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 |
By J. Timothy King on September 10, 2010
I finally unpacked the three cartons of books that arrived from the printer’s last week, ripped out the packing material, counted the quantities to make sure they were all there, and combined them with my leftover stock into two big piles. Sent out three copies: two autographed for last week’s giveaways and one more for […]
Posted in Ardor Point, Books, Love through the Eyes of an Idiot | Tagged Big Book Giveaway 2010, giveaway |
By J. Timothy King on September 7, 2010
I’m still working my way through Talyn, by Holly Lisle. If you recall, I did teasers for it twice before: here and here. I’m now about 7/16 through, and still singing its praises. A reading session with this story always leaves me that “Wow!” sensation that I love. Frankly, Holly has ruined every other book […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Holly Lisle, Talyn |
By J. Timothy King on September 3, 2010
Two giveaways this week of From the Ashes of Courage: That Great Neil Guy Neil Shurley, a fellow writer (whose stories I love), fellow science-fiction fan, fellow Star Trek nerd, and the guy who tipped me off about the new Columbo book, he’s graciously giving away a copy of From the Ashes of Courage. Check […]
Posted in Ardor Point, Books | Tagged Big Book Giveaway 2010, giveaway
By J. Timothy King on August 27, 2010
Missy Frye has graciously allowed me to give away a copy of the Love-Idiot book in order to support the “Just Write Blog Carnival,” which has published numerous links to my own articles and stories. This is just the first in a large number of giveaways happening across the Internet over the coming weeks. I’ll […]
Posted in Books, Love through the Eyes of an Idiot | Tagged Big Book Giveaway 2010, giveaway, Incurable Disease of Writing, Just Write Blog Carnival, Missy Frye |
By J. Timothy King on August 24, 2010
Driving up the Maine Turnpike this weekend, I took pause from, of all things, the landscape. Not just from the beauty of it, but I got a feeling that it was distinctly American. In Maine, the culture still retains some of the human community values that I often associate with the original Americans. And for […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged America, Holly Lisle, Native Americans, Talyn |
