Category Archives: reading

Sleepy Sunday 

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Erin

Actually, I got up earlier today than I did yesterday, but I didn’t focus much through the day. Watched my husband game, talked to our daughter, read a bit of a novella … Remembered a weird thing about my reading … Continue reading →

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Are you looking for something to read?

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Erin

So, as per usual, at Boskone, I met lots of cool people and learned about lots of great books to check out. This is at best a partial list, based on my faulty memory and what notes I managed to … Continue reading →

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On reading and authors and genres

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Erin

To try to spur my reading this year, I signed up for the GoodReads reading challenge, setting my goal at the fairly doable one book a week level. Fifty-two books in a year? No problem. Now, I have some rules … Continue reading →

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Beach, mountain, and other summer reads

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Erin

Preface: I completely forgot to post my thoughts for the Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour this week. Fortunately, I’m only a few days behind. Can we all pretend I posted this on Tuesday when it was due? No? Ah, well. So this … Continue reading →

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Where I hear about books

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Erin

I talk about books everywhere — here on my blog, in my newsletter, on writers’ forums, on Facebook, on GoodReads — and I see them mentioned in a lot of places as well. I see covers posted by friends on … Continue reading →

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That’s a lot of books

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Erin

Last year, you may remember, I was selected to serve on the jury for the Andre Norton Award. I checked out books from the library, I grabbed ARCs from NetGalley and Edelweiss, I bought a few books (mostly ones I … Continue reading →

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The week (so far) in books

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Erin

The spiral-bound one on top is The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima (due out in October). This photo doesn’t include the ones I have from the library (such as The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross) or the ones I’ve … Continue reading →

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You ask, I answer, part two

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Erin

Taking another question each from B.C and Nicki: How do you stay motivated to send stuff out into the wide world of publishing? Random digression: I grew up in Reno. As you might have heard, there are slot machines there, … Continue reading →

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Bloggers I read

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Erin

About ten years ago, I read every author’s blog I could find. I wanted to absorb everything I could about the business, about agent quests, about how others coped with disappointments, about the craft — pretty much, I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Friday no flash

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Erin

It’s been one of those weeks — actually, it’s been a pretty busy month, with back-to-back proofreading deadlines followed by being sick all of this week (because October and November, I always get attacked by the multi-week cold), plus tons … Continue reading →

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