Kate Noble's Blog, page 34

Why I write

I went out to dinner recently with a business associate, and we had sushi.  I find that raw fish somehow elicits the best conversation.

Maybe it's the sake.

Anywho, at this dinner, I was asked that favorite of all questions, "what would you do if you didn't write?"

Now, it took me a moment to process this.  Did he mean what would I do if I didn't have the synaptic ability to form words into sentences that conveyed a message and display them to be read?  Uh, I don't know what I would do, but...

Pile-Driven Giveaway!

So, the boyfriend and I were having a debate.

"You brought home how many books from RWA?" he asks incredulously, eyeing the pile that is stacked next to my chair.

"Only fifty-five," I respond.  I had held back this year, and in fact, my luggage didn't even exceed the weight restrictions on the flight back from Orlando.  I consider this a major show of restraint.

"Fifty-five?!?!"  The boyfriend's voice hits a pre-pubescent pitch.  "But you already have that huge pile of books you haven't read!"

"I...

Post-RWA Post-Move Post-EVERYTHING blog

I have moved!  Again!  But this time, only across town, not across the country.  I now live mere steps from the beach… I think this truly may be as far west as one can go and still be in the continental U.S.  Which is odd for me, because I still consider myself very much an east coast gal.  Any who, I've spent weeks packing, and now two solid days unpacking, and now that my new home is coming together (and the internet is up) I can sit down and tell you all about RWA!  Which is really what...

Con-Con Can-Can

This week, just about everyone in the romance writing industry is going to be heading to sweltering Orlando for the Romance Writers of America National Conference, and I for one, am so excited.  How excited you may ask?  Excited enough that I have been packed for a week now – and I won't even be there until Friday!

I'm only going for a truncated visit, so sadly I'll miss the Literacy Signing on Wednesday evening, but if you happen to be in the Orlando area, I encourage you to stop by – its...

Swatches

I sit on my couch.  A lot.   Not because I'm lazy… although if you accused me of that in a court of law, I'd likely have to concede the case.  I do a lot of work from my couch, I work off a laptop so much the couch, over the last five years has molded itself to my body.  I have, if you will, a molded perch… and the molded perch has become the problem.  Suffice to say, I'm getting a new couch.

I have catalogues.  I have gone to a number of stores, I have done the sit test.  I have collected...

Space Mountain

In about three weeks, a couple hundred romance authors and a couple thousand romance fans are going to descend upon Orlando, Florida for the annual RWA National Conference.  And I.  Am.  Psyched.  I'm talking, like, better-than-Predators psyched.  Better-than-a-line-by-line-reenactment-of-Ghostbusters psyched.  I get to see a bunch of friends I only see online otherwise, and hopefully make some new ones.  I get to interact with fans, with industry professionals, and I'm frickin' nominated...

Wednesday, or, why three-day weekends are a bad idea.

Three-day weekends are a bad idea.  I know, I know, I'm taking the minority opinion on this one, but they are!  Oh sure, we all love having that extra day, we all say we'll get stuff done with it – do our laundry, go through our filing cabinets, possibly even take a trip and spend time grilling hot dogs or baking pies with the family.  And some people I am sure, actually do that.  They spend the weeks ahead of time planning the weekend, buying the necessary equipment, lawn chairs, or...

Gluttony!

Since I have turned in my latest draft a couple weeks ago, I have let myself start reading books again.  I am glutting myself, really.  And it is at *just* the right time, because there are a number of my favorite authors who have had their books come out in the past month.  So without further ado, I present to you the latest in What Kate's Reading!

After a long reprieve, I tend to glut myself on historical romance.  It's my first love, and I'll always come back to it.

First up was Nine Rules...

Be Brave

I recently went through a bunch of boxes of old papers and what not (and you have no idea how pleasant it is to do something like that for someone who has been focused solely on her deadline, and slightly OCD to boot) and discovered an old New Year's Resolution list.

I couldn't tell you the year of it, but by my handwriting, I'm going to say late high school/college.  Among other mundane items that would never be completed (lose 15 lbs!  Write a movie!) is, in the boldest possible hand, the...

Fix Clock

I have a chalkboard on my wall that lists things I have to do.  There are some things on this list that are finished right away, like 'laundry' or 'buy OJ', and there are some things that take a little longer, like 'finish writing novel.'  That one, I just checked off.  But there are some things that will never get checked off the list.  For me, it's 'Fix Clock'.  (Long story short:  When I was moving in to my apartment, I have a clock that broke, that I should get fixed and haven't.  The...