30 March 2009

Book Banter -- Illegal

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Title: Illegal Author: Paul Levine Length: 367 pages Genre: legal mystery Plot Basics: Hot-shot lawyer Jimmy "Royal" Payne is...
24 March 2009

Book Banter -- The Domino Men

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Title: The Domino Men Author: Jonathan Barnes Length: 382 pages Genre: modern fantasy Plot Basics: Henry Lamb is a file clerk for the n...
23 March 2009

Rewrites

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Word Nerd worked this weekend on finishing rewrites to chapters 27 and 28 of the WIP. She was really hoping she was past this point of rippi...
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17 March 2009

Book Banter -- The Black Ice

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Title: The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, bk. 2) Author: Michael Connelly Length: ~400 pages Genre: mystery Plot Basics: LAPD Detective Harry ...
10 March 2009

Back to the paper and pencil

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Word Nerd has barely written anything in the past two weeks because everything has been so busy. Last night, knowing she needed to get back ...
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05 March 2009

Book Banter -- The Black Echo

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Title: The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, bk. 1) Author: Michael Connelly Length: ~400 pages Genre: Mystery Plot Basics: LAPD Detective Harry...
26 February 2009

Book Banter -- Land of a Hundred Wonders

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Title: Land of a Hundred Wonders Author: Lesley Kagen Length: ~280 pages Genre: literary fiction Plot Basics: Gibby McGraw is the local...
19 February 2009

Book Banter -- Tripwire

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Title: Tripwire (Jack Reacher, bk. 3). Author: Lee Child Length: ~400 pages Genre: mystery/thriller Plot Basics: Reacher is tracked dow...
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13 February 2009

My interview

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Jennifer, over at Adventures of Badgergirl , was offering to send interview questions to fellow bloggers. Since I normally interview people ...
12 February 2009

Author Answers with Kelly Parra (redux)

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Word Nerd's taking the day off from blogging and letting author Kelly Parra talk about her new book and the writing life in this edition...
09 February 2009

Book Banter -- Love in the Time of Fridges

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Title: Love in the Time of Fridges Author: Tim Scott Length: 347 pages Genre: Sci- fi Plot Basics: Huckleberry Lindbergh returns to the...
05 February 2009

Last four chapters. Again.

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Word Nerd is rereading her own book and marking it all over with purple pen after her beta readers provided their feedback. First, it is imp...
04 February 2009

January 2009 Bibliometer

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The readings for the last month were: 9 books 2,177 pages 70 pages/day The YTD totals are obviously the same.
02 February 2009

Book Banter -- Lord of Misrule

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Title: Lord of Misrule ( Morganville Vampires, bk, 5) Author: Rachel Caine Length: 247 pages Genre: YA paranormal Plot Basics: Claire ...
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29 January 2009

Book Banter -- Brighton Rock

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Title: Brighton Rock Author: Graham Greene Length: 247 pages Genre: literary fiction Plot Basics: Newspaper contest man, Hale, is murde...
26 January 2009

Book Banter -- The Graveyard Book

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Title: The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Length: 307 pages Genre: Juvenile fantasy Plot Basics: A murderer goes after an entire fa...
22 January 2009

This just in

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Jasper Fforde has a new book coming out in July. Jasper Fforde of the Thursday Next and the Nursery Crime serieses ( serieses ? ... oh bo...
14 January 2009

2008 Words of the Year

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Word Nerd's a bit tardy on sharing these this year, but she still finds it interesting to see what words topped dictionary lists in 200...
12 January 2009

Book Banter -- Backup

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Title: Backup: A Novella of the Dresden Files Author: Jim Butcher Genre: urban fantasy/paranormal Length: 70 pages Plot Basics : Thomas ...
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09 January 2009

Beta Readers and the End of the Hiatus

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Word Nerd's beta readers are starting to chime back in with comments about her novel. Word Nerd is finding this to be an exciting proce...
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