Word Nerd

Today, I'm flying on a jet plane, heading to St. Louis. It's work-related, and not for an early BCon recon mission. As Bethany p...

At the Word Nerds, there's a lot brewing - most of it non-blog related. This recent xkcd.com comic pretty much sums up how I feel abou...

Over the last two or three weeks, my Dell computer took a long and painful downhill slide. The inevitable was fast approaching and I needed...

I really like the idea of this project -- 100 Days . The idea is really simple. For 100 days, pick a design operation and do it every da...

Let's just get this out quickly, kind of like ripping off a Band-aid. The Word Nerds aren't going to Bouchercon in St. Louis. ...

Have you seen the new ad for a Kindle? The one where two friends are talking about getting a new book from a favorite author, just released...

Title : Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch #15) Author: Michael Connelly Genre: mystery Length : 374 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From...

I'm swiping this from Pbackwriter who got it from somebody else, etc., so the string continues. Robohash creates a picture of a robo...

Readings stats must be on a quarterly rotation here. May Books -- 13 Pages -- 4,095 June Books -- 7 Pages -- 5,406 July Books -- 5 Pa...

Title : Basilisk (Chimera Series #2) Author: Rob Thurman Genre: crime/sci-fi Length: ~250 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came From:...

I'd like to take a break from the regularly scheduled program of books, words and other nerd-ish writerly things and boast about my 11 y...

I've got a book and I'm on a jet plane today, so I'm leaving you with some great tweets from Wednesday. Twitter had a hashtag ...

The search for the perfect school supplies has started at my house. I have one in middle school for the first time and one continuing at th...

Title: Ghost Story (Dresden Files bk. 13) Author: Jim Butcher Genre: urban fantasy Length: 477 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came Fr...

There are times when nothing but quiet will do. And while this particular post was written by a mom, I think that anyone in search of quiet ...

The news broke last week that Borders is closing for good. Shuttering 400-odd stores this spring (including several here in the Circle Cit...

Are you a rule follower or a rule breaker? Me, I'm a rule breaker. I know, I know, I really do seem like a rule follower to those who k...

Title: The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes Author: Marcus Sakey Genre: mystery/thriller Length: ~400 pages Where Word Nerd's Copy Came F...

Here's an interesting concept that I think would be interesting to build into a story. Computers have two ways of accessing memory. One...

Harry Potter, the final movie, came out on Friday. Were you one of the masses that stood in line for it? I was not. For me, Harry Potter e...