Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart

by | Jun 23, 2009 | Need to Read

I know Ruby Oliver is not the title of the book, but I’m going to blog about the first two books in the series. I’m still hoping to be on the ARC list for the third one, but I don’t know if I’m going to be lucky or not. The titles are: The...

Copy editing & regionalisms

by | Jun 22, 2009 | Daily Writings

I am reading a couple of great YAs which are part of a series. As I read, it got me thinking a bit about copy edits and regionalisms in language. I have one more round of line edits before Restoring Harmony goes into copy edits, but they’re on my mind. My editor...

The Perils of Paradise

by | Jun 19, 2009 | Daily Writings

The perils of living in paradise are wonderful writing distractions like this: Click to see it larger. The husband wants me to state for the record that while he took this picture, it is a SNAPSHOT TAKEN WITHOUT THE PROPER LENSE AND DOES NOT REFLECT HIS PHOTOGRAPHY...

The End…it couldn’t come soon enough

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Need to Read

I just read most of the worst book I’ve ever read. Seriously. Previously, I thought THE EVENING STAR was the worst book I ever read, and I guess it still is because at least I finished it (it took me months though). This is the worst book I almost read all of....

Congrats, Snapper!

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Daily Writings

My husband has been known to say about me and my writing, “I’m so proud I’m gonna pop.” Yeah…he’s a Southerner so he says things a little differently than everyone else. As he claims, “We’ve got language, the rest of...