Alison Kent's Blog, page 45

Tweets for 2009-08-25

Here's hoping I get back at least half my investment in last semester's college textbooks. (And how many spammers will those words draw?) #Love creating fictional towns so real I want to live there & adding neighbors I wish I had. Also building dream house. Perfect weather, too #Feeding info into a scene without seeming to feed info into a scene. Not so easy. Pondered the how for too long & burned my grilled cheese. #RT @Syfy I'm giving away WAREHOUSE 13 t-shirts to 3 random people who RT this n

Tweets for 2009-08-24

Still headachy today, but am going to move to laptop and see about getting some words done. I will miss you, new slimline tower & Word 2007. #
It is a race to see if I will learn awake/waken/woke before I learn lay/lie/laid. #
Suggestions for dinner? Have thawed boneless skinless chicken breasts. #
RT @WAHMRevolution Work from Home Editor for Ellora's Cave Publishing http://bit.ly/3fKSUF #
I REALLY like Merlin. #

Tweets for 2009-08-23

"Three technology heavyweights (…) fight Google's attempt to create what could be world's largest virtual library." http://bit.ly/A8JP2 #

Tweets for 2009-08-22

Think I'll stick to drinking water from the tap even if it makes me uncool. http://bit.ly/bTJV7 #RT @rantyeditor: Why do romance novels always have males, no men? "Such a sexy male," or "You'll find another male!" What's wrong with man? #Am considering blog posts for when I return to blogging in September. First up, I believe, will be why I don't – and won't – fast draft. #I have to edit as I go. It's where I find my story. In the nooks and crannies of the nuances. @Larissa_Ione @jaciburton @m

Tweets for 2009-08-21

Ack! The pressure is now on to be writerly! http://bit.ly/G6XCW #Not loving my fence-busting-through, neighbor's-cats-scaring, maniacal barking dogs right now. #http://twitpic.com/elak7 – How many parts computers are in YOUR office? #Thirty minutes of uninterrupted writing . . . go! #Oh wow. I shall miss all the wise words. RT @ThereseWalsh: Me, too. RT @KathleenBolton: Bummed times infinity. http://bit.ly/36agVa #Oh, incredible! Amazing! RT @booksquare: RT @asheresque: wow cool. video of helen

Tweets for 2009-08-20

Am probably last person on earth to see this but thanks to @wendyduren for making me laugh my ass off this morning: http://is.gd/2opJg #
Drivers and Software and Downloads, OH MY! I've accomplished little else today. (Don't tell @cuppacafe.) #
http://twitpic.com/ei2z8 – The view from the office floor #

Tweets for 2009-08-19

RT @younglibrarian: nice thing abt not undr contract: can alter due date @ whim. bad thing abt not undr contract: can alter due date @ whim #Setting up Outlook on new PC is such fun bcuz my inbox, it is unsoiled! #The business savvy author http://bit.ly/40t1x @vickidreiling #"…there is no such thing as good literature, only good writing. " http://bit.ly/aqT56 #And now I'm off to write . . . #Too many books around the house? http://bit.ly/y5VKt #Learning new version of software SO much easier

Tweets for 2009-08-18

RT @jasonpinter: Hope those outraged @ M. Vick signing showed = or greater outrage @ Leonard Little & Donte Stallworth who killed people. #Am buckling down for reread of WIP to immerse myself in that world again. Been away too many days & can't smell the pine trees or pumpkins. #Where do people buy coffee beans online? Am pricing e-tailers against local retailer who has been hit and miss lately. #"(…) low levels of physical activity were more likely to have poor cognitive performance." Yikes!

Tweets for 2009-08-17

http://twitpic.com/e4mxq – Happy Early BDay To Me! #
http://twitpic.com/e5d7o – My Precious! Oh & My PC! #
Got an email today from @Loreth who's been traveling Botswana all month and now in Johannesburg. Too cool! #

Tweets for 2009-08-16

Every tech thing you might want to know about e-book readers: http://is.gd/2idKG #Authors: On your websites, do not have "buy" links go to your "page" at a bookstore. Buy links need to go to individual titles. #You cause readers to lose patience having to go through extra clicks to find what they're trying to buy; why would you do that? #Authors: If you write both digital and print books, don't make separate bookshelf listings on your website for the two formats. #Many readers aren't going to kn