various and sundry updates from all sides...

"Anna" seems to have pleased someone at Romantic Times -- she picked up 4 stars for THE NIGHT SERPENT. No text yet... *looks toward the usual RT-enablers with puppy-dog eyes...* Thanks to a_vogon_poet we have text:

"When bank teller and cat shelter volunteer Lily Malkin helps FBI special agent John T. Patrick track a serial cat killer he's afraid will escalate into slaying humans, the case gets a little strange. Lily realizes that the nightmares that have plagued her for years may be connected to the man who's ritualistically killing male cats. In Anna Leonard's The Night Serpent (4 stars), a myth based in ancient Egypt and strong characters take readers through a plot that's convincingly realistic in spite of its supernatural elements. Lily's nightmare visions are vivid and well-detailed. —Alexandra Kay"

I can live with that -- the review was done as a category romance, not paranormal, apparently. Interesting. (Also, it's Jon T, not John T. A small detail but I just wanted to point it out, for those of you who know the difference between Jonathan and John)

Anna was also Klausnered ("a gripping paranormal suspense thriller") but, well, let's just say the review is typical of Harriet's reinterpretation of plot....
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On the deskfront, VINEART WAR has decided to kick my ass and make me go back and rework a previous chapter, so I'm in negative numbers right now. Excuse me while I mutter in the corner. On the plus side, changing a character's name gave me a sudden insight into their past history, which may or may not be useful in later books. So strange how that can happen... anyone else experience that?
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While I'm otherwise occupied, go read* Justine musing interestingly on the topic of sales, awards, and the slippery slopes of relative starvation (which I am now declaring my phrase for Being A Professional Writer.)

*and then go back and read her post about Jesus playing cricket. My first thought was: "this gives The Ashes/Ash Wednesday a whole new meaning," which just goes to show my brain's been warped forevermore. But y'all knew that already, didn't you?)
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And Pandora seems to have woken up thinking that she's a kitten again. It would be very cute if it wasn't giving Boomer all sorts of ideas, most of which involve pouncing on this romping bundle of fur-and-tail....

And back to it, me.

she pauses, so she don't break...

a small vent to the world at large.

"a couple OF things."
"a couple OF days."
"a couple OF" anything.

Okay?

Thank you.

Also? New Haven Department of Taxation can bite me.


Back on the positive word count, but only just. However, that which was broke has been mended. Yay! Pausing to carb-load (fresh corn on the cob and a baked potato with local cheddar) and off I go again. I have a goal, I have it in my sights, and I have nowhere I need to be until 5pm Thursday. Onward!

side note: I may have consumed too much diet coke today. How much is "too much," really?

food meme (as she tries to let the caffeine drain from her system so she can sleep...)

Brain dead and wanting only to crash, but you know I had to do this one...


1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

( oh come on, I thought this was supposed to be a challenge? )