Since I've been such a good girl, working diligently on my monster-in-progress, I decided a quick trip to the bookstore was in order. Truth be told, the kitchen pantry was bare except for oatmeal and crackers, neither of which are suitable nourishment for a writer on deadline. So before I was tempted to gnaw off my own arm, I had to shop. And then buy books. All right, and not in that order. Plus one book--THE book--required trips to three bookstores before I hit paydirt. Mission accomplished. Now I's happy. :)
Here's my haul:
IT SLEEPS IN ME by Kathleen O'Neal Gear (who is utterly new to me, and whose book I bought just based on the cover and intriguing title)
PALE IMMORTAL by Anne Frasier (whose
blog I recently discovered and enjoy)
SLAVE TO SENSATION by Nalini Singh (new to me, and whose book I heard of via the "
viral blogging" experiment begun by the Dear Author site)
THE C.I.G. TO WRITING EROTIC ROMANCE by Alison Kent (whose
blog I love, and with whom I share a brilliant agent)
and the one you just know I was gonna mention, it being
September 5th and all . . .
LOVER AWAKENED by the Challa Goddess of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, J.R. Ward!!!
Now the big question is, when can I start reading? It's hard for me to read (fiction, that is) near deadline time because I generally need every writing hour I can get, and it's too easy to fritter away time immersing myself in someone else's world, but dang, the BDB book is tempting. Must. Resist. Zsadist.
Oh, hell. Maybe just a teensy peek . . . .
