Merry, Merry

I hope you guys have a wonderful tomorrow in whichever way you celebrate the season. I'll be headed down south to meet up with my family. This is my first Christmas as a vegetarian so it will be interesting to see what I can find to eat amongst my family of carnivores. See you guys in a few days.

Some giveaway fun.

If anyone is interested in winning a signed copy of Rachel Vincent's soulscreamers series go here www.urbanfantasy.blogspot.com to enter. I haven't had the pleasure of reading this series yet, but I plan to in the near future.

Goodluck to all that enter!

Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K. Hamilton

Not only do I love writing UF, I LOVE reading it. The author responsible for getting me into this genre is Ms. L.K.H. I just finished her current Meredith Gentry book Divine Misdemeanors. I hope to give you guys a weekly review on a variety of Urban Fantasy books, and I can't think of a better author or book to begin with.

(Please note that these reviews are purely my personal opinion. I am not a pro. by any means, and the reviews are meant to be helpful to readers, not critiques on the authors.)

I haven't included any big spoilers, so you should be safe reading on if you haven't read the book yet.

DM gives us a look at life after happily ever after for Merry and her crew of lovers/bodyguards/baby daddies. It was a nice change of pace to see other Fey outside Merry's inner circle in danger for this round of magic and sex. The previous books were so focused on assassination attempts directed at the princess so the change up was a breath of fresh air.

It was a joy to see Meredith back in the role of investigator although politics (human and fey) tend to get in the way. The book moves fairly quickly with only a few sections getting bogged down by to much detail on the surroundings and sexual encounters.

I felt like the ending was a little abrupt, but it still managed to satisfy me. Enough so I'll be looking forward to the next installment in the Meredith Gentry Series. It is due out in 2010 along with TWO Anita Blake books.

What did you guys think of this book or any others from Luarell K. Hamilton? I'd love to hear your opinions pro or con.

You can't get there from here...

Whenever I admit to another soul here in No-where Oklahoma that I'm writing a book I usually get the look. The one that says what a silly unrealistic goal that is. I don't know where this attitude comes from, but it seems to run wild in small town America. Maybe its because things like becoming a published author only seem to happen to people in larger cities. So from time to time I can't help but feel like the idealistic dreamer that everyone else is shaking their heads at. But regardless, I will keep on keeping on. And who knows maybe someday I'll prove them wrong. And if not, well at least I tried.

Wish me luck...

Rewards

Well, for the past month the day job has pretty much taken over. Its nothing new and always expected as the latest semester comes to a close. But this week is finals and I'm almost done giving tests. Which means my 3 weeks of down time is just around the corner. Three weeks to get the creativity back on track and some major word count accomplished. Last month was officially NaNoWir, but my month to write is December.

Wish me luck...