Monday randomness

I just finished "Ailis and the Beast" by Jennifer Barlow. It's in Red Sage's "Secrets Volume 14" which I picked up in the goody room at RT. Excellent story. I wanted to write Ms. Barlow and tell her how much I enjoyed it, but I didn't see that she had a website when I Googled her. I did find Leigh Wyndfield's website and e-mailed her to tell her how much I enjoyed "Night Heat" which is another short story in the anthology. I don't care if the author's think I'm weird or not. If I like a book, I tell them. I'd want someone to do the same to me if they liked my work. *shrug*

I'm working on my part of the workshop I'm doing with Molly Herwood on setting in October for our RWA chapter. She was very kind in copying some RWA CDs she had on setting. I've listened to them in the car the last few days and have come up with some things, because for me setting is probably the most difficult writing topic ever. So, I have:

1. Setting is the world in which the author places his or her characters.

2. Setting can convey the mood or tone of the book.

3. Setting can also be referred to as world building.

Yeah, I know, not a lot of depth there. Still got a lot of work to do....

Oh, and The Adirondack Reader invited me to the Author Booksigning Day in Inlet, NY. More details coming, but it sounds like a lot of fun. They have an awesome bookstore.