30 July 2009

June Bibliometer

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June ended a while ago, but Word Nerd finally crunched her bibliometer numbers for the month. 9 books 2,513 pages 83.7 pages/day YTD 48 book...
29 July 2009

Beach Reads

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NPR has compiled a list of the 100 best beach reads. This was quite the process with editors and reviewers first culling a HUGE list down an...
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28 July 2009

Book Banter -- Conspirator

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Title: Conspritor (Foreigner #10) Author: C.J. Cherryh Length: ~350 pages Genre: Sci- fi Plot Basics: Word Nerd probably can't do ...
23 July 2009

Book Banter -- Naamah's Kiss

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Title: Naamah's Kiss Author : Jacqueline Carey Length: 600+ Genre: fantasy Plot Basics : Carey returns to her alternative Europe for...
22 July 2009

Everybody needs an editor

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Copy editing is important. Word Nerd isn't getting political here, but check out this story that Vanity Fair did about Sarah Palin's...
21 July 2009

Losing another Great

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Word Nerd hasn't read any Frank McCourt herself, but they are books that are always on her reading list. It always makes her sad to lear...
20 July 2009

New writing schedule

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Word Nerd is trying something new.... Lately, she's been lax about writing. Not much word nerd-iness going on here, or at least not much...
15 July 2009

Guest Blogger -- Sean Beaudoin

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Word Nerd is gratefully turning the reins over today to YA author Sean Beaudoin to talk about his new book, Fade to Blue . She's got a...
01 July 2009

Just a Note

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30 June 2009

Book Banter -- Judge

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Title: Judge ( Wess'har Wars, bk. 6) Author: Karen Traviss Genre: sci- fi Length: 391 pages Plot Basics --- SPOILER ALERT The Eqbas Vo...
16 June 2009

Airplane books

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Word Nerd taking several trips in the next few weeks involving jet planes, so it's time for some airplane books again. She's pretty ...
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15 June 2009

Book Banter -- Perfect Fifths

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Title: Perfect Fifths (Jessica Darling, bk 5) Author: Megan McCafferty Length: ~250 Genre: chick-lit Plot Basics: It's been a few y...
08 June 2009

Book Banter -- Ally

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Title: Ally ( Wess'har Wars, book 5) Author: Karen Traviss Length: 388 page Genre: Sci- fi Plot Basics: The wess'har from Eqb...
01 June 2009

Book Banter -- The Gargoyle

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Title: The Gargoyle Author: Andrew Davidson Length: ~400 pages Genre: Literary fiction Plot Basics: This captivating novel tells the st...
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...