(Just a note to let y’all know why I’ve been away from the blog for a while. Contests have not been forgotten; I will be contacting winners later today.) John Delbert Bateman (3.December.1949 – 27.December.2011) More than anything else, he was my dad. So much goes into that simple statement. My dad, John Delbert [...]
Busy day. Long day. Almost forgot to post winners day (even though Sarah told me to think ahead and pre-plan a post….with moving there is NO thinking ahead for me). But some of you are super observant and saw that the winners have already been posted in the Rafflecopter widget. So…. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Cari Albarelli gets [...]
HUSHED Written by: Kelley York eBook: 224 pages Publisher: Entangled Publishing December 2011 Genre: Young Adult How I Got the Book: NetGalley (Summary borrowed from The YA Curator, who shortened Amazon’s summary to get rid of some spoilers.) Eighteen-year-old Archer couldn’t protect his best friend, Vivian, from what happened when they were kids, so he’s [...]
Guys, sorry I’ve been so absentee lately. It turns out moving with a baby is a big project. But, let’s face it, the big giveaway post is the one you want to read anyway, so it’s okay that I’ve been gone. I couldn’t let today pass without a post, though, because Larkstorm released today (on [...]
Guys, Sarah Belliston is a rock star. I just finished reading the first 50ish pages of her YA fantasy Conduit and it pretty much rocks. But that’s not the only reason she is awesome. Sarah is especially awesome for organizing the12 Days of Christmas Giveaway & Blog Hop. Here’s how it works: 12 blogs. 12 [...]
I’m a couple days late with my tip this week. Seems that packing an entire house, preparing to launch a business, and baking up a storm for a charity dessert auction (not to mention wrangling Baby Caveman) can take a lot of time. Who knew? This week’s tip is a short one: put away the [...]
As promised, I’m back today to tell you the things about NaNoWriMo I love, despite my choice to fail this year. So, in wonderful listy form, here I go: 1) It forces you to actually finish. Okay, so obviously that is not true. But the idea is still there. NaNoWriMo is great for the writer [...]
We’re a week into NaNoWriMo, and last night I deleted my words. Every. Single. One. Then I opened up a new file and started again. Did I just ruin my chances of getting 50,000 words this month? Well, never say never, but yeah, I probably did. And I am totally okay with that. You [...]
Oops. A while ago, I redid my blog design, as you might remember. (Side note: I am redoing it AGAIN. Not because I don’t like it, because I do, but because Geek Husband is a programmer, but doesn’t have any WordPress or Drupal experience, so I am designing my site again and giving him the [...]
Packing takes all the time, guys. For real. So nothing real from me again today, but I HAD to share a couple links with y’all. 1. This post from Kody Keplinger is a MUST READ. Must. And not just if you are a writer. This is a must read if you are a human being. [...]
