Category: writing

Sundays are for Writing #279

This was a good writing week! I got in five fiction sessions, and four book reviews! The Backup Princess, by Kate O’Keeffe, The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club, by Helen Simonson, The Keeper of the Irish Secret, by Susanne O’Leary, and Summers at the Saint, by Mary Kay Andrews.

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #278

This has been a solid writing week. I got in five fiction sessions, and two book reviews, The Garden Girls, by Jessica R. Patch, and Extinction, by Douglas Preston.

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #276

This was a great writing week—and I was out of town Monday-Friday for training. I wrote three book reviews: The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple, by Joanna Davidson Politano, What’s Eating Jackie Oh?, by Patricia Park, and The One That Got Away with Murder, by Trish Lundy. The first and last books are worth reading. The middle one…not so much. I also got in five fiction sessions.

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #275

This was a solid writing week: I got in five fiction sessions, and two book reviews, The British Booksellers, by Kristy Cambron and The Reappearance of Rachel Price, by Holly Jackson. Busy week with family in town, a birthday party for my nephew, and my aunt in the hospital, so I’m pleased I stuck to my writing.

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #274

This wasn’t a great writing week: I wrote one book review, Love, Unscripted, by Denise Hunter, and four fiction sessions. This is the first week all year I haven’t met my goal of five fiction-writing sessions each week. :/ Work was tough this week, though, and I was exhausted. Hopefully next week will be better!

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #273

This was a decent writing week: I got in five fiction sessions and wrote one book review, The Trail of Lost Hearts, by Tracey Garvis Graves. I really enjoyed this read quite a bit.

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #272

Despite traveling/being gone for work this week, it was still a solid writing week. I got in five fiction sessions, and three book reviews: Expiration Dates, by Rebecca Serle (not sure how I feel about this read), The Last Bloodcarver, by Vanessa Le (excellent read), Sincerely, the Duke, by Amelia Grey (solid romance read). I also wrote my March reading post, and my best books of March post.

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #270

This was a good writing week! I wrote Four book reviews, and got in five fiction sessions. An Unlikely Proposition, by Rosalyn Eves (This read like watching a telenovela), Good Half Gone, by Tarryn Fisher (DNFed because I didn’t like the MC), A Feather So Black, by Lyra Selene (I really liked this and can’t wait to read more!), and Bad Like Us, by Gabriella Lepore (This was a kind of YA locked room murder mystery—but I didn’t like the victim at all, so I wasn’t too invested.).

The fiction sessions were mainly brainstorming a do-over and working on bits of a re-write because I decided I didn’t like the genre or world I was writing in, So there’s that.

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #269

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

This was a solid writing week: one book review, The Summer She Went Missing, by Chelsea Ichaso, and five fiction writing sessions. Is it bad if I realize, while writing, that I know I’m wandering a bit and the second draft will have to be reigned in a lot? I hope not. I keep telling myself I’m just trying to get a feel for the character…

Happy writing!

Sundays are for Writing #266

This was another great writing week! I wrote two book reviews, The Lost Dresses of Italy, by M. A. Mclaughlin and A Step Past Darkness, by Vera Kurian. Spoiler alert: I DNFed A Step Past Darkness because I found it and the characters boring, but I really enjoyed The Lost Dresses of Italy. It was a great historical fiction read!

I also got in five fiction-writing sessions! This will prove more difficult next week, as I’ll be traveling a bit for work, but we’ll see how it goes.

Happy writing!