All About Writers

• On Dance on Fire, Hitting 50 …and more, James Garcia Jr., on his four month journey through publication.

All About Books

• On Overbury Ink, Number 38, part 7 – by Ian Eliot LeWinter
• On Farm Lane Books Blog, White is for Witching – Helen Oyeyemi
• On Fantasy Literature’s Fantasy Reviews, Who Fears Death: A book I will never forget
• On Bookgasm, Strip AND Blood Guts & Whiskey
• On Marissa Farrar’s blog, The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

All About Writing & Publishing

• FAV! On Wordplay:  Helping Writers Become Authors, Use All 5 Senses to Bring Your Setting to Life
• FAV! On Copyblogger, Charles Bukowski and the Secret to Immortal Writing
• On Vamplit’s Library, Artwork A Personal Story of Jekyll and Hyde
• On the Wicked Writer’s blog, Internet Writers Resources – free for the taking!
• On Rachelle Gardner’s blog, How to Become a Better Writer
• On a Newbie’s Guide to Publishing, The Difference Between Sales and Fans
• On Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency’s blog, Has Your Ship Sailed?

Weekly Features

• Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford’s This Week in Publishing
• Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy
• This week’s Where Stories Are Made: Paul Magrs over at Book Chick City
• On Book Lovers Inc., Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Blogging Events

• July 16 – 18, Book Extravaganza
• September 13 – 17, Book Blogger Appreciation Week

Join the Hop

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All About Writers

• On Fantastic Book Review I really enjoyed the questions asked in, Sensational 7 Q & A with Jennifer Murgia!
• On Enchanted by Books, Guest Author Michelle Rowen & Giveaway!
• On Paul D. Brazill’s blog, Guest Blogger: Author & ex -cop Johnny Russell.

Books I Want to Read

Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:

• In Damian Kane’s blog, Book review: A Stir of Echoes, by Richard Matheson
• On Fantasy Literature, Wolfsangel: Fine heroic fantasy
• On Bookgasm, Neverland
• On The Neverending Shelf, Book Review: The Line
• On Taliesin Meets the Vampires, Dance on Fire – review
• On Writers Gone Wild, How To Spot A Bastard By His Star Sign

All About Writing & Publishing

• eBook Royalty: Another Way To Protect on Pub Rants
• On Rachell Gardner’s blog, What if My Agent Doesn’t Like My Next Book?
• There are some interesting comments over on the Wicked Writer’s Blog this week on muses
• On Criminal Minds, Taking a Whiz on Book Marketing . . .
• On Jim C. Hines blog, Saying No to a Publisher
• On WOW, Women on Writing, Metaphors Are Fun, Creative and Therapeutic
• On Vamplit, Loving the Undead
• On A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing, DRM Free
• On Haunted Dreams, Dark Destinies, Why I Write About Angels and Demons

Weekly Features

• Book Blogger Hop at Crazy for Books
• Follow Friday for blogs at Parajunkee’s View
• Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford’s This Week in Publishing is a blog tour of sorts, and my favorites in his blog this week are Every Writer Gets Rejected and How to Write a One Sentence Pitch
• Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
• This week’s Where Stories Are Made: MD Lachlan over at Book Chick City

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“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”

Edgar Allan Poe

I hate to admit I often wonder if I’m losing my mind, which is why this quote jumped out at me.
Thanks Mr. Poe!  There is more comfort in insanity.

Filed under: Words of Wisdom Tagged: Edgar Allan Poe, horror, insanity, writers ]]> http://wjhoward.com/2010/05/25/a-quote-about-insanity/feed/ 0 wjhoward Edgar Allan Poe http://wjhoward.com/2010/03/19/wicked-book-reviews/ http://wjhoward.com/2010/03/19/wicked-book-reviews/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:54:32 +0000 W J Howard http://wjhoward.com/?p=2161 ]]> This week’s posts over at the Wicked Writer’s blog were book reviews of recent reads. My post, Hmmm… What to Review? ended up discussing Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert and Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry.

Read the other writer’s opinions:

• C. J. Ellison, Book Reviews: C.J.’s choice is Urban Fantasy
• Greg Marshall Smith, Greg’s review: Composition in Black & White
• Supriya Savkoor, A View from Norway
• And our guest this week:Harley D. Palmer & The Art of Reviewing

All About Writers & Books

• This week’s highlight was an interview with fellow Wicked Writer Gregory Marshall Smith over at Labotomy of a Writer. I finished reading They Call the Wild Muryah and Greg is quite the new talent in Sci Fi writing. The eBook is free on Smashwords and well worth the read!
• There’s an awesome new feature over at Book Chick City. A kinda Cribs for writers that features their writing space. This week, Where Stories Are Made: Tim Waggoner. Haven’t read his books, but they look pretty darn good, so Nekropolis also ended up in my reading queue.
• Over at Writing is About Putting Yourself to Words, How does an unknown author become a Kindle bestseller? Perseverance.
• I’m a new fan of Mark Henry, and he guest blogged over at Vampire Wire this week.
• And, I’ve got to support a Colorado writer in Guest Blog, Chat and Contest with Author Mario Acevedo over at Bitten by Books.
• Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:
  • Kalayna Price’s Once Bitten and Twice Dead sure have gotten some mixed reviews. Still, I think I might give ‘em a try.
  • I’ve got high hopes for the hero type I’ve been looking for in this review of Defeat the Darkness. But I’ll be starting with Dark Protector, the first in the Paladins of Darkness series.
  • Bible Black because, “Clearly, it’s not for the easily offended. Really, really not.”
  • Not new, but the Mageworlds series looks awfully good. I might have to move these one to the top of my read list.
  • Being a girl from “sweet home Chicago,” I had to put the first in the Chicagoland Vampire series in my queue base on the review of Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill over at Bitten by Books
  • And last but not least, Darkness on the Edge of Town.
• Don’t miss these every week:
  • Nicole Hadaway’s movie & book reviews over at her All Things Smart & Scary blog. Nicole guest blogged for us this week over at the Wicked Writer’s Blog. And, Nicole finished the first draft of Return, her sequel to Release and I’m so excited for her.
  • Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.

All About Writing & Publishing

• Whoa There, eBook Writer contains some excellent advice for writers and was probably my favorite post this week.
• Authors Who Don’t Read, doesn’t seem like a reality. What do you think about it?
• How are Multiple Book Deal Advances says it all in the title. Now I need to get one.
• Persistence, a little something I could use so far this year. You also might want to read What I Learned from My 3 Favorite Authors.
• Tips for Developing Character Voice from Dee Garretson over at Livia Blackburne blog reminds us writers each character not only has something different to say, they say it differently.
• Social Media Networking – Is It Working? from a writer’s perspective.

Other Blog Tours

• Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford’s This Week in Publishing post is a blog tour of sorts. I still haven’t gotten to all the links and it was posted last Friday. And, don’t miss his post Don’t Believe eBook Skeptics.

And…this week I added the following blogs to my watch list: Fantasy Literature & Paranormal Haven. If you’d like me to check out your blog, add a comment below and include a link.

Read the other writer’s opinions:

• C. J. Ellison, Publish Your Passion
• Greg Marshall Smith, Where am I? On the Road to Hard Knocks
• Supriya Savkoor, Switching to My Editor Hat

All About Writers & Books

• I really enjoyed Fairy Tales Gone Naughty over at Book Junkie because I’ve dabbled in writing a few of my own. This week wrapped up with guest posts by Brenna Lyons and Natasha Moore
• If you’re looking for new releases, check out New Vampire Books for March 2010. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith looks really interesting and FUN!
• Fellow writers, read some good news over at C.J.’s Daily Grind to remind yourself that the path is not always a difficult one. CONGRATS on all your success, C.J.
• More from Ian LeWinter over at Overbury Ink in Why We Write, Part 4. And if you missed Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3.
• Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:
  • Wished I could have added Dark Legion by Isabella Jordan, reviewed on Bitten by Books, but it’s not on GoodReads.
  • This review of Blood Cross by Faith Hunter over at Book Lovers, Inc read good enough that I put the first in the series, Skinwalker, in my queue.
  • I’ve seen the book cover to Shift, by Rachel Vincent everywhere this past week. Does that mean I should read the Shifters series? Will I like it or hate it? So I decided to take a moment and read the interview with the author over at Fantasy Literature. Nothing really grabbed me hard about the series, but I did go ahead and put Stray in my to-read list. The reviews are all over the place though, so this one will get ordered up from the library.
  • Angelology, and if you hurry, you can enter to win a free copy.
• Don’t miss these every week:
  • Nicole Hadaway’s movie & book reviews over at her All Things Smart & Scary.
  • Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.

All About Writing & Publishing

• One of my favorite posts this week was Contests and My Tedious Ramblings About E-Piracy & Publishers’ Websites over at Vampire Wire. I suggest you read through the comments as well.
• I had to chuckle a little reading Seven Questions You Should Never Ask a Writer over at Storytellers Unplugged.
• A link to All About Sequels came to me from Supriya Savkoor, fellow Wicked Writer. I enjoyed his post as well as a few older ones, and sure hope I don’t have acute sequelitis. He sure opened my eyes to the publishing industries take on new writers publishing serial novels.
• This scares me: How Publishers Can Use Virtual Currency

Other Blog Tours

• Wasn’t sure I’d find one this week, but WOW came through. Bonnie Hearn Hill, YA author of Aries Rising, launches her blog tour! Doesn’t see look a little like Frasier’s agent, what was her name? Bebee?

And…this week I added the following blogs to my watch list: Bookgasm, Nathan Bransford-Literary Agent. If you’d like me to check out your blog, add a comment below and include a link.

Read the other writer’s opinions:

• C. J. Ellison, When Life is Like Seinfeld
• Greg Marshall Smith, did he just say “intercourse”?
• Supriya Savkoor, “This Story Needs Some dialogue,” She Gasped
• Steve Liskow, Make ‘em Talk the Talk

All About Writers & Books

• I really enjoyed this interview with Pamela Samuels Young over at Book Junkie, especially when she talks about trying to get people to critique her first novel.
• New Way of Book Reviewing was good for a chuckle. It’s one student’s comparison of ‘Titanic’ and ‘My Life’ by Bill Clinton.
• Where have I been hiding? I’m wondering because I’ve run into quite a few book reviews lately, like Defeat the Darkness and Spider Bite, that seem like they’d make better comic books or graphic novels.
• Book reviews that caught my eye this week and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:
  • Over at Paranormal Haven a review of Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon. This is an old book and first in a series I might get hooked on.
• Don’t forget to check out the regulars:
  • Nicole Hadaway’s Writer Wednesday over at her Vampire Blogspot.
  • More from Ian LeWinter over at Overbury Ink in Why We Write, Part 3. And if you missed Part 1 & Part 2.

All About Writing & Publishing

• Kristin over at the Pub Rants blog brings up some interesting points on required contract verbiage changes due to the whole evolution of eBooks. This post is specifically about publishers holding reserves on eBook editions.
• Social Networking for Authors: Tips from Margo L. Dill. Title says it all.

Other Blog Tours

• WTFckery or Not, You Decide is sort of a blog tour of bizarre stuff.

And…this week I added the following blogs to my watch list: Book Junkie & Query Shark.

Read the other writer’s opinions:

• C. J. Ellison, Cross Genre = Where Do We Put Your Book
• Greg Marshall Smith, Hey, Some of My Best Stories are Mixed
• Steve Liskow, A Spoonful of Romance Makes the Violence Go Round