So, I know I have alot of LJ friends who are writers (whom I all love), but there is just a special place in my fangirl heart for  Ms. Diana Pharoah Francis.  Well, we've become friends online and me, being a begger, teased her a while back that if she let me beta read The Black Ship, I'd write her a glossary.  And she did!!  And I did!! And the ( Read more... )

Oh my... my oh so boring day has just been greatly improved!!

The warehouse dropped my mail off and I had a package from Penguin!!  I won a copy of Magic Burns from the Dear Author a few days ago and it's here!! So now I'm going to be useless the rest of the day as I itch to read my booksies! AND I'm in the acknowledgements b/c I got to be a beta- ( Read more... )

Diana had discussed a review of Iron Kissed a while back and there was some interesting discussion on a few plot points (I won't give them away because of massive SPOILERS!!!!) but Patricia Briggs was kind enough to respond to the discussion and Diana has posted her entire response here.

To be honest, Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry was not the kind of book that I normally read.  I love to love my protagonists from the start and you have to fall in love with Amanda Feral- but you do!  Also, his style is not one that I've encountered before and not on the top of my list for what I like to read, but his technique made me ( Read more... )

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Why do I feel like I just titled a new book in some bizarre Harry Potter series?

Anyway, I feel the need to gush. In the past year, since I picked up Magic Bites at the behest of my sister and we emailed her with our rave reviews and fan adoration, I have met and spoken with almost a dozen authors online.  It's very heady for me, you see, as I have ( Read more... )

So I went to the mall to hang out with a friend whom I haven't seen in a while and, of course, we wandered into the bookstore.  Well, I've been chatting with so many amazing authors online lately my head is about to explode. To share my joy, I wanted to show my friend some of the books they've written.  And here's what I found:

Ilona Andrews: top ( Read more... )

THE RULES:
1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.*
2. I'll respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the completely honest answers to the questions.
4. Include ( Read more... )

To some of my favorite authors in the past couple years:

YOU HAVE BEEN PIMPED.
My Ho List  :)

Love me, send me first drafts (a girl's gotta try), say hello, or just remind me you are there and I will pimp you as well (if I've read you). :) I was tempted to go to my bookshelf and start writing down names, but I'm thinking that the list would get a ( Read more... )