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Tag Archives: books
Happy Book Birthday to me!!!
My book Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove was released today! My gratitude to my editor Mara Delgado Sánchez, my agent Mary C. Moore, and the entire team at Wednesday Books for making this beautiful book possible. And … Continue reading
Posted in Books and media, Science fiction and fantasy, Writing
Tagged book release, books, Dawn of the Dove, Night of the Raven, YA Fantasy
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Favorite Novel Reads of 2020ish
Hello, Happy New Year 2021! I’m here to talk about some of the great books I read in the horrible year of our pandemic 2020. I know, I have been remiss. I really should have talked about my favorite novel … Continue reading
Posted in Books and media, Science fiction and fantasy
Tagged books, fantasy novels, Reviews
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Talking of Dragons…
…and I was talking of dragons in my previous post. So, talking of dragons, I’m now reading Shadow Scale, sequel to Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman. Seraphina is quite delightful. It’s a fantasy story of a girl who is half-dragon and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, fantasy, science fiction
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Another Indie Bookstore bites the dust
Steven Temple Books, the last holdout of Booksellers’ Row in Queen West, Toronto, is shutting down after nearly 40 years in business. Another victim of the combination of higher rents and lower sales: a result of the changing landscape in … Continue reading
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Tagged books, bookstores, indie, publishing, Steven Temple, ursula le guin
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The tears of the second draft
I just finished the first draft of a new 47000-word middle grade fantasy. “Tada!” I thought triumphantly as I tapped out the last line. Now I can relax and celebrate go back and read it and discover just how crappy … Continue reading
Enchantment and escape: fantastic books
I just finished reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente. What a delightful, charming, original book it is! I can’t recommend it enough. I am definitely looking forward to reading the rest … Continue reading
Rati Mehrotra 