By Tia Nevitt, on November 30th, 2009
I can’t believe I’ve never reviewed any of these novels.
The Maisie Dobbs novels are one of my favorite mystery series. The author is Jacqueline Winspear, and her first novel was Maisie Dobbs. It introduced us to Maisie Dobbs, Psychologist and Investigator. It begins in 1929, when Maisie opens her investigation office after serving an apprenticeship [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 29th, 2009
This week, Writer Wednesday really is returning, barring any unforeseen events. I hope all you NaNoWriMo survivors will even want to participate after spending the whole month writing. Justin Allen, author of The Slaves of the Shinar and Year of the Horse (which I just received from the publisher) is going to be our guest. [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 28th, 2009
Many authors who blog aren’t really true bloggers. Many authors use their blog as a sort of general announcement page, and that’s fine. But some authors are actual bloggers. Here some author blogs that I follow and regularly get a kick out of.
Jennifer Estep has been blogging all the ins and outs, ups and downs [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 26th, 2009
My specific Thanksgiving memories don’t get clear until I was a little older — like when I was at least ten years old. After that, they all blur together into uniform mobs of people, two huge tables full of food (one table for children, one for adults), lots of cookies, rum-balls, sand tarts and pies, [...]
By superwench83, on November 25th, 2009
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
By Galen Beckett
Amazon USA – UK – Canada
Random House – Trade Paperback
Reviewed by Superwench83.
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent—a fantasy novel written in the style of Jane Austen, with characteristics of a Bronte book—is a fantastic blend of smart prose, charming characters, and an unusual and wonderful story. “But it’s more than [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 24th, 2009
The Better Part of Darkness
by Kelly Gay
Amazon USA – UK – Canada
Pocket Books – 7.99
First, some caveats. This isn’t my usual genre.The author knows this. I also have come to know the author over the past year of hosting her guests posts at my previous blog, Fantasy Debut, and swapping emails. So, I’m not entirely [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 23rd, 2009
Kelly Gay, author of The Better Part of Darkness
We’ve been following Kelly Gay’s fledgling career since shortly after her sale was announced last summer, and she has appeared at Fantasy Debut in a series of guest posts on her milestones as an upcoming author. The first post was called “ Switching Gears” and was [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 22nd, 2009
Dang, I have so many posts and so few days this week in which to post them! I’m reading like crazy so I can review The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay on its release day, but I also have the author’s guest post, one of Superwench’s reviews and a debut showcase to post! [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 20th, 2009
You guys have got to hear this! John Anealio of SciFi Songs has done it again! He has written, played, sang and recorded another song, this time about NaNoWriMo! Those of you who are involved in NaNoWriMo really need to go and give it a listen. He used his own experience with NaNoWriMo to help [...]
By Tia Nevitt, on November 20th, 2009
I found some more debuts for you, courtesy of the Edelweiss catalog search tool, which I will be making great use of from this day forward. For now, I’m including paperback debuts where the novel has already released in hardcover. Mostly, because I had a bunch of these before I realized they were there. But [...]
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