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It's like the blind leading the blind. Fumbling with Fiction follows the journey of a newbie author. Along the way there are a lot of missteps, but I like to think they're all leading in the right direction. Plus, I get several published authors to s
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Review in Questions: Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
“Don’t worry, Anna. I’ll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it.” “Okay.” “Promise me? Promise you won’t say anything?” “Don’t worry.” I laughed. “It...
Review in Questions: Royal Blood by Rona Sharon
In the Tudor Court of 1518, your friends and enemies can be one and the same…During the annual celebration of the Order of the Garter, Sir Michael Devereaux arrives in King Henry VIII’s court on a mission for his benefactor. The celebrati...
Review in Questions: The Hunger Games
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one by and one girl be...
Review in Questions: I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have to Kill You
The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls schools–that is, it would be if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit fo...
Review in Questions: Forest of Hands And Teeth
In Mary’s world, there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village. But slowly, Mary&#...
Book Review: Ink Exchange
I read Wicked Lovely this past summer and loved it. I hadn’t been dying to read Ink Exchange, though. No particular reason except that there were other books on my “To Be Read” List calling my name. So I put off reading Melissa M...
Book Review: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Sooooo tempting to write thirteen reasons why I loved Thirteen Reasons Why, but I’ve seen that everywhere, so I’ll resist…I promise. First of all, SPOILER ALERT. Not a big one. I’m not going to reveal the “reasons why...
Can I Get An Amen?
There’s only one truly awful reason not to write: You’re scared. But I get it. I do. I was scared to death to write. I thought, Who am I to write a book? More than that, Who am I to even think that I could write a book? And publishing? ...
Book Review: The Appeal
I decided to review John Grisham’s The Appeal last week, but I’m so glad I did because yesterday, this book just got a whole lot more timely. WIthout giving too much away, The Appeal deals with the question of whether at some point (or...
Book Review: Twilight Saga–Eclipse
I’m changing it up on y’all…getting crazy with the schedule, aren’t I? Like book review on a Sunday! What will I do next? Anyway, I just finished Eclipse. Yes, I know, I’m behind the times. But remember, Nate and I had t...
Book Review: The Gargoyle
“Marianne Engel is a beautiful sculptress of gargoyles who appears in the burn unit one day and tells the narrator of this mesmerizing tale that they were lovers in medieval times, when she was a scribe and he was a mercenary. Is she simply ...
Book Review: The Map Thief
First, y’all should know that I hold a special place in my heart for lawyer-authors (or author-lawyers, as they might prefer to be called). So when Heather Terrell’s book arrived on my doorstep I was excited to get started. A quick glance...
Say What?: How Dialogue Can Keep Your Readers Sane
“You know, fellow blog reader, Chandler’s blog is beginning to read a lot like a monologue. She keeps talking and talking and talking-” “I know what you mean! It’s like she can’t shut up. You’d think she be...
Book Review: House of Night Series (Marked and Betrayed)
For those of you who were more than a little disappointed by Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, I think I’ve found the answer. You can still have your insanely attractive vampires, teen girl narrator, and a splash of romance (Ok, so Twilig...
Point of View’s a Point of Contention
When writing a novel–or anything for that matter–one of the most pivotal decisions an author makes is choosing the point of view from which the story will be told. I write Young Adult fiction, but the same holds true for other genres as w...
Middle Earth and Me
I know you have all been waiting on pins and needles for me to reveal my favorite book, so, because I’m a nice person, I’ll make you wait no longer. My favorite book is… THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkein. I thought it’d be incredib...
Book Review: Twilight Saga Continued–New Moon
I reviewed Twilight last week and as the release of Breaking Dawn grows closer I thought a review of the second book in the Twilight series would be fitting. Like Twilight, I read New Moon in about 2 days. Again, it being summer, I’m going to e...
For Kicks–Some more Twilight hype
After some discussion of Twilight, I thought it would be fun to post a couple scenes from the upcoming movie as well as the trailer. The movie comes out December 2008. I’m uber excited and hope it will fill at least half the void left by Harry ...
Book Review: Twilight
I’m going to be honest with you here. It’s summer and the way I judge books, for the most part, is how quickly they compel me to turn the pages. –The exception is reading Styron, whom I will still read in the summer even though his ...
