkerton formed the f...

Another month done, another time for statistics. September didn't see quite as many books because Word Nerd moved her life to a new apar...

Title: City of Pearl Author: Karen Traviss Length: 392 pages Genre: sci- fi Plot Basics: Environmental police Superintendent Shan Fran...

Welcome to a special double edition of Book Banter because Word Nerd is behind... Titles: Yendi and Teckla (Vlad Taltos bk. 2 & 3) A...