Linda Nelson

It’s TGIF and the beginning of another weekend. For some it will be a long weekend with Columbus Day on Monday.

I have a big day planned for tomorrow. <- see previous post on my book signing event for New Hampshire.

Oh, that’s right; you’re not here to hear about my event for tomorrow. No, you’re here for the Friday Night Favorite Artist and I am ready to let you all know which book is next on my List of my Favorite Top Ten Artists…

“For the past year I have been reading a lot of new authors on my Kindle, so instead of picking my favorite of my favorite, I wanted to pick from the books I have read during this past year. This I had to give some thought to, since I have read a lot of really great books on my kindle. So here is my list of favorites.”

Here is the recap:

Seven weeks ago at #10 was Winning Mr. Wrong by Marie Higgins

Six weeks ago at #9 slot was A Modern Witch by Debora Geary

Five weeks ago the #8 slot was Deadly Intentions by Candice Poarche

Four weeks ago at the #7 slot was The Book of Deacon by Joseph R. Lallo

Three weeks ago at the #6 slot was Sleep Tight by Anne Frasier.

Two weeks at the #5 slot was Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster

Last week at the #4 slot was Bewitching by Alex Flinn

So which book is up next?

…. (Linda opens up her word pad folder one more time and peeks inside)

Hollowland

(The Hollows #1)

byAmanda Hocking

“This is the way the world ends – not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.”

Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way – not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies.

“I loved this book. Amanda Hocking has a wonderful imagination. This fast paced story about zombies, lions, and tigers kept me reading almost non-stop. I don’t think there was a moment in the book where I ever found I had lost interest in the story.

The fact that this is the first zombie book I have ever read and I just could not stop reading.

I will be definitely investigating the rest of her books in the near future.”

And if you haven’t read any of these books I have listed over the past few weeks, you really do need to check them out, they were all great books.

During the last round of Round of Words in 80 days I never really made any of my goals consistently.

First I tried to blog more, but that got in the way of my regular writing time.

Then there was the inspirational post about keeping a log about what our daily activities are throughout a day. This was to help us discover if there was any where one could become more efficient in their daily writing activities.

What I discovered was I was doing more blogging, but less writing and not setting aside any time for the other things I like to do in my daily life.

So for the new goals this round I will include the things that I like to do besides writing. Hopefully I will be able to find some kind of consistency with not just my writing. That means I now need to set aside time for knitting mittens and hats for my grand-daughter for Christmas. And then there is my other favorite thing to do – World of Warcraft.

Blizzard Entertainment just released a new expansion for World of Warcraft. I now have a Panda Monk named Musuu. I love that panda. It is kick ass with round house kicks and fists of fury. So I have to be able to find time to play this game too, maybe a minimum of three nights a week and one day on the weekend.

Knitting will be for only an hour or two a night. The rest of my time I will try to dedicate to writing.

Blogging will become limited to three nights a week instead of everyday.

Fridays will still be set aside to recap my favorite books of this past year.

If I can write a minimum of 500 words a week, that would be good for me.
Maximum word count will be set at 5k in a day. (But if the muse takes over, I promise not to argue with it.)
Post on Facebook at least once a week.
Post on Twitter at least once a week.

Hopefully I will be able to finish up Road Salt before NaNoWriMo happens next month.

Stop by the Linky List to see more ROW80 Goals for round 4.

Oh and I almost forgot to mention the Book Signing Event – I will be hosting my very first local book signing this Saturday at The Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough, New Hampshire. I will be there with my friend, Linda Kepner.

<- See previous post for more information about this event.

I’m excited and nervous. But I am sure it will be fun.