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 Welcome to the 14th century, in a farflung outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, and a new Convent outpost of the terrrifically powerful Roman Catholic Church. Sound historically dull? Hopefully not so--for this is NOT an ordinary 14th Century Convent. Back after a six-year hiatus.... From NaNoWriMo historical Supernatural novels in Scotland, Michigan, South Alabama and historical horror in Standwood Station, GA-to the Phantom Northern Woods-to singlehandedly refighting the American Civil War-to exploring Social Justice and standing for First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution-we deal out horror, Supernatural, Historical, fantasy, mystery, and more. We do not fear outspokeness. And always, always, always, We Do History. Find it here. We write it. We read it. We hold strong opinions. We orate. Meanwhile, whether we're writing or just reading, we love to rave about books and authors right here!  |
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Nov. 1, 3-finished P. D. Cacek, Wind Caller Nov. 4- 6: Wendy Corsi Staub, Lily Dale: Connecting (Lily Dale Book Three) Nov. 6-Nov. 8 Bryan Smith, House of Blood Nov. 8: Wendy Corsi Staub, Lily Dale: Discovering (Lily Dale Book Four) Nov. 9-13: Stephen King, 11/22/63 (new 11-08-2011):( Nov. 13-15: Lars Kepler, The Hypnotist!!! (wonderful!) Nov. 16-18: L. H. Maynard, M. P. N. Sims, Shelter Nov. 19-21: Stephen King, Cujo (reread) Nov. 21- : John Connolly, The Burning Soul Nov. 23-25: L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims, Night Souls Nov. 25: finished Richard Bachmann, The Regulators Nov. 25=28 Stephen King, The Tommyknockers (reread) Nov. 28-Dec. 03 Stephen King, Insomnia (reread) |
| Daughter's in labour with her 6th, so today I will be grandmother of 3 granddaughters, 4 grandsons, 5 stepgranddaughters, 3 step grandsons, great-grandmother of 2 step-granddaughters and 2 step-grandsons (those last four are one family LOL) NaNo Novel now at just under 66K. going for 70K and I wish to finish it today, as I have the 2010 NaNo incomplete (but winner) and the May 31-present novel to work on with Experimental Plotters Challenge in December.  |
| Going for 35K today; 40K on the 12th; and NaNo stats show me reaching 50K on the 15th. However, the novel is shaping up to pass my goal of 70K, and probably reach 80K at least. Today it is laying groundwork for a future novel-one in which I won't have to leave behind my MC after all (this is his third book) even though he dies at the end of the current NaNo project. So I'm happy about that, and about the inspiration this AM to deepen one of the very minor players from the first novel in this series. Additionally, I commenced Stephen King's brand-newest (just published yesterday) "11/22/63" last night-Enraptured so far! |
| I reached 25K yesterday, Monday Nov. 7. That is halfway for NaNo requirement of 50K, in less than a quarter of the time frame. But I decided in Oct. to go for 70K, and last week decided 80K would be nice. So in that delineation, I'm not at halfway yet. Still reading, of course; the new Stephen King, published today, arrived at the library for me on reserve yesterday; hope to get it today. Also have 7 writing books from the library and 5 of my own to read through. |
Finally  OCTOBER BOOKS READ-OCTOBER 2011 1 October-: Walden, portion of Chapter 1 1 October: Jonathan Rabb, The Second Son (2011) 1 October-2 October: Sarah Pinbrough, Hidden!! 3 October: Laurie R. King, Pirate King (Mary R. Russell & Sherlock Holmes #11) 3 October=5 October: Peter James, Dead Like You! 5 October-6 October : Sarah Pinbrough, The Taken 6 October- 7 October : Lee Child, Running Blind (Jack Reacher Book Four) 7 October-9 October: Lee Child, Echo Burning (Jack Reacher Book Five) 9 October- 10 October : Lee Child, Without Fail (Jack Reacher Book Six) 11 October : Matthew Reilly, Area 7 (extraordinarily fast-paced, but in need of editing-I found multiple instances where the same info was given twice, often in dialogue-which is preferable-then given again as narrative) 12 October: Lee Child, Die Trying (Jack Reacher Book Two) 13 October-14 October: Lee Child, Tripwire (Jack Reacher Book Two) 14 October: Matthew Reilly, Contest 15 October: James Rollins, Subterranean (stand-alone) 15 October-16 October: Sarah Pinbrough, The Reckoning!! 16 October-17 October: Matthew Reilly, Temple 17 October: Sarah Pimbrough, Breeding Ground 17 October-18 October: Lee Child, Persuader (Jack Reacher Book Seven) 18 October, 23 October : Whitley Strieber, Hybrids 19 October-20 October : Lee Child, Enemy )Jack Reacher Book Eight)!! 20 October: Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher Book Eleven) 21 October: Lee Child, Nothing to Lose!! (Jack Reacher Book Twelve) 22 October: 19 October; 21 October, 22 October -23 October : Chris Bohjalian, The Night Strangers 23 October- : James A. Moore, Possessions (and Rabid Growth and Fireworks) 24 October, and 29 October : Helen Grant, The Glass Demon 24 oCTOBER-: Amanda Kyle Williams, The Stranger You Seek 26 October: Jessica Page Morrell, Writing Out the Storm : Bullies, Bastards, & Bitches: How To Write The Bad Guys of Fiction 26 October-27 October, 29 October: Covenant, John Everson 30-31 October: P. D. Cacek, Wind Caller!!! 28 books; not really a good month's total, but quite possibly better than next month, since NOVEMBER IS ALL ABOUT NANOWRIMO! |
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| Completed the October NaNo Prep Challenge on Tuesday Oct. 18, so will get a Merit Badge for that completion, and surprisingly received a Cheerleading Merit Badge from it yesterday! Very thankful! Just finished Experimental Plotters Challenge today (a 30-day program) so now will have 11 more days to reread and hopefully edit the first three books in "The Testament Logging Corporation Chronicles," of which the NaNo novel this year will be Book Four. This way I'll be steeped in the milieu. This series is a subset of "The Phantom Northern Woods Tales." |
| Hah! BOTH novels won! I decided to finish Lee Child's "Persuader" (which btw is Jack Reacher #7) and THEN about 10:20 PM began reading Whitley Strieber's "Hybrids." As always with Mr. Strieber, the book takes an unexpected turn from the very beginning-but is nevertheless fascinating. Soon I will post the October-so-far books read list. Thank you as always for bearing with me, Gentle Readers. I would like to participate in Earl's November Blog Challenge, but I haven't yet decided-as November is for NaNo and I'm going for 70K words this year!! |
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