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Proofreading is a part of my job. It is also one of the hazards of my job. I see typos, (cue Haley Joel Osment) grammar and punctuation errors everywhere. It doesn't matter if I'm reading a classic, trash or something in between. Of course, if I'm reading something I have written, all bets are off.... Continue Reading →
I usually avoid books that have "BBW" in the description or genre. Think plague. For some reason, I when I read the blurb for Sugar Jamison's Dangerous Curves Ahead, I did not go screaming in the opposite direction.In fact, I downloaded it to Vishous. After I slogged through the very tedious romance (yeah, not an... Continue Reading →
Ever since I was a little kid, I've thought of the characters in book as living, breathing actors who have their own lives. Once I close the book, they talk amongst themselves or they go on about their daily lives -- lives that have nothing to do with the book's storyline. This must be very... Continue Reading →
Today my mom was telling me about a scene from her childhood. She was about four years old. It was the early 30s and her dad hunted to help feed his family. He kept a kennel of hunting dogs. This was serious business and the dogs were vicious, feral hunters -- not pets. The kids... Continue Reading →
I am so excited! Today a new book in the Charley Davidson series, "Fifth Grave Past the Light," came out and was nicely delivered to my Kindle at a little past midnight. I managed to stave off the compulsion to start reading until about 3:00 AM. Yay, me! That is a testament to my willpower.... Continue Reading →
According to the regular old English-language dictionary, taphophile (pronounced taf′ō-fil) is an interest in cemeteries, funerals. According to medical dictionaries taphophilia is a morbid attraction to the same. Trust doctors to make a passion into an illness. Pffft! I am also a bit of an insomniac. Two or three o'clock rolls around and I'm wide... Continue Reading →
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