Tell The Truth Tuesday...Sort Of

Dude! THE HOLLOW came out today! I've read this book and you need to read it too! It's fan-freaking-tastic!

There's Jessica Verday at the bookstore, looking at her beautiful books! Order yours from Amazon or go pick it up! You won't be sorry.


And now on to the Tell the Truth portion of this post. Katie Anderson started this last week over at Plot This. I did a lame version on Monday--the day I seriously was considering just walking away from the whole writing thing.


Because let's face it: Writing is hard work.


That's my truth moment for this week. I used to sit down and read and take the writing for granted. Like the author just chillaxed in front of the computer and the words poured magically from wherever magical words pour from and then they got it published with a sweet cover to match the sweet story inside.


Um, not so much.


Writing is hard hard hard. It takes discipline. Heartache. Patience. Willpower. And absolute love. And that, my friends, is why I could not quit. I absolutely love it. Hard work and all.


I am a writer.


What's your "truth moment" for this week?

Holy Coolness That Is The Hollow

That's right, peeps, I've read a book that isn't even out yet! One of my online buddies is Jessica Verday. Her book, THE HOLLOW, comes out on October 6. You have to get it, so put it on your list right now and make sure you have an extra 15 bucks that week. Oh, and about 4 hours to read it, cuz you're gonna get sucked in from page one.

Wait! You can pre-order it now from Amazon. I have a thingy in my sidebar. You should. Do it. Now.

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7. I also started The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan this week (thanks Leah). I am in the well of shame. The woman writes with a beauty I can only hope to achieve one day. I'm about 75 pages in and I've already been doing the sad head-shaking. I absolutely love it, the way she describes the emotion of love...gorgeous. You have to read it.

So I'm up to seven books for 2009. Not great, but not terrible either. My husband took me to the bookstore and I was able to buy two books. I bought City of Bones by Cassandra Clare and The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King. I can't wait to read them and report in. And if you look really closely at that picture above, behind the ginger ale is a stack of books I have yet to read. And that's the short stack.

What have you been reading?