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A Writer Reads

23rd December 2011

I now write for the groovy Limebird Writers, and my first post as LimeBird Lorna is now live!  Go check it out here, or here:   I find inspiration everywhere, but sometimes I need a little push.  On slow days, I go to these books for a prompt, a spark, or some words on the craft:   The Writer’s Block – I truly love this thing.  We go back a long way and we’ve been through a lot.  This little…

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100 Books Or Bust

100 Books or Bust: Heading For 50

24th October 2011

Well. Dead Until Dark was the 45th book I’ve read this year.  Not my usual thing, but my brain was buzzing and needed down-time.  I had fun reading some choice lines aloud to Sarge, and finished it in a few hours. Here’s a list of all the books I’ve read so far this year.  If I finish all the books I’ve got going, I’ll break 50 soon.  However.  I probably won’t make it to 100 books read this year.  I…

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100 Books Or Bust

100 Books Or Bust: Playing Catch-Up

14th May 2011

Last weekend I hit 25, which means I am 11 books behind my target of 100. I am still having fun, and have enjoyed all the books on one level or another, brain-candy or bubble-gum. Here be the first quarter, in reading order: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas A Very Private Gentleman: A Novel – Martin Booth I Was Amelia Earhart – Jane Mendelsohn Warm…

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100 Books Or Bust

Shopping On My Shelves

1st March 2011

Last April, I condensed my list of Things To Do Before I’m 30 into 29 Resulotions. Number 10a and 10b on that 16 item list goes something like this: Read all the books I’ve left unread/people have thrown at me. Not buy another book for myself until the above item is checked off. (Except The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest.) Well.  I failed.  Not by much, because I had this in mind and not  a lot of money in…

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