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November 30, 2009
Croquembouche, or my culinary fail of the year.
Over Thanksgiving, I went up to my sister's place in the pacific northwest, where we part took of the noblest of all family traditions: Christmas cookie making. We do spritzes, bourbon balls, gingerbread, etc. All the cookies we were raised making. But this year I decided we have to do something else too. Something different. You gotta try something new every once in a while, right? Something that looks appetizing in a magazine, like this:
(I apologize for all picture quality, they were ...
November 26, 2009
The Thanksgiving Blog!
As I sit here on my sister's couch, watching football with her, as her husband fetches and cooks, I come across that rare realization that all is right with the world. I'm where I want to be with the people I want to be with, doing what I want to do. And therefore, I would like to present to you my list of what I'm Thankful for this gluttonous holiday.
(Side note: I'm gonna skip over family and friends, because, yeah, they're handy, and obviously I'm thankful for them. But this list is for ...
November 17, 2009
Tom Jones
I am the occasional practitioner of omniscient voice, or as I like to call it, the Tom Jones voice. This name is not in reference to the knighted swinging singer of "Its Not Unusual", but instead a reference to the 1749 novel by Henry Fielding. You see, when Mr. Fielding needed to explain a small bit of backstory, he used omniscient voice, and simply… explained it, and generally with a very dry wit. No need to filter it through a character's point of view or shoehorn the info into...
November 10, 2009
Rom Con Inc
Quick post today: I'm over at RomCon Inc today as their historical guest blogger! Stop on by and possibly win a copy of Revealed — hope to see you there!
Happy reading everyone!
November 1, 2009
Around the Interwebs
Amidst the faaaaaaaabulous things I have been writing this week (heh… right.), I, on occasion (read: every 15 minutes) peruse the internet, for inspiration, information, and just plan fun. Among the things I've learned this week:
I landed on Katiebab's list of favorite debut authors of 2009! Very pleased to be in such illustrious company of Leanna Renee Hieber and the awesome Tessa Dare. "But," you might say, in your British and proper way, darn you – "you're not a debut author of 2009. ...
October 25, 2009
Buried Treasure
I went to a library today with a friend of mine, for a book sale. The library, needing funds and shelf space, killed two birds with one stone by selling off old books. Now, normally, as an author, I try to support fellow authors by not purchasing resold books (do you think the hard toiling writer gets a penny on their resold book from the Strand? A most definite no.) But I LOVE book sales like the one today because it allows me to discover authors that are no longer in print, and...
October 22, 2009
A follow up on my internal EReader debate
This week, Barnes and Noble announced its own EReader debut, the Nook. Now, I am not going to expound upon the virtues of the Ereader, the Nook vs. the Kindle, its 3G Wi-Fi, or anything technical or remotely interesting. Instead, I'm going to make fun of the name:
Nook.
An ebook for my Nook.
A Nook ebook.
A Nookie book.
If there was ever a format for romance novels, I think we found it!
This week – plugging away at stories. Maybe I need to break out the big board o' plot!
Happy Reading!
October 12, 2009
Today's blog is brought to you by the letter E
… as in Ebook. Or Ereader. Or Ewhatchamacallit-but-its-a-device-that-lets-you-read-books-without-the-books.
Now, speaking as an author, I'm all for them. I'm all for anything that allows readers to access my stories in whatever medium they choose. (Legally, of course. I'm pretty anti illegal downloads, natch.) The same technology is transforming TVlandia, what with iTunes or Hulu screening TV episodes online, or watching Netflix on an Xbox, it seems that consumers are insatiable for...
October 3, 2009
Reading Week
This week, I had a bit of time, and decided to read the pile down a little. I had a number of books sitting on my computer, the free Harlequin Ebooks they gave out on their website for the 60th anniversary, not to mention the HUGE box still sitting beside my bed from this year's RWA conference… and last year's RWA conference…
So here's a list of what I made it through:
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Irresistible Forces by Brenda Jackson *
In the Highlander's Bed by Cathy Maxwell
The Boyfriend's ...
September 29, 2009
Out of State, Out of Mind.
This weekend, I spent a little time out of state. Can you guess where?
No, this is not the Swiss Alps, so don't start singing Edelweiss (like I did. They didn't like that.) It's Mt. Rainier, near Seattle, Washington!
Now, as some of you may have guessed, I'm not what you call 'outdoorsy'. I like cities. I like noise and people, and being able to ignore that noise and those people in a superior way because I've been a city dweller so long they don't phase me. I don't hike. I...
