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A Witch and Her Familiar (Vanessa Kinley, Witch PI, Book 2) by Celia Roman
2023 Keyword: Finish

2023 Keyword: Finish

It’s time again to review the previous year’s progress, personal and professional, and write goals for the coming year. 2022’s focus was on rebuilding my creativity and pulling myself out of burnout. I did this in several ways. The first was by exploring my innate strengths, beginning with the CliftonStrengths test and continuing from there to the Better Faster Academy, a Strengths-focused resource created by Becca Syme, a success coach for writers. I’m not going to bore you with my…

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The View from Above

The View from Above

Last month, I flew to Alaska for a writer’s retreat hosted by Craig Martelle, SciFi author and the leader of the 20Booksto50K movement. It was the first time I’d been on an airplane in roughly three decades. While I’m an avid planespotter, most of my travel is done by car. The logistics of traveling by air were a little baffling. I ended up shifting my plans and staying in Fairbanks after the retreat ended, thereby negating the need for a rental…

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The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
August 2019’s Reads

August 2019’s Reads

I read a ton of stuff in August, more than usual even. It was nice to binge read a little instead of having to spread reading a single book out over a few days or longer. When I read Joe Hill’s Horns earlier this year, I fell in love with his writing style and storytelling skill. I’ve been slowly working my way through his other books, spreading them out a little so that I don’t run through them too quickly….

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The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
May and June 2019’s Reads

May and June 2019’s Reads

Because I got a little distracted in early June and completely forgot to do May’s reads (ok, I procrastinated too long), you now have the pleasure of a fairly long list of the books I’ve read since May 1st. First, a short story, “10 Reasons Aliens Just Can’t Get Enough of This Small West Virginia Town” by Shae Davidson. In this cutesy SciFi story, Davidson builds a world changed greatly by the Visitation and the alien tourists who love Pine…

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The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
April 2019’s Reads

April 2019’s Reads

April was not as heavy on the reading front as March was, thanks to a couple of long reads. Anyone who’s read this blog for a while should know that I am a huge Neil Gaiman fan. It started when my son was young and we discovered Coraline and The Graveyard Book. The stories are dark, twisted, and weird, especially considering that they’re aimed at younger readers, but that’s what we liked about them. My son grew older and into…

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First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
March 2019’s Reads

March 2019’s Reads

I read a ton more than normal this month and ranged across a wide variety of genres, from classic SciFi to Southern Magical Realism to Horror. So, let’s get to it. I’m trying to work a little more classic Science Fiction and Fantasy into my reading, especially authors I haven’t read a lot of, like Arthur C. Clarke. Rendezvous with Rama is one of his more well-known and recommended novels, so when I spotted it at City Lights Bookstore in…

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Mega SciFi and Fantasy Sale: 100 Books at $.99 Each!

Mega SciFi and Fantasy Sale: 100 Books at $.99 Each!

Fantasy author Patty Jansen is hosting a mega $.99 sale on over 100 books in the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Dystopian, and Post-apocalyptic fiction, plus SciFi and Fantasy Romance. Hop on over and check out the excellent selection! Hurry, though. The sale ends tomorrow, February 5.

Smoke in the Franklin, NC, area. Photo courtesy of Chris Bessette.
Friday Finds

Friday Finds

Header image: Smoke has become a real problem across Western North Carolina and the surrounding areas as wildfires burn in several national forest locations. Photograph courtesy of Cris Bessette. A roundup of interesting books, movies, and tidbits, some old, some new, and some stuff I just wanted to share.