About Books

Holy summer, Batman! :batman:

Can you guys believe it’s almost Memorial Day? With the longer days and lack of good TV to watch (except for The Closer and Burn Notice, which I am eagerly awaiting), I tend to be more productive in the summer as far as writing goes.

I thought I’d share some of the stuff I’d like to accomplish this summer — or at least by the end of September, when my time will once again be sucked up by the TV’s siren song. In no particular order:

1) Write Assassin 2 (working on it right now — 62,000 words and counting)

2) Write Assassin 3.

3) Write Spy 3.

4) Write Charm Queen (think urban fantasy with cowboys and magic)

5) Write a romantic suspense or my long-percolating romantic comedy

6) Whittle my TBR pile down to 10 books. So I can order some stuff I really, really want, like Fire and Ice by Anne Stuart and Ill Wind by Rachel Caine. And of course, the new one by J.R. Ward. :scooby: 

What about you guys? Got big plans this summer? Share in the comments.

Dear Author has an interesting post up today talking trends in cover art.

Part of the discussion talks about my old, cartoon covers versus the new ones with people on the front.

Happy reading! :ww:

Via my e-newsletter, I’ve received some more reading recommendations, this time from Gail Dunavan. For May, Gail recommends:

Victoria Laurie, who writes the Psychic Eye and Ghost Hunter mystery series (here’s a link to the books)

Candance Havens, who writes the Charmed series (here’s a link)

Julie Kenner, who writes a code-breaking series and one about a demon hunting soccer mom (here’s a link) 

Thanks, Gail! :blossom:

Got a good read to share? Leave it in the comments.

Is over at Romancing the Blog. Check it out! :bubbles: