Archive for June, 2010
Goodreads Review: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See My rating: 4 of 5 stars In a brilliant bit of gender stereotyping, my husband has been heard to observe of my friendships with other women that they’re far more like romantic relationships than the friendships he has with other men. Though I bristle [...]
Tags: adult, chick-lit, feminism, friendship, goodreads, historical, novel, review
Teaser Tuesday: The Story of the First Walker, Part 1
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Fresh off the word processor (and oh, very unedited!), this week’s teaser is a bit of a stylistic shift. It comes from a story that my merman, Loril, tells his human girlfriend Irene about the first Walker, his namesake. I tried to make this a fresh version of the many mermaid legends that exist–creating a [...]
Tags: excerpt, loril, mermaids, merman, myth, teaser tuesday, walker
Goodreads Review: Pucker
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Pucker by Melanie Gideon My rating: 4 of 5 stars My mother loves many things, but two more than most: books and thrift shopping. Sometimes she combines the two, grabbing unusual hardcovers for a dollar or so from her favorite thrift store. Because she’s awesome, she sometimes mails them to me. Often wonderful, these are [...]
Tags: fantasy, goodreads, review, ya
Teaser Tuesday is a Banana (and is packing heat)
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What’s that you say? That it’s Tuesday? Did you bring your coat? Oh yes, right. Teaser time. Irene and Loril (previously) haven’t found his dad yet–but they have found what seems to be his brother. Under a less-than-savory pretext, they manage to get themselves invited to his home. (Teaser removed)
Tags: hackneyed pop culture references, seas run dry, teaser tuesday, writing
Phoebe Talking about Painting Things Phoebe Eats (among other things)
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I finished this painting a few nights ago. I was working on it, very sporadically, for probably about six months. Still, I’m pretty happy with the result. It’s based on a photo from a book I got from a used book sale–Foods of the World: Cooking of the British Isles. All the photos are like [...]
Tags: art, food, grief, memories, painting, seas run dry, short story, strange horizons, vanity, writing
I gave my notice today
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and soon, I begin a new adventure. D.C. Cherry blossoms. Winter and autumn and spring. And everything that’s been missing in Florida, even if I will miss many things there. I wrote this: This is what happens over time: you become afraid to make leaps, however small, as if your routine of sleep coffee work [...]
Tags: free writing, life changes, moving, poetry
Oh My My My
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Looks like I’ve won a blog award! From two people, at that. Thanks to Ellen and Liz! The image below is probably the girliest thing on my site ever. And apparently, with a great blog award comes great responsibilities: 1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award. 2. Share 7 [...]
Tags: awards, blog, links, time wasting
Merteaser Mertuesday: The Merman Problem
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Today’s teaser explains some of the mechanics and biology of my mermaids. I have to admit that I winced a bit when I read this excerpt from Hannah Moskowitz’s blog from her current work-in-progress, which also features a merman, and raises similar questions of biology. But, hell, if you’re writing about mermen that do it, [...]
Tags: links, mermaid, merman, seas run dry, teaser tuesday
Goodreads Review: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s difficult for me to review Carrie Ryan’s first novel, The Forest of Hands and Teeth objectively–because I can’t help but feel like there were two very different books packed into the volume’s three-hundred-some-odd pages. The first was the delicately [...]
Tags: goodreads, horror, review, romance, ya
Teaser Tuesday: I’ve Got a Secret (I Can’t Tell You!)
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Today’s SEAS RUN DRY teaser comes at a crucial moment in the manuscript. Things have been going pretty well for Loril and Irene: they’ve kissed, spent the night holding one another, and have gone for sushi. But at the end of their sushi date, it starts to rain, and Loril’s hand is forced. The time [...]
Tags: mermaids, merMAN dad merMAN, seas run dry, teaser tuesday
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