Books and Blogging on Too Nice a Day to Be Blogging

Yesterday I saw a hardcover copy of The Mystery of the Third Lucretia, in Barnes and Noble -- I always find myself really excited to see the hardcover edition of a book I've reviewed. There is just something so gratifying about it. I actually found my review for the book on Barnes and Noble's website, if you would like to take a look.

The actual author of the book has a really fun website (though it's only really much fun if you've read the book, which you should) -- www.susanrunholt.com.

Rhode Island today is wonderfully, amazingly, incredibly warm -- not unlike the last couple of days, but for me, this kind of day just doesn't stop being wonderful and amazing and incredible!

Ah, I'm glad I reminded myself. Why am I on the Internet?

~Emily

The Worst Review I've Ever Written

Unfortunately, the review I just wrote for VOYA turned out rather horribly. I don't understand it. I began the review early but somehow just made the deadline, having had to cram in a few minutes of revision ... but I thought it would turn out all right in the end. And it didn't.

I know I'll do better next time, but I've never written a really bad review before (at least I don't think so). I'm kind of angry with myself, although I just don't understand what went wrong ...

Maybe because I wanted to say so much about the book -- which had layers of issues to address -- and I had a limit of about eighty words (as a Teen Reviewer). Sometimes it's good to have a word limit because you can be succint, but I needed more words this time.

Oh well. I will, as I mentioned, do a better job next time.

~Emily

On Barnes and Noble's Website

Oh look.

search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Game-of-My-Life/Jason-McElwain/e/9780451223012

I don't think the link will work; if not just go onto www.barnesandnoble.com and look for The Game of My Life by Jason McElwain.

It's the first time they've used my name.

~Emily

A Spill of Language

All of sudden, after about two weeks of people brewing in my head, they and all the right words came out and formed a story. It isn't finished yet but this is the first time I've been able to get it right and it feels so good.

~Emily

Chapbook Publishers?

There are probably two or three people (apart from myself) who have ever looked at this blog. But in case anyone can offer suggestions, I need to be directed towards a publisher who is interested in chapbooks. I've spent much time researching, and about ten minutes ago visited a website that listed several, but most of them are closed to submissions or offer only competitions. I am not interested in contests. So if anyone can help me by offering the name of a press that takes chapbooks, I will be enormously thankful.

~Emily

At Last

This morning I finished my review book. I did not like it but am very glad to have done with it. Well, of course I've still got to write the review, but it's not due until the eleventh and I have a while to consider just what I want to say, and then to edit. I hate finishing a book the day before the review is due to be sent, or, as I've done a couple of times, the morning before.

~Emily

My New Friend

Today I went to Lincoln to see my mother's friend's daughter's new baby. Since I've known this family all my life, I felt like an aunt, especially when I got to hold him! I imagined him as beautiful but in reality he was even more beautiful. That was also the case when my brother William was born (I was almost nine, and he's now six). The new baby's eyes are enormous and a very deep blue in a very tiny face. I love him.

~Emily