Wordy Wednesday: The Extraordinary Robyn Bachar

A Personal Note:
This Blog is very well timed Especially since NaNoWriMo kicks off November 1st, but Robyn is going to talk more about that in her post and I will post more about it in a couple weeks! :)

Now, on to the blog!!!

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Thanks for having me here today!

As an author I’ve been fortunate to have the encouragement of my family, my BFF Diana, and my local RWA chapter. I’m extremely grateful for their support, and the support of my readers. I have many stories of how they’ve all influenced my writing, but because November is approaching, today I’d like to talk about how I’ve been inspired by National Novel Writing Month.

I discovered NaNoWriMo in 2006, and that NaNo novel evolved into my first Bad Witch book, Blood, Smoke and Mirrors. Since then I’ve published two more NaNos, Bewitched, Blooded and Bewildered and Poison in the Blood. I’m hoping that this year’s project will become my fourth published NaNo. Fingers crossed! ;)

The rules of NaNoWriMo are simple: you have 30 days to write 50,000 words. NaNoWriMo trained me to write every day in search of hitting a daily word count, and how to suppress my inner editor until the first draft is complete. It’s very easy to give into the demands of my inner editor—she can spend hours obsessing over commas, or despairing over choosing just the right verb to express the action. But if I give her those hours, I’ll never finish the book, and I certainly won’t earn myself an awesome NaNoWriMo “winner!” T-shirt.

There’s something inspiring about going to a write-in and meeting other NaNoers feverishly chasing that 50k word goal. Writing is usually a solitary thing—just you and your keyboard (and possibly a cat or two who wants to sit on your keyboard). During NaNoWriMo, you’re not alone, because there are thousands of other writers struggling to get their words on the page.

So if you’ve got a story you’ve been wanting to write, you’re welcome to join us this November. :)

Wednesday, What Did I Read? Fire in the Blood

Fire in the Blood

By: Robyn Bachar

 

 

I have to say, I love, love, love Robyn Bachar's Bad Witch series.

I met her 3 years ago and just fell in love with her work. She is so sweet and so kind and you can tell hoe much time and effort she puts into her writing.

Fire in the Blood is the 3^rd book in the bad with series, but is the 1^st to not center around Cat, the Titania and Lex the Oberon.

This book focuses on Patience Roberts who is a summoner.

When she is attacked by a centuries old demon, she must rely on her training and the help of her faerie lover to defeat him, even if it means sacrificing her own life.

The thing I love about this book is the fact that even though there is almost constant action, there is still time given to look at the “human” parts of the characters. They love, they mourn, they have families too. I think this is something that people can tend to forget when they are looking at characters from other species.

Overall Impressions:

As I said, I love this series and I love the fact there is a spin off series (The Emily Chronicles) that keeps me entertained in between releases in the Bad Witch series. I honestly think this is one of my favorite book series ever.

 

Who should read this?

People who like paranormal with a bit of a real life twist. It is also for people who, like me are so excited that this takes place in Chicago since the Blackhawks just won the Stanley Cup!!! WOOT!!!!

Who should avoid this?

Anyone who is only looking for very descriptive sex stories or anyone that is a Bruins fan. ;-).
 

Rating:

 

4.5/5

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