By Dylan West © 2023 Pickle Jar Press ASIN: B0CH5L623Y Kindle version; file size 3015 KB Paperback, 430 pages. Scribes Aflame is the second book in the Scribes trilogy, and continues the story of Mallory, Rain, and Boxer, the Scribes foretold in the Book of Books. The adventures and trials they began in book one…
Author: DremaDeoraich
The State of Rejection
I’ve mentioned that for my next book, Fallen, I’d be querying it for a while, at least six months. Why? Because two people I trust strongly encouraged me to do so. Thus, I’ve been sending out queries since late May. So far, I’ve gotten mostly rejections or a resounding silence. The one positive response I…
Monk and Robot Books
A Psalm for the Wild-Built By Becky Chambers © 2021 TorDotCom ASIN: B08H831J18 Kindle version; file size 3476 KB Paperback, 151 pages. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy By Becky Chambers © 2022 TorDotCom ASIN: B09CNFL3W7 Kindle Version; file size 5020 KB Paperback, 152 pages It’s years after The Awakening, when robots gained sentience, and were…
The Chronicles of Self-Publishing: Addendum 1
(or How I Did It, a “.doc”-umentary) Branching Out For those of you who don’t know, I am hearing impaired. Not totally Deaf, but my hearing loss is significant. I hear things like thunder, but not peeper frogs. I hear bass notes in thumping music, but not cicadas. I hear a motorcycle’s deep rumble, but…
The Broken Heart
By N.J. Gallegos © 2023 Winding Road Stories ASIN: B0C7LJ7XRB Kindle version; file size 1658 KB Paperback, 340 pages. Heart failure looms in Casey’s imminent future, while she awaits her turn on the transplant list for a new one. Her deadbeat husband can’t be bothered to help her manage her sociopathic 6-year-old or keep watch…
Foreigner
By C.J. Cherryh © 1994, 2004, DAW ASIN: B006JHXPDW Kindle version; file size 927 KB Five centuries after humans, lost in space and desperate for a world of their own, land on the planet of the atevi, and nearly two centuries after the War of the Landing, atevi and humans share an uneasy peace. With…
Grave Covenant
By Tobias Youngblood © 2023, Riposte Press, LLC ASIN: B0C9W7SPTV Kindle version; file size 2817 KB Ilyana is an insectile shapeshifter with a dangerous interest in humans. Ridley is an amateur boxer with a death wish. Iris is a knife-wielding nine-year-old on a mission to find her father. Separate characters, each with their own goals,…
Life is a Garden
It occurred to me this afternoon that maybe Life is like a walk in an enormous garden. There’s no required goal or specific path for you to take, no ultimate destination in mind. Instead, it’s about being present in the moment, feeling the sun on your face and the wind against your skin. It’s about…
Precise Oaths
By Paige Ewing © 2023, City Owl Press ASIN: B0C4ZJH81L Kindle version; file size 1350 KB Even though spider-kin Liliana sees the past, the future, and into men’s souls, she can still be surprised. After all, no one wakes up wondering if they’ll be accused of murder by a werewolf. This was a great read,…
Summer Fun!
Hey, hey! I know I’ve been kinda quiet of late—did ya miss me?—but I’ve been pretty busy over the last couple of months, and the summer shows no sign of slowing down. Here’s what’s up: I’ve signed up for a Blurb Blitz blog tour (say THAT three times fast) with Goddess Fish Promotions. The tour…