By J. Timothy King on December 3, 2010
“His back was amazing. You could see all these lines, sinews, muscles or whatever… I felt like licking them.” Okay. That’s still a wild quote. Jade Ashton is a sassy virgin. In her private blog, she vents about “fitting in” a world where superficiality reigns supreme. Suddenly all logic flies out the window when she […]
Posted in Books | Tagged Big Book Giveaway 2010, EyeLeash, giveaway, Jess C Scott |
By J. Timothy King on December 2, 2010
True story: A teenage runaway. Alcoholism. Life as a strip-dancer. A child of divorce. And the ultimate search for reconciliation, inspired by the same family that she had left behind. When I emailed Jen Knox and told her that I was giving away a copy of her memoir Musical Chairs, she replied: “I’ll donate a […]
Posted in Books | Tagged Big Book Giveaway 2010, giveaway, Jen Knox, Musical Chairs |
By J. Timothy King on December 1, 2010
Meet Bri Stone, a laid-back beach chick from Ventura, California. Bri has it all: the man of her dreams and their surf-ridin’ teenage son, a chocolate-loving best pal, an adorable beach bungalow, and a kicky job as a Southern California tour bus host. She also has a few things she didn’t ask for: a know-it-all […]
Posted in Books | Tagged Big Book Giveaway 2010, Chocolate Beach, giveaway, Julie Carobini |
By J. Timothy King on November 30, 2010
I actually read Julie Carobini’s debut novel Chocolate Beach some time ago. But I’m doing a teaser on it today, because I’ve got a beautiful, brand new, autographed copy of it, which I will be giving away in a post that’s going up tomorrow. Chocolate Beach is what Julie calls “beach-lit,” or what I had […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Chocolate Beach, Julie Carobini |
By J. Timothy King on November 17, 2010
Some time ago, I was on the receiving end of a massive screw-up at one of my previously favorite restaurants and WiFi hotspots, Panera Bread in Chelmsford, MA. I have not been back. Ironically, the screw-up itself hasn’t kept me away, because we all screw up sometimes, because we’re all only human. I can’t hold […]
Posted in Customer Relations, Professionalism | Tagged Panera Bread |
By J. Timothy King on November 16, 2010
You may remember, I absolutely adored Talyn the first novel in this series. I have to admit that it was hard to pick up the sequel Hawkspar, because I had become so attached to Talyn and her cohorts. But Holly wasted no time hooking me on Hawkspar’s plight. This is the story of a slave, […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Hawkspar, Holly Lisle |
By J. Timothy King on November 15, 2010
Two of our friends from synagogue are among the 80 or so “pipeline” families, all of whom had been in the process of adopting orphans from Nepal, when the US government changed policy and left them in limbo, forbidding them to come back home with their newly adopted children. As the friend of one such […]
Posted in Politics | Tagged adoption, Nepal, pipeline families, prayer |
By J. Timothy King on November 9, 2010
Every time I drove down Route 3A through Burlington, MA, I’d see a huge storefront with the words “Used Book Superstore” posted over it. I always wanted to peek inside. I mean, a used book superstore? Who ever heard of such a thing? There are large book retailers, like Barnes & Noble. There are smaller, […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Dilbert, Robert Sapolsky, Scott Adams, stress, The Joy of Work, Used Book Superstore |
By J. Timothy King on October 26, 2010
Over the summer, I started Altered Beginnings, by Destiny Booze. And yes, her real name really is “Destiny Booze”; that’s not a pseudonym. Actually, I’m reading this on my ebook reader, from the Altered Beginnings Smashwords edition. No matter, both the electronic and print versions are the same; the only difference is in the layout […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Altered Beginnings, Destiny Booze |
By J. Timothy King on October 25, 2010
I did not laze around on the beach all day, everyday, reading books, writing on my laptop– Ah, that would have been fun. I’m actually still on my “summer vacation,” even though the calendar and the weather both say we’re well into autumn. Because it wasn’t really a vacation, although it was a vacation from […]
Posted in About Tim King, Software Development, Stories, True Stories | Tagged car, GPS, Old Herb, Perl, photos, Starbucks, summer, WiFi hotspots |