Weekly Check-in #28

 What I've Been Writing:

Daggers and Crowns: Please don't hit me, but...I think I'm going to change the title for this one!  I KNOW! I'm so indecisive. But Defectors and Queens just seems to go with Impostors and Thieves better. (And see...I've stopped changing the titles for Cellmate/Dearest Thief/Day Robber/The Impostor and the Prince/Impostors and Thieves. That's got to be a start.) So be prepared for that to change...maybe. It's at 20,000 words right now. And I believe it'll be a little spicier than Impostors and Thieves, which isn't saying much, but it's (maybe) worth mentioning. 

What I've Been Reading:

I'm still reading Arcana Academy. I'd use the excuse that it's a super long book (which it is), but I'm still in the first few chapters, so this is all on me. I just haven't read much this week. 

What I've Been Buying:

I got me the Wing and Claw edition of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame this week. Those sprayed edges are pretty. Then I got Oro and Grim: Dueling Crowns, whose sprayed edges are even prettier.  Then, there was Bitten: still with the amazing sprayed edges (and this one is purple, my favorite color!) And finally, I had to get the newest Cassandra Gannon book—The Alien Who Saved Christmas—because I love her stories. It was only available in ebook format. And that was my week of purchases!

Weekly Check-in #27

What I've Been Writing:

Daggers and Crowns - We're 12,000 words into this one! I don't have a single chapter done yet, just bits and pieces of scenes here and there, but the ideas are definitely flowing!

What I've Been Reading:

I finally finished reading The Half Prince. Then I whizzed through Assistant to the Villain (love-love-loved it) and Alchemy of Secrets (with lots of twists and turns, and it better have a second book or I may revolt because, seriously, what happened with Gabe? I still have so many questions). To say the least, this was a good reading week.

What I've been Buying: 

This week, the mail fairy delivered these beautiful special editions of: What Fury Brings, One Dark Window, and Two Twisted Crowns! 

Weekly Check-in #26

 What I've Been Writing:

Impostors and Thieves -  I read it a third time, then I put it through all kinds of grammar and spelling testers, and now it's with the first reader. Then, I gave a copy to my oldest child and am forcing her to beta-read it, whether she wants to or not. She may even have a friend who'll give it a look. So...it's getting its first peek by someone who's not me! I'm still trying to build up the nerve to ask actual reader-readers if they want to give me any feedback. It's at 138,942 words now.

Daggers and Crowns - Didn't get very far. Started on the prologue. Maybe got another 500 words tacked on to my menagerie of ideas that I've already written down. But I've been thinking up lots of stuff for it.

What I'm Reading:

I'm still reading on The Half King, but I'm finally actually reading now, so I think I'll finish it by the end of this weekend.  Fingers crossed.

What I'm Buying: 

Got a beautiful copy of Assistant to the Villain, and for some reason, I opened up page one, and was very intrigued by the first paragraph.  And then I got a signed, special-edition copy of The Last Letter. It's so prettttttty!!