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Saturday Six: Books on the Way

You know how, every now & then, you look around and you have nothing to read. Yes, I know, even in a house with shelves lining all the walls, shelves that are definitely fully stocked.

It happens.

And then there’s the flip side, when there are dozens of books you want to read, and–suddenly–life happens, and they’re all there for you to read. At the same time.

It’s happening now.

For a quick post, thought I’d share just a half-dozen of the books either on my nightstand or about to show up there soon.

  1. Robin Brande’s Doggirl
  2. Kurtis Scaletta’s Mamba Point
  3. Nathan Bransford’s Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow
  4. Anna Perera’s Guantanamo Boy
  5. Kathryn Erskine’s The Absolute Value of Mike
  6. Ruta Sepetys’ Between Shades of Gray

What’s on your nightstand or getting close?

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Friday Five: Around the Blogosphere

For today’s Friday Five: a few writerly things other people are saying around the blogs:

  1. Janet Hardy on following through on the tension you’ve created.
  2. Jama Rattigan is celebrating the 4th anniversary of her delicious blog by welcoming everyone to her new site.
  3. Kurtis Scaletta talks about the five ways writers have to describe their story and gives tips on them all.
  4. Shrinking Violet Promotions on revising the BIG stuff.
  5. Jeannine Atkins shares a bit about her own, personal plot school.

Enjoy!