Lucy A. Snyder is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Spellbent and Shotgun Sorceress and the collections Sparks and Shadows, Chimeric Machines, and Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Her writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, Hellbound Hearts, Masques V, Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague, Chiaroscuro, GUD, and Lady Churchill’s… Continue reading Giveaway of Sparks and Shadows by Lucy A. Snyder
Month: October 2010
Story of the Month – “Forgetting”
“Forgetting” by Lucy A. Snyder has been the ultimate Story of the Month for me. I read it several years ago either as a link from her web site or a story on her site. It’s the melancholy tone that’s stayed with me. The story has five characters – daughter, mom, dad, dog and chicken. It’s… Continue reading Story of the Month – “Forgetting”
Mailbox Monday – October 25th
A big thank you to Avis at shereadsandreads for hosting Mailbox Monday during October. One item showed up for review this week from the author. Dan Carrison sent me Bill at Rainbow Bridge. It will be perfect for my November reviews. It’s a slim book (under 100 pages) written to assist people mourning the loss of their… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – October 25th
The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall
Title: The Marshall Plan ® for Novel Writing Author: Evan Marshall Source: Anna at FSB Associates Evan Marshall offers easy to follow advice on how to set yourself up for success in writing a novel. He gives you the basics such as how (and why) to pick a genre, how to determine the number of words needed for… Continue reading The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall
Mailbox Monday – October 18th
A big thank you to Avis at shereadsandreads for hosting Mailbox Monday. I finally figured out where The Reliable Wife from last week came from. It was an afternoon siesta win from Algonquin Books during BBAW. 🙂 Two books arrived in my mailbox this week. The first was an ARC of Lawrence Block’s A Drop of the… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – October 18th
CSN Stores Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to Tiffany Christie on winning the CSN Stores gift certificate giveaway. I hope you enjoy it. A butterfly cake pan sounds like fun!
Mailbox Monday – October 11th
A big thank you to she reads and reads for hosting Mailbox Monday in October. For this weekly meme participants share which books came into our homes. Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch was my husband’s find. We were at the local comic book store when he saw it. The tagline “Yet Another… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – October 11th
CSN Stores Giveaway
I can be indecisive when it comes to things I may have around for a long time. Whatever I get must be something I’ll like for a long while and won’t break after six months. When we decided to buy new bedroom furniture we knew the most important thing would be the bed. What would… Continue reading CSN Stores Giveaway
September 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in September: 0 Rejections in September: 1 Submissions sent out in September: 1 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 1 I’ve assumed my item sent to Writer’s Digest for the September issue was rejected since no one contacted me to do a profile. … Continue reading September 2010
Mailbox Monday – October 4th
A big thank you to She Reads and Reads for hosting Mailbox Monday during October. Two books arrived in my mailbox this week. The first was A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick. I’m almost certain it’s a win from BBAW but I can’t figure out if it came from the publisher or a blog. It’s… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – October 4th