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The Mermaid’s Sister by Carrie Anne Noble
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I read this for my challenge book with non-human characters. This is the story of babies left with a childless old healer woman on a mountaintop. The woman’s name is Verity, and as one might expect, she can tell no lies. One … Continue reading

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That’s All She Wrote…
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So it was hard. And sketchy for a while. After a crazy month that left me bone-crushingly tired and behind in all things important (family, work, reading, bill paying, life), I am going to bed. Wake me up if the … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo is taking over my life again…
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As you may have gathered, I will be AWOL for much of the month of November for NaNoWriMo. Writing fifty thousand words of a novel in 30 days – gah! However, I might actually have a workable idea this year … Continue reading

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I am now convinced I am TOTALLY crazy…
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I just committed to NaNoWriMo again…This is a horrible idea as I have no time for my actual real life and absolutely no plot ideas, so I have NO idea how this is gonna work…ACK! Panic mode! I MUST be … Continue reading

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
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Maybe I’m too picky lately… This one has been getting nothing but rave reviews…I really tried to LOVE this book as it is the successful product of the craziness that is Nanowrimo and, goodness knows, that in itself makes me … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo 2011
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It kind of wrecked my life…but I won this today.That is all.

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NaNoWriMo – The Quest
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So…I basically set out on a quest of epic proportions on Nov. 1: to write a 50,000 word novel draft in 30 days or less. It’s a seemingly unattainable goal for an already crazy busy month: I mean, we’ve got … Continue reading

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Shamelessly shopping for germs…
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So what kind of book do YOU want to read? That’s what I keep asking myself as I try to get inspired for NaNoWriMo, or NNWM, as Kelley insists we call it. So far, none of my potential little idea germs … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo
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So, I’ve been toying with this idea of “joining” NaNoWriMo (or National Novel Writing Month) for a few years but just never had the time. (I know, I know, excuses…) It’s always been a dream of mine to write an actual book, but … Continue reading

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