Tag Archives: book addiction

Hunger Games unseats Harry Potter

Over at The Mary Sue, they have an interesting article on Amazon’s report that The Hunger Games has overtaken Harry Potter as their best-selling series ever. They ask what we might attribute this success to, beyond the simple popularity of … Continue reading

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WonderCon 2012 Experience

I spent the weekend at WonderCon and, like everything else, my con-going experience consisted of equal parts self-improvement and self-indulgence. Continue reading

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Comic-Con => Zombie!Joyce

Five days, way too many lines, and one lost bracelet (dammit!) later and I’m home from San Diego Comic-Con 2010. Even after twelve hours of sleep last night, I’m still reeling, unsure if I had a good time and why. … Continue reading

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The End is Seriously Nigh

This is it, kids. House of Cats is less than a week away from being completely written. The rough draft of #19 is finished and I’ll be writing #20 over what remains of the long weekend. Monday, I’ll write the … Continue reading

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Shabby Crap

It’s hard to update a blog that doesn’t exist. Like, oh, say, my Goodreads.com blog, which has disappeared for reasons unknown. I anticipate an exciting discussion with the people in power over there when they get my message. I doubt … Continue reading

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The New Year Comes Early

There’s no rest for the wicked, even those with word counts as pleasingly round as mine. And as much as I love seeing that NaNoWriMo widget in my sidebar, with its cheerful 100%, it’s time to move on to the … Continue reading

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Are my horns showing?

I just wasted an hour, when I should have been writing HoC, writing a review on Goodreads.com. Incidentally, I am a Goodreads author (oh, that is just such a weird feeling). After obsessing over the review, I ultimately chickened out … Continue reading

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Nearly there!

I’m posting a bit earlier than I usually do, just to get it out of the way this evening. I have devoured my word deficit today and I’m closing in on where I need to be. I think I’m more … Continue reading

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Busy, busy, chu chu chu

I’m posting now in case I don’t get a chance later. I have a busy day today and haven’t done any writing yet. I will though. I spent six HOURS running errands today. T_T My poor feets. But it’s all … Continue reading

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HoC – 606

I wanted to get more, if for no other reason than to keep on track for editing. But it got late and I finished the scene I was in and I just couldn’t find any more words. I bought books … Continue reading

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