In addition to letting me read her debut The Burning of Isobel Key (review here) Jen McConnel also tagged me in the First Look Challenge and well, once you’re tagged, you’re IT. That’s the rules, right? The way it works: You search your WIP for the word “look” and then post the scene it surrounds. I’ve got two novels… Continue reading The First Look Challenge: Lizzy Speare and the Hall of Hecate
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Review: The Burning of Isobel Key by Jen McConnel
Hi folks. I was fortunate to get my hands on an ARC of Jen McConnel’s debut novel, The Burning of Isobel Key and I’m so glad I had the chance to read Lou’s story. Here’s the description: Lou is in the middle of a quarter-life crisis. Ever since college, she’s lacked direction, working as a clerk… Continue reading Review: The Burning of Isobel Key by Jen McConnel
Visiting Novel Reverie
The very awesome Denee invited me over to her place at Novel Reveries to talk about Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb. Prior to, she reviewed my book. She asked me to write a synopsis in sonnet form. For those of you who don’t know sonnets contain the following: 1. 10 syllables per line 2. A… Continue reading Visiting Novel Reverie
Word Cloud
Word clouds are cool. I got this from my good friend Jes via Word It Out. They make word clouds out of text and Jess did it for her first book – Tab Bennett and the Inbetween – which you can (and should) buy here. Take my word for it, she’s very talented. So I borrowed her… Continue reading Word Cloud
Visiting with Renata
Hi folks. I’m over at Renata Barcelos’ blog talking about writing and Lizzy and all my strange little eccentricities and the best reader experience I’ve ever had. I had a woman come up to me once after a poetry reading and tell me that a specific poem about my mother’s battle with breast cancer is… Continue reading Visiting with Renata
Ally Malinenko 