Flametoad

The deadline for the Writer’s Digest short story contest is December 1. They’re looking for stories of 1,500 words or less. Today is November 26, so that means you have 5 days. Call it 500 words a day and two days to polish. First place is $3,000, which comes to $2/word. The only catch is [...]

AKA “What the heck? I didn’t prepare a post for this morning.” Yoinked from Blondemuse. Book Meme Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the [...]

Over the weekend I finished the 2nd book in the Dresden Files series. These types of books can be predictable, but Jim Butcher throws in enough curves to keep me turning pages. Yes, there were parts of Fool Moon that you see coming from a mile away, but it doesn’t make the journey much less [...]

Mrs. Flametoad and I have this conversation, but with the roles reversed, two or three times a year. Speaking of which, if any of you have collections on LibraryThing, you’ll find me there as Prest0. Feel free to “friend” me or add me to your watch list or whatever. I recently finished E.E. Knight’s Fall [...]

Did you know that Del Ray is offering the first book (Betrayal) in the Star Wars “Legacy of the Force” series as a free download? I bought and read the entire New Jedi Order series, but daddyhood (and blogging, and running a publishing company) put a pinch on my reading time and I haven’t picked [...]