Kate Rothwell's Blog, page 27
November 10, 2011
a word for that
I didn't know there were words for different sorts of arguments until I had kids and debate was included in their education. My formal education is spotty, thanks to the dirty hippies.
Anyway. I was trying to describe someone who visited forums (fora, right?) of groups he loathes just to argue with them and then is considered part of their milieu. Guilt by association I suppose. But I want a word for that sort of guy, other than troll.
My favorite example: someone my parents knew (knew about? I wish I could ask 'em) hated communism and would go to communists' gatherings to heckle them. So when the OSS came along and marked the license plates of all the people attending the meetings, guess who got hauled in as a Commie Sympathizer? I wish I knew the whole story. I can only hope he got as much grief as my parents did back in the day. During the fifties, they and their friends got the evil eye from the gov't in part because they went to Moscow during WWII -- at the behest of the gov't.
Anyway. I was trying to describe someone who visited forums (fora, right?) of groups he loathes just to argue with them and then is considered part of their milieu. Guilt by association I suppose. But I want a word for that sort of guy, other than troll.
My favorite example: someone my parents knew (knew about? I wish I could ask 'em) hated communism and would go to communists' gatherings to heckle them. So when the OSS came along and marked the license plates of all the people attending the meetings, guess who got hauled in as a Commie Sympathizer? I wish I knew the whole story. I can only hope he got as much grief as my parents did back in the day. During the fifties, they and their friends got the evil eye from the gov't in part because they went to Moscow during WWII -- at the behest of the gov't.
November 7, 2011
it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaack
The television is babbling at us. The computers are all running. The lights are on. We have taken off our knit caps and jackets. Power, o, power -- I will never take you for granted again. It's been a few hours but I still get a thrill when I flick a switch and the darkness is banished by a really bright light.
Still no school tomorrow, but we can handle that. Yup.
Still no school tomorrow, but we can handle that. Yup.
November 2, 2011
Here in my home town
The storm was Saturday and we have no power
no school this week
no telephone
no one coming to clear the road--with the wires lying across it
no idea when the situation will change. Sometime today they'll tell us when to expect power again.
The good news is the people staying with us (we have a fireplace and gas stove so our house is a better place than theirs) have a chain saw and so we can clear brush.
I'm in the library pining for a cuppa coffee, but if if I give up this spot, I'll have to break some arms to get access to an outlet again. Naw, it's not that bad -- yet.
I should write a novel instead of kvetching. Okay.
no school this week
no telephone
no one coming to clear the road--with the wires lying across it
no idea when the situation will change. Sometime today they'll tell us when to expect power again.
The good news is the people staying with us (we have a fireplace and gas stove so our house is a better place than theirs) have a chain saw and so we can clear brush.
I'm in the library pining for a cuppa coffee, but if if I give up this spot, I'll have to break some arms to get access to an outlet again. Naw, it's not that bad -- yet.
I should write a novel instead of kvetching. Okay.
October 29, 2011
some 99 cent titles by me
A bunch of my titles are el cheapo! It'll cost less than a dollar to buy one of these Summer Devon/Kate Rothwell books. Cheaper than a tiny cup o' coffee. Less than a candy bar (well, some candy bars).
Seducing Miss Dunaway
A romantic novella set in the 1880s
Strong-willed Miss Mary Dunaway
had a plan for her future and she would stop at nothing to reach her
goal of working with the poor in London. She was even willing to ask a
gentleman, a stranger, to help her.
Twelve years later, the same
gentleman reappears in her life. Although he doesn't seem to recall her,
she remembers every detail of the kisses they shared. The attractive
Lord Fellington apparently sees her as the saintly, nun-like matron of
the foundling asylum. Very well, she made her bed and now she lies in
it, alone.
Irrational Arousal
That guy you glanced at…the one you thought was so
gorgeous. What do you do when you're suddenly seeing what he's seeing,
feeling what he's feeling, and it's all hot, sweaty and very
R-rated?
Gia's life takes a turn
for the bizarre when she develops a connection with construction worker Will, and the connection is all
sexual. Not only can she see and sense his fantasies, he can visit hers
too. And for two strangers, they begin to have some pretty intimate
daydreams about each other. Anger, and concern about the sudden onset of
shared insanity, are thrust to the wayside when Gia and Will finally meet and find that even outside
the fantasies, they can't keep their hands off each other.
Some kind of weird lust is
driving them—to mutually orgasmic results. While Gia's loving it, Will just wants a normal life, but soon
realizes they might never turn down the heat and return to normal again.
And craziness aside, does he really want the "cure" if it means losing
Gia?
Futurelove
Time-travel agent Collins
is preparing for a routine assignment to the past when rebels kill his
commander and force him back in time, unprepared. With no
sex-suppression drugs and incomplete training, he's stranded in a
strange old world.
Candy was almost resigned to her humdrum life until a man in a
strange black get-up dropped onto her park bench. If he wasn't gorgeous,
and wounded, she might listen to her common sense and run. But
curiosity and kindness have always been her weaknesses, and the fact
that this guy rouses her long-dormant libido doesn't hurt, either.
Overwhelmed by the novel sensation of lust, Collins can't resist
Candy's sensual sweetness. But every fevered joining of their bodies
breaks the stringent laws to which he's sworn allegiance. Being trapped
in the past is bad enough. Committing carnal crimes with an irresistible
21st century indigenous could destroy his future—and hers.
Perfection
Bryan has a problem most men would envy. He's
irresistible to women. A laboratory experiment gone awry cranks Bryan's
pheromones into overdrive and females flock to him like moths to a
flame. Escaping droves of desperate women is only one of his worries.
Thugs from the lab are after him, eager to recapture the million-dollar
essence he exudes. His only hope is to find the "perfect" woman.
Sleeping with her will turn off his pheromone factory.
Waitress Allie slings hash and laughs with customers at a roadside
diner. Resigned to life without a man after suffering heartbreak too
often, Allie is shocked when a mysterious man jolts her libido awake
with just a glance and a touch. A quick tumble seems an innocent
indulgence—until black-suited men show up in pursuit of Bryan. Tangled
in the intrigue, Allie finds herself tied to Bryan by more than erotic
fun. The pursuit of perfection leads them down new paths of pleasure,
but curing Bryan could spell the end of their adventure.
Invisible Touch
When Bonnie spurns the sexual advances of a real creep, she
suddenly finds herself invisible to any man she finds attractive. She
soon learns that the creepy man she turned down is also an amateur
sorcerer who has placed an invisibility curse on her. Now he's
threatening to make it permanent unless she agrees to spy on his boss, a
man Bonnie finds irresistible. She just can't keep her hands from
exploring his sexy body!
At first Jared thinks he's going crazy. He knows he's embracing a
delicious female but he doesn't know if the invisible being is an actual
woman or ghost. When things heat up between Jared and Bonnie, they find
a way to communicate. Now they have to figure out how to thwart Jared's
enemy or Jared will never get a good look at the woman he's felt…all
over.
Seducing Miss Dunaway
A romantic novella set in the 1880s
Strong-willed Miss Mary Dunaway
had a plan for her future and she would stop at nothing to reach her
goal of working with the poor in London. She was even willing to ask a
gentleman, a stranger, to help her.
Twelve years later, the same
gentleman reappears in her life. Although he doesn't seem to recall her,
she remembers every detail of the kisses they shared. The attractive
Lord Fellington apparently sees her as the saintly, nun-like matron of
the foundling asylum. Very well, she made her bed and now she lies in
it, alone.
Irrational Arousal
That guy you glanced at…the one you thought was so
gorgeous. What do you do when you're suddenly seeing what he's seeing,
feeling what he's feeling, and it's all hot, sweaty and very
R-rated?
Gia's life takes a turn
for the bizarre when she develops a connection with construction worker Will, and the connection is all
sexual. Not only can she see and sense his fantasies, he can visit hers
too. And for two strangers, they begin to have some pretty intimate
daydreams about each other. Anger, and concern about the sudden onset of
shared insanity, are thrust to the wayside when Gia and Will finally meet and find that even outside
the fantasies, they can't keep their hands off each other.
Some kind of weird lust is
driving them—to mutually orgasmic results. While Gia's loving it, Will just wants a normal life, but soon
realizes they might never turn down the heat and return to normal again.
And craziness aside, does he really want the "cure" if it means losing
Gia?
Futurelove
Time-travel agent Collins
is preparing for a routine assignment to the past when rebels kill his
commander and force him back in time, unprepared. With no
sex-suppression drugs and incomplete training, he's stranded in a
strange old world.
Candy was almost resigned to her humdrum life until a man in a
strange black get-up dropped onto her park bench. If he wasn't gorgeous,
and wounded, she might listen to her common sense and run. But
curiosity and kindness have always been her weaknesses, and the fact
that this guy rouses her long-dormant libido doesn't hurt, either.
Overwhelmed by the novel sensation of lust, Collins can't resist
Candy's sensual sweetness. But every fevered joining of their bodies
breaks the stringent laws to which he's sworn allegiance. Being trapped
in the past is bad enough. Committing carnal crimes with an irresistible
21st century indigenous could destroy his future—and hers.
Perfection
Bryan has a problem most men would envy. He's
irresistible to women. A laboratory experiment gone awry cranks Bryan's
pheromones into overdrive and females flock to him like moths to a
flame. Escaping droves of desperate women is only one of his worries.
Thugs from the lab are after him, eager to recapture the million-dollar
essence he exudes. His only hope is to find the "perfect" woman.
Sleeping with her will turn off his pheromone factory.
Waitress Allie slings hash and laughs with customers at a roadside
diner. Resigned to life without a man after suffering heartbreak too
often, Allie is shocked when a mysterious man jolts her libido awake
with just a glance and a touch. A quick tumble seems an innocent
indulgence—until black-suited men show up in pursuit of Bryan. Tangled
in the intrigue, Allie finds herself tied to Bryan by more than erotic
fun. The pursuit of perfection leads them down new paths of pleasure,
but curing Bryan could spell the end of their adventure.
Invisible Touch
When Bonnie spurns the sexual advances of a real creep, she
suddenly finds herself invisible to any man she finds attractive. She
soon learns that the creepy man she turned down is also an amateur
sorcerer who has placed an invisibility curse on her. Now he's
threatening to make it permanent unless she agrees to spy on his boss, a
man Bonnie finds irresistible. She just can't keep her hands from
exploring his sexy body!
At first Jared thinks he's going crazy. He knows he's embracing a
delicious female but he doesn't know if the invisible being is an actual
woman or ghost. When things heat up between Jared and Bonnie, they find
a way to communicate. Now they have to figure out how to thwart Jared's
enemy or Jared will never get a good look at the woman he's felt…all
over.
October 27, 2011
Linda and I are visiting Marie Treanor's blog today
It's shapeshifter week at Marie's place. Go on over and comment today and you might win a copy of our book. I know, everyone and her uncle is doing book give-aways, but seriously. Do this anyway. Do it for the kids. **
Speaking of those kids, last night I posted a comment on facebook that has gotten immediate and heartfelt responses--a lot of disbelief from readers, too.
Kind of amazing how much snark it has raised. Ha, ha, ha.
Wait. Not really. The disbelief and snark in the responses make perfect sense.
So does my enormous pride.
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**Every new year's eve, my sister would pick a theme for a year. "Doin' it for the kids" was my favorite.
Speaking of those kids, last night I posted a comment on facebook that has gotten immediate and heartfelt responses--a lot of disbelief from readers, too.
Stop the presses; stop all of the presses
everywhere. No, this is not a false alarm--it is the real news deal.
One of my kids, one of my boys, put a fresh roll of toilet paper on the
roller without being asked. AND he threw the old cardboard tube IN THE
TRASH. You all carry on with your lives. I'll be over in the corner of
the bathroom, gazing at the miracle, weeping with joy.
Kind of amazing how much snark it has raised. Ha, ha, ha.Wait. Not really. The disbelief and snark in the responses make perfect sense.
So does my enormous pride.
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**Every new year's eve, my sister would pick a theme for a year. "Doin' it for the kids" was my favorite.
October 26, 2011
Yay! Look! It's in PRINT
I asked people (mostly fellow writers) what sort of contest should I hold for this book going into print. The conversation never got past the Is It The Worst Cover Ever? And then I learned that some people -- sane, happy, clever, intelligent people** -- really love the cover**** Hmm.I'm basically informing readers who like my book('s cover) that they're goofballs. Okay, we can all agree that's not a good idea. And just because I think butt-genie when I see it, doesn't mean there isn't room in the world for butt-genies. It's certainly a nice enough butt, though it does make me wonder about a man who would wear a hard-hat and nothing. . . .
All right already. Jeez. Can we please get past the cover? I really like this story, got it? It didn't go over well with Sarah at SBTB (my take-away quote from her review is something like "the story isn't as bad as the cover.") But I really, really like the story. I had fun writing it and I got a big kick out of the nasty old guy who cursed people and the strange, almost-like-us-world where curses aren't entirely weird.
BOTTOM LINE [heh, bottom]: Go buy this book, now. The ebook version is LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR!! The print copy is a lot more but then you get that cover, suitable for framing.
I'm going to order a few print copies to give away. Be on alert. You can may get one of these in your mailbox!
(That doesn't look quite right. On the other hand, this could inspire my best contest ever: a kind of "nice bookshelf you got here, lady. Would be a shame if anything happened to it." event. It would be a "enter this contest or a copy of this book might show up on your doorstep.")
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**people who read my books
**** I just hope some book sellers are among
1. the ranks of the book's admirers
or
2. get really tipsy before they put in their orders and are in the mood for major snark-giggling.
October 24, 2011
sbd I meet a wall banger
Maybe it's the perpetual state of annoyance in which I'm currently inhabiting. . .
I met a book that pissed me off.
I tend to stick with books, even the ones that annoy me. Lots of people point out that life is too short for bad books. They're right of course, but I can read all sorts of books that only show a spark of life because somewhere along the line I lost the ability to get annoyed.
And then I met Emily Giffen's Something Borrowed. I probably should stick with it for a little while longer just to see if I can get past this stuff, but at the moment, I want to stomp on it and throw it against the wall and then rip it into shreds.
Is it badly written? Not at all. Is there a dead baby? Nope (thank goodness I've gotten past the dead baby prohibition. When my guys were little, I Could. Not. Bear. Them.) Dead animal? No. Gratuitous rape? No. Obvious deus ex machina? Not so far.
It is the Best Friend Diss.
I'm not exactly a loyal-through-the-years friend. I don't hold tight the way I should. But nor do I whine and kvetch about my friends, except sometimes. But this character, the narrator of the book, not only does she feel competitive with the person she calls her "best friend" not only does she seem to go out of her way to see the bad side of this person she's "loved" for years. SHE BOFF HER BEST FRIEND'S FIANCE ALL NIGHT. Okay, okay, human. Things happen. This is what goes on with human beings. But her response is "oh god I'll get caught." When her friend calls up, frantically wondering where her fiance could have vanished to, does the main character feel awful that her friend spent the night wild with fear? Nope. Still hoping she didn't get caught. Her best friend is someone whose supposed to matter to her. This is an immutable fact.
Turns out it's a RULE, written in stone. I can forgive a character who'll lie cheat steal and even maybe murder now and then. Or get unreasonably mad, even with her best friend. But what the hell? Why does she play the role of passive aggressive in the relationship with HER BEST FRIEND?
That "oh no gonna get caught" in the face of her friend's misery was about the time I decided I was done with that story and it was only a couple of chapters in.
I had nearly the same response with the Kitty Norville book. This is about a werewolf (strike one) who single-handedly decides to out the supernatural world. Because she's thought the matter through and decides that it's best? That would be bad enough because she'd believe she has the right to decide the fate of her fellow supernatural types. No, she outs them all to save the ratings on her radio show.Yes, I know it's a fluffy little book with cutesy dialog (all cutesy-smart-snark is on her part, naturally) but even fluff deserves decent non-brain-dead characters
The wall-banging moment came for me right after her best friend has killed for her. He now has to run away to the hills, abandon his life, live in the hills. Does she think, "god, I'm so grateful you saved my life and I'm going to worry about you night and day."
No. She gets mad at him and says "no need for that" even though it's clear she was losing the fight. And then, after she forgives him for murdering for her and saving her skin, she says "what am I going to do without you?" not "how are you going to survive?" It's all about her.
Gah. Grr. I stuck with that book though and decided overall it's pretty good. A few of those The World is All About Kitty moments but basically it was all right.
I don't require Mary Balogh self-sacrificing types. I don't mind if someone acts selfishly--as long as there's either self-awareness or clearly some awareness on the author's part. But these characters tend not to even regard other people as fully human or only in terms of What Can You Do for ME? They're all in first person narratives too. Eh, I'm done with that.
Anyway if I wanted to read about disloyal, cowardly or despicable characters, I'd read literary fiction, thank you. Then at least those people tend to be interesting.
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I met a book that pissed me off.
I tend to stick with books, even the ones that annoy me. Lots of people point out that life is too short for bad books. They're right of course, but I can read all sorts of books that only show a spark of life because somewhere along the line I lost the ability to get annoyed.
And then I met Emily Giffen's Something Borrowed. I probably should stick with it for a little while longer just to see if I can get past this stuff, but at the moment, I want to stomp on it and throw it against the wall and then rip it into shreds.
Is it badly written? Not at all. Is there a dead baby? Nope (thank goodness I've gotten past the dead baby prohibition. When my guys were little, I Could. Not. Bear. Them.) Dead animal? No. Gratuitous rape? No. Obvious deus ex machina? Not so far.
It is the Best Friend Diss.
I'm not exactly a loyal-through-the-years friend. I don't hold tight the way I should. But nor do I whine and kvetch about my friends, except sometimes. But this character, the narrator of the book, not only does she feel competitive with the person she calls her "best friend" not only does she seem to go out of her way to see the bad side of this person she's "loved" for years. SHE BOFF HER BEST FRIEND'S FIANCE ALL NIGHT. Okay, okay, human. Things happen. This is what goes on with human beings. But her response is "oh god I'll get caught." When her friend calls up, frantically wondering where her fiance could have vanished to, does the main character feel awful that her friend spent the night wild with fear? Nope. Still hoping she didn't get caught. Her best friend is someone whose supposed to matter to her. This is an immutable fact.
Turns out it's a RULE, written in stone. I can forgive a character who'll lie cheat steal and even maybe murder now and then. Or get unreasonably mad, even with her best friend. But what the hell? Why does she play the role of passive aggressive in the relationship with HER BEST FRIEND?
That "oh no gonna get caught" in the face of her friend's misery was about the time I decided I was done with that story and it was only a couple of chapters in.
I had nearly the same response with the Kitty Norville book. This is about a werewolf (strike one) who single-handedly decides to out the supernatural world. Because she's thought the matter through and decides that it's best? That would be bad enough because she'd believe she has the right to decide the fate of her fellow supernatural types. No, she outs them all to save the ratings on her radio show.Yes, I know it's a fluffy little book with cutesy dialog (all cutesy-smart-snark is on her part, naturally) but even fluff deserves decent non-brain-dead characters
The wall-banging moment came for me right after her best friend has killed for her. He now has to run away to the hills, abandon his life, live in the hills. Does she think, "god, I'm so grateful you saved my life and I'm going to worry about you night and day."
No. She gets mad at him and says "no need for that" even though it's clear she was losing the fight. And then, after she forgives him for murdering for her and saving her skin, she says "what am I going to do without you?" not "how are you going to survive?" It's all about her.
Gah. Grr. I stuck with that book though and decided overall it's pretty good. A few of those The World is All About Kitty moments but basically it was all right.
I don't require Mary Balogh self-sacrificing types. I don't mind if someone acts selfishly--as long as there's either self-awareness or clearly some awareness on the author's part. But these characters tend not to even regard other people as fully human or only in terms of What Can You Do for ME? They're all in first person narratives too. Eh, I'm done with that.
Anyway if I wanted to read about disloyal, cowardly or despicable characters, I'd read literary fiction, thank you. Then at least those people tend to be interesting.
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October 19, 2011
Anachronisms.
Which word is older, "okay" or "hallway"? How about "kibosh" or "string quartet"? Do you use the word "hello" correctly in your historical writing? I wrote an article about words that are newer than you thought (okay, than I thought) and words that are older than you'd (I'd) guess.
The article is over at Leah Braemel's blog. Go read it, comment and you can win an ebook. Go on! So far, your chances of winning are 100 percent!! (as in, no one's commented yet.)
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The article is over at Leah Braemel's blog. Go read it, comment and you can win an ebook. Go on! So far, your chances of winning are 100 percent!! (as in, no one's commented yet.)
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October 17, 2011
I can't stop reading Sookie Stackhouse books
Curse you, Harris! Curse you, library! Curse you, Kindle!
I had been warned. They're like peanuts--no, those have nutritional value. They're like cheeze puffs. Eating one just leaves you wanting more and more.
I thought I don't like vampire books. I'm sick of the undead. No way will I be drawn in.
I forgot I'm an addictive personality when it comes to cake, coffee and books. I will consume all there is until there is no more.
I eat and read quickly. munch munch munch. These are easy, fluffy and reasonably fun.
I have to say that the Sookie of the first book was the best part. She was interesting and upbeat even with her meh life. Lately (I'm on book five) she's turned into a standard sort of heroine you find in these books, although the way she smiles when she's frightened is kind of nonstandard.
Pretty? check
Men falling all over her? yes (though they do seem able to exist outside her sphere. The one terribly dependent one was only terribly dependent for a little while then snapped out of it-- and we were relieved when he got back to normal)
Kick-ass? Fairly--and more so with each book.
I have to see if the library has book six. I can't afford to buy these on Kindle. AND here's the interesting thing. Some of them are cheaper in paperback than in ebook. NONE of them are cheaper in Kindle form, which shows that, yeah, Kindle's sliding into first place. Supply and demand, baby.
I had been warned. They're like peanuts--no, those have nutritional value. They're like cheeze puffs. Eating one just leaves you wanting more and more.
I thought I don't like vampire books. I'm sick of the undead. No way will I be drawn in.
I forgot I'm an addictive personality when it comes to cake, coffee and books. I will consume all there is until there is no more.
I eat and read quickly. munch munch munch. These are easy, fluffy and reasonably fun.
I have to say that the Sookie of the first book was the best part. She was interesting and upbeat even with her meh life. Lately (I'm on book five) she's turned into a standard sort of heroine you find in these books, although the way she smiles when she's frightened is kind of nonstandard.
Pretty? check
Men falling all over her? yes (though they do seem able to exist outside her sphere. The one terribly dependent one was only terribly dependent for a little while then snapped out of it-- and we were relieved when he got back to normal)
Kick-ass? Fairly--and more so with each book.
I have to see if the library has book six. I can't afford to buy these on Kindle. AND here's the interesting thing. Some of them are cheaper in paperback than in ebook. NONE of them are cheaper in Kindle form, which shows that, yeah, Kindle's sliding into first place. Supply and demand, baby.
October 12, 2011
The Nobleman and the Spy giveaway
HEY LOOKIT! Our book is out in print, so we can give away copies. Go on, click the link; it's easy to get one.
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The Nobleman and the Spy
by Bonnie Dee
Giveaway ends October 22, 2011.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
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by Bonnie Dee
Giveaway ends October 22, 2011.
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