Guest blogger of the day - Doranna Durgin!

[varkat]

One quick thing before I move on to my guest-blogger for the day, and that's a HUGE congratulations to N.K. Jemisin, whose amazing debut novel, THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, is on the Nebula Awards ballot for Best Novel.  Go, Nora!

And now, without further ado, I present to you Doranna Durgin, whose new paranormal romance novel, STORM OF RECKONING,

Comments

[e_moon60]

What a brilliant metaphor for the writing life! Thanks!

[connerybeagle]

How cool that the blog resonated with you!

(This is me, not ConneryBeagle. I don't want to be around when he learns I co-opted his account.)

[connerybeagle]

Let me stand back and admire the awesome that is the LJ nickname "slimequeen." I wish I'd thought of it first...

(Instead of stealing my dog's account--!)

Anyway, I'm glad you liked the blog. 8)

[anonymous]

Wonderful story. I have often thought tenacity counts as much as talent in this wacky business.

[connerybeagle]

"This wacky business." Ain't it the truth!

[morriga]

Very inspiring. I bought Storm of Reckoning the other day

[connerybeagle]

Oh! Thank you! That warms my little author heart. 8)

[morriga]

No problem! The back synopsis is what convinced me. Then to get back a friend told me it was book two. Could it stand alone?

[connerybeagle]

I always do my best to make the books stand on their own; in this case, I'm hearing from readers that the book works that way, but that the story is enhanced by having read the first. That's something I think can be said about most series. 8)

[connerybeagle]

Lorraine, I think it saved itself! All I did was not throw it away.

I think it has ten leaves now!