So many words. So little time.
Tag: writing
This was an excellent writing week! Granted, I only worked two days, then had surgery and had not much else to do except lay around and read, but still. I wrote four book reviews, The Deathly Grimm, by Kathryn Purdie, Holy Terrors, by Margaret Owen, The Wandering Season, by Aimie K. Runyan, and Love, The Duke, by Amelia Grey, plus my February reading post and the best books I read in February.
Happy writing!
This was a good writing week! I wrote four book reviews: My Big Fat Fake Marriage, by Charlotte Stein, Mother of Rome, by Lauren J. A. Bear, The Bane Witch, by Ava Morgyn, and His Mortal Demise, by Vanessa Le, all forthcoming.
Maybe I’ll get in some fiction next week.
Happy writing!
This was an okay writing week. I wrote two book reviews, Southern by Design, by Grace Helena Walz and Spring Fling, by Annie England Noblin (forthcoming). Got some less-than-ideal health news that I’m still processing.
Happy writing!
Title: The Perfect Rom-Com
Author: Melissa Ferguson
Genre: Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
She’s written dozens of smash hit novels as a ghostwriter. Too bad no one knows it.
Aspiring author Bryony Page attends her first writers conference bursting with optimism and ready to sell her manuscript with long-shot dreams of raising awareness for The Bridge, her grandmother’s financially-struggling organization where she teaches ESL full-time. But after a disastrous pitching session, she stumbles into correcting another author’s work in a last-ditch attempt to make a good impression with the agent. And she, as it turns out, is spot on.
No one is more surprised than Bryony when the agent offers her the opportunity to be a ghostwriter for Amelia Benedict, popular rom-com novelist. Bryony agrees on one she’ll write books for this vain, demanding woman just as long as Jack Sterling, literary agent of the legendary Foundry Literary Agency, works to sell her own book too.
What nobody predicted, however, was that Bryony’s books would turn Amelia Benedict into the Amelia Benedict, household name and bestselling author with millions of copies sold around the world.
And just like that, the Foundry Agency can’t let her go.
But on a personal note, Jack is realizing he can’t either.
I wouldn’t quite describe this as a rom-com. The writing is solid, and I like the characters (Except Amelia. She’s terrible.). The interactions between Jack and Bryony are great. I really enjoy their banter. But…very little of this story is actually about their romance. It’s more about Bryony finding herself and her place in the world. That being said, as long as you aren’t expecting a full rom-com, this is a solid read.
Melissa Ferguson is a bestselling author. The Perfect Rom-Com is her newest novel.
(Galley courtesy of Thomas Nelson in exchange for an honest review.)
This was an okay writing week. I wrote two book reviews, A Circle of Uncommon Witches, by Paige Crutcher and The Lost Passenger, by Frances Quinn, but no fiction and no journaling.
Happy writing!
This was a solid writing week: no fiction, but two journaling sessions, two book reviews (Never Planned on You, by Lindsay Hameroff and I Am the Cage, by Allison Sweet Grant, both forthcoming), my January reading post, and my top books of January post (out tomorrow).
Happy writing!
This was an okay writing week: a couple of journaling sessions and one book review, The Dressmakers of London, by Julia Kelly. I’m tired…
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This has been a solid writing week. No fiction, but I wrote two book reviews, See How They Hide, by Allison Brennan and Last Twilight in Paris, by Pam Jenoff, both forthcoming. I also did three journaling sessions–I really hope they’re helping get my mind straightened out. It’s been a tough week.
Happy writing!
Last year, my goal was to get in five fiction sessions a week. Which I did except maybe three times. That sounds positive, but in the end, I ended up rehashing a lot of words and not accomplishing a lot, so I decided to make my goal a bit different this year: write every day (same as last year), but it can be any kind of writing. Fiction, book reviews, prayers, journaling (Yeah, that’s the headspace I’m in right now.)
This week, I’ve gotten a ton of writing done! I did get in one fiction session, but I also wrote my December reading post, my best books I read in December, What I Read in 2024, and four book reviews: Here Beside the Rising Tide, by Emily Jane, A Sea of Unspoken Things, by Adrienne Young, Capitana, by Cassandra James, and All Better Now, by Neal Shusterman (all forthcoming).
I also did three journaling sessions, so there was a ton of writing happening over here. How about you?
This was a great writing week! I got in five fiction sessions, and four book reviews, Work in Progress, by Kat Mackenzie, Only in Your Dreams, by Ellie K Wilde, Earl Crush, by Alexandra Vasti, and Brewing Up a Bad Boy, by Katherine Garbera, all forthcoming in January.
Happy writing!
Tomorrow Is Another Day 