Book Review: The Exotics Book 1: The Floating Menagerie

Another incredibly lucky day.  I don’t know.  I was overwhelmed this morning by Emma Hunneyball’s review of Exotics 1: In Rachael the author De Kenyon has drawn a heroine who is intelligent, brave, fierce and loyal. Rachael is superb: she is an open-minded girl who is able to accept bizarre truths about her existence and the […]

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Book Review: The Exotics, Book 1: The Floating Menagerie

I think that sometimes I’m incredibly lucky.  Today is one of those days: I liked Rachael right away. She’s a tough kid and, even when she gets scared, sticks to her guns and remains loyal. I also really liked that, although The Floating Menagerie is a children’s book, De Kenyon is not afraid to show her readers

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Fiction: Secret Magic in Small Places

A short story collection of contemporary fantasy and mundane magic.  At Smashwords, B&N, and Amazon.com, with more sites to come. One of my favorite writers, as a kid, was Zenna Henderson.  I loved The Anything Box.  I never really got into The People as a series, for some reason–but The Anything Box. It was an amazing short story collection,

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Fiction: Secret Magic in Small Places

A short story collection of contemporary fantasy and mundane magic.  At Smashwords, B&N, and Amazon.com, with more sites to come. One of my favorite writers, as a kid, was Zenna Henderson.  I loved The Anything Box.  I never really got into The People as a series, for some reason–but The Anything Box. It was an amazing short story collection,

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01

RT! @epublishabook #joke for writers ??? How to answer a rejection letter http://t.co/8oGHaBKj #amediting #authors #epub # RT @inkyelbows Will Write For Chocolate updated: "The Best Gift For Writers" http://t.co/1QbmGUwf (inspired by recent @GalleyCat tweet) # RT @syrimne1 FREE this week on Amazon – New York: Allie's War, Early Years… http://t.co/uZpBUGKM # I always set

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