Category Archives: books

#IWSG – So you want to be a writer…. (pt 3) –
with Bonus Thoughts on #NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 4, 2015 by dSavannah

In my last post for the #IWSG, I told you that there are only two things you really need to do to be a writer: first, you read, and second, you write. I also told you I was going to … Continue reading →

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Book Launch: In Memory. #GNUTerryPratchett

Posted on October 30, 2015 by dSavannah

If you’ve read my blog for a minute, or followed me at all on social media (or have known me since high school), you know I am a reader, a bibliophile, and, to some extent, a book hoarder, tho I’ve gotten … Continue reading →

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Book Launch: Naked in Public

Posted on October 15, 2015 by dSavannah

In the early early days of my blog (December 2012), children’s author Christi Zellerhoff answered The Questions. Well, apparently she has kept up with my ramblings (isn’t that nice?) and contacted me late last month to see if I’d be … Continue reading →

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So you want to be a writer…. (pt 2)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by dSavannah

I’ve been thinking about my next (this) post for the The Insecure Writers Support Group (#IWSG) series, like, a LOT. And I’ve basically decided that being a writer comes down to two very simple things. First, you have to do … Continue reading →

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Banned Books Week 2015

Posted on September 27, 2015 by dSavannah

Hi. My name is dSavannah, and I read banned books. And I’m helping celebrate / promote (demote?) / raise awareness for Banned Books Week, which was created in 1982 by the American Library Association (ALA), which reports that more than … Continue reading →

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The Questions with A. Carina Barry: writer

Posted on August 30, 2015 by dSavannah

In the not-so-long ago, I met Carina via some other online writer friends, and she runs one of the online writers’ groups I belong to. For some reason (because I’m that cool, I guess), she asked me to edit a … Continue reading →

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GNU Tanith Lee

Posted on May 30, 2015 by dSavannah

It seems there has been an awful lot of deaths this year. I personally have sent out, oh, six or eight sympathy cards in the past few months, when last year, it was one. A dear friend’s sister was killed … Continue reading →

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