2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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Eek: A Status Report

So an update is due, I think, on Jill-Elizabeth Progress. Here goes:

As I alluded last week, I have been spending pretty much all of my writing time working on cleaning up short stories lately. I’ve been surprised at how much I’m enjoying going back over things I’ve written – and how humbling it […]

On the Value of Themes and the Concept of Grand Unification (sort of)

So I’ve been thinking… A dangerous past-time to be sure, but one I engage in frequently nevertheless. The topic of my latest thoughts: short story collections.

Lemme guess – this is not going where you thought it would, based on the title. I get that a lot. It is, in fact, kind of germane to […]

Book Review Tuesday Update

So here’s the thing: I don’t really love writing book reviews. I’m sorry, but it’s true. I love reading new books and I love telling people about them, don’t get me wrong. But churning out reviews on a weekly basis is not really my cup of tea. I have been doing it for a while […]

An Homage to Versatility – and a Thank You

Holy cow – it’s Monday again!

Seriously – I had very good intentions when I wrote last week that I wanted to get back on track by today, but lo and behold, it’s 9:39 and I’m just now sitting down to write and post something. Grr. Argh. I keep losing time, and I honestly don’t […]

Guest Post: Book Reviews – Self Published Authors, by Tamera Lawrence

Today’s post is a guest piece by author Tamera Lawrence, offering her thoughts on the perils – and rewards – of performing book reviews for (and providing feedback to) self-published authors. This is a subject near and dear to my own heart for a few reasons. First, I too am a reviewer who more than […]