22 May 2009

Mo*Con

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Word Nerd went to her first ever writers conference this past weekend. (And life has been really busy, which is why no blog until now...) Mo...
13 May 2009

Book Banter -- Deathwish

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Title: Deathwish (Cal Leandros bk. 4) Author: Rob Thurman Length: ~370 pages Genre: Urban fantasy Plot Basics: Cal and his brother Ni...
08 May 2009

Book Banter -- Turn Coat

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Title: Turn Coat (Dresden Files) Author: Jim Butcher Length: ~400 pages Genre: Urban fantasy Plot Basics: When the Warden Morgan shows ...
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04 May 2009

Book Banter -- Silk

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Title: Silk Author: Alessandro Baricco Length: 132 pages Genre: literary fiction Plot Basics: In 1861, Herve Joncour undertakes a jour...
17 April 2009

Beta reading

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A few months back, you may remember that Word Nerd talked about asking a few trusted readers to read her whole WIP and give feedback. Well, ...
14 April 2009

Book Banter -- Matriarch

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Title: Matriarch (Wess'har wars, bk. 4) Author: Karen Traviss Length: 381 pages Genre: Sci-fi Plot Basics: SPOILER ALERT Things con...
07 April 2009

Book Banter -- Greywalker

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Title: Greywalker Author: Kat Richardson Length: 341 page Genre: urban fantasy Plot Basics: P.I Harper Blaine dies for a whole two minu...
06 April 2009

March and Literary Year Bibliometer

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Word Nerd crunched her reading stats a week ago, but just kept forgetting to post. Here are the salient numbers. March 2009 8 books 2743 pag...
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...