30 April 2010

Conference Time

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Word Nerd's off to a writer's conference again this weekend. This time, she's at Mo*Con V presented by the Indiana Horror Write...
27 April 2010

Book Banter -- Working for the Devil

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Title: Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine bk. 1) Author: Lilith Saintcrow Genre: Urban fantasy Length: ~300 pages Where Word Nerd...
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23 April 2010

Book Banter -- Wild Hunt

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Word Nerd reviewed Margaret Ronald's Wild Hunt for Popsyndicate.com and LOVED this book. Probably one of the kick-butt-est urban fantasy...
22 April 2010

Book Banter -- The Bone Chamber

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Word Nerd's reviewing over at PopSyndicate again. Check out her take on Robin Burcell's "The Bone Chamber."

In which Word Nerd becomes a horror writer

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Last week, Neil Gaiman was in town to deliver a big lecture through an Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library program. Not one to pass u...
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16 April 2010

Book Banter -- Dawn on a Distant Shore

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Title: Dawn on a Distant Shore (Wilderness, bk 2.) Author: Sara Donati Length: 461 pages Genre: historical fiction Where Word Nerd's...
15 April 2010

March 2010 Bibliometer

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Word Nerd's a little late posting her reading stats for last month. She's not been reading as much especially now that it's spr...
12 April 2010

NaNoWriMo Revisted

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In the past week, Word Nerd has re-read the 50,000 words she wrote during November and the madness that is National Novel Writing Month. A b...
09 April 2010

Book Banter -- Into the Wildnerness

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Title: Into the Wildnerness Author: Sara Donati Genre: historical fiction Length: 876 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: India...
08 April 2010

Author Answers with CJ West

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Say hello to CJ West this week. His latest book, Gretchen Greene, released at the end of March and he's got a terrific summer tour lined...
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07 April 2010

Book Banter -- Roadkill

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Title : Roadkill (Cal Leandros bk. 5) Author: Rob Thurman Length: 388 page Genre: urban fantasy Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From : In...
31 March 2010

Book Banter -- Shades of Grey

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Title: Shades of Grey Author: Jasper Fforde Length: 388 pages Genre: sci- fi Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianapolis-Mari...
17 March 2010

Book Banter -- Her Fearful Symmetry

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Title: Her Fearful Symmetry Author: Audrey Niffenegger Genre: Literary fiction Length: 401 pages Where Word Nerd’s Copy Came From: Indi...
12 March 2010

Banned news words

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As a former reporter, Word Nerd is happy to see this list. WGN in Chicago banned this list of overused media phrases. Word Nerd doesn't ...
11 March 2010

Book Banter -- Red, White and Dead

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Title: Red, White and Dead (Izzy McNeil bk 3) Author: Laura Caldwell Length: ~400 pages Genre: mystery Where Word Nerd's Copy Came F...
10 March 2010

Book Banter -- Weeping Underwater Looks a Lot like Laughter

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Word Nerd's also reviewing for Pop Syndicate , so from time to time, she'll be linking to review there instead of double posting. To...
08 March 2010

Swept Away

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Because of a contest, Word Nerd won herself a copy of Sara Donati's The Endless Forest -- the last book in Donati's six-book hist...
03 March 2010

February 2010 Bibliometer

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Another month, another bibliometer reading: February 2010 7 books 2,491 pages 89 pages/day average YTD 14 books 4,455 total pages Word Nerd ...
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02 March 2010

Book Banter -- Iorich

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Title: Iorich (Vlad Taltos #12) Author: Steven Brust Genre: fantasy Length: ~300 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From: Indianapol...
25 February 2010

Author Answers with Jon F. Merz

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Jon F. Merz is this week's guest author. Recently, he's teamed up with author Joe Nassie to write a seriel novel, "The Cerberus...