How are you?
The Drowning City, Amanda Downum
The first book in the Necromancer Chronicles and this author's first book, period. She's represented by an agent I'm watching and it sounded interesting, so I decided to check it out. It is good. Surprisingly so for an idea that I think many writers have considered before, but there are reasons why few of them have made it into published form. The main character is a necromancer, sent by her country's government to help along rebellion in one corner of an empire. There are three viewpoint characters. That threw me off a little, but I'll now admit that they were necessary. I'm looking forward to the second book.
Total = 1/56
In other news, Tait was here for a little over 2 weeks for a visit of awesome WIN. Kiri and Melanie are now back from Eugene and I got to see them for a few minutes last night. And Morgan leaves very, very soon for Maine. I am jealous.
There's a ridiculous amount of reading for me to catch up on before the library demands its books back, so of course I'm avoiding it. But I have begun my edits to Remi's story and last night I got an idea for a sequence of short stories about a mercenary, cursed never to die as long as she keeps fighting, and the god of war who both cursed her and loves her. I haven't decided yet if there will be 3 or 4, and I may just combine them into one longer piece, depending on their length.
Oh! And I've strained my wrist. I'm not sure when, where, or how, but there are a few things I am now avoiding doing and a few more things I'm learning how to do one-handed. Currently, typing is neither of those, but I suppose it should be. >_>
The first book in the Necromancer Chronicles and this author's first book, period. She's represented by an agent I'm watching and it sounded interesting, so I decided to check it out. It is good. Surprisingly so for an idea that I think many writers have considered before, but there are reasons why few of them have made it into published form. The main character is a necromancer, sent by her country's government to help along rebellion in one corner of an empire. There are three viewpoint characters. That threw me off a little, but I'll now admit that they were necessary. I'm looking forward to the second book.
Total = 1/56
In other news, Tait was here for a little over 2 weeks for a visit of awesome WIN. Kiri and Melanie are now back from Eugene and I got to see them for a few minutes last night. And Morgan leaves very, very soon for Maine. I am jealous.
There's a ridiculous amount of reading for me to catch up on before the library demands its books back, so of course I'm avoiding it. But I have begun my edits to Remi's story and last night I got an idea for a sequence of short stories about a mercenary, cursed never to die as long as she keeps fighting, and the god of war who both cursed her and loves her. I haven't decided yet if there will be 3 or 4, and I may just combine them into one longer piece, depending on their length.
Oh! And I've strained my wrist. I'm not sure when, where, or how, but there are a few things I am now avoiding doing and a few more things I'm learning how to do one-handed. Currently, typing is neither of those, but I suppose it should be. >_>