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February 25, 2014
new internet debate laws
If you're in an internet skirmish, the moment you bring up your opponents' sex life, weight, appearance, or popularity (number of followers)* you've lost the argument and are banned from the internet for at least 24 hours--an internet time out.
If you do this continually--especially if you occupy any position of power--you will be forced to return to middle school as a small fat gay male with no fashion sense**. You will relive those three years over and over until you get The Point.
If you still haven't figured it out and/or you're tired of the middle school cafeteria food, you can choose to be a Muslim in the deep south.
If you back away from an argument first, you are granted extra internet bonus points. You may use these to get out of internet time outs early.
If you make up dumb internet rules of behavior, you will be ignored or called names. If you ignore the names and don't sigh about being ignored, you get extra internet bonus points.
For every whine about no one paying attention to you, the ignoring factor will increase an hour.
I'm trying for a mix of carrots and sticks here.
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* this holds true even if the argument is about your opponent's sex life, weight, appearance or popularity. So you're going to have to be creative, people.
**get it? see point one? that's intentional, ok?
If you do this continually--especially if you occupy any position of power--you will be forced to return to middle school as a small fat gay male with no fashion sense**. You will relive those three years over and over until you get The Point.
If you still haven't figured it out and/or you're tired of the middle school cafeteria food, you can choose to be a Muslim in the deep south.
If you back away from an argument first, you are granted extra internet bonus points. You may use these to get out of internet time outs early.
If you make up dumb internet rules of behavior, you will be ignored or called names. If you ignore the names and don't sigh about being ignored, you get extra internet bonus points.For every whine about no one paying attention to you, the ignoring factor will increase an hour.
I'm trying for a mix of carrots and sticks here.
______
* this holds true even if the argument is about your opponent's sex life, weight, appearance or popularity. So you're going to have to be creative, people.
**get it? see point one? that's intentional, ok?
February 24, 2014
for the next day, a victorian romance usually priced at $3.99 is only 99 cents
See? I'm doing a reasonably big push on this baby, tossing bottles on the ocean, sending out the news all over the internet. Go buy it from Amazon
Hate the big A?
Go buy it from Barnes and Noble.
some other fun books listed at ereadernews today.
I'm going to go read some more Ben Aaronovitch...no, wait, no I'm not, I'm reading RITA books. So far, only one of the 8 is gripping me.
This is Love Between the Lines.
"The characters are colorful and animated, befitting a thrilling story line"--RT Magazine.
"My best read of October was Love Between the Lines by Kate Rothwell. This inventive Victorian romance is anything but ordinary..."
--Anna B., Heroes and Heartbreakers blog
February 14, 2014
Our new cover!
Bonnie and I got the rights back for this book and are putting it up ourselves.
It's already up at Amazon and at ARe.
It should be available soon at Barnes and Noble, but I swear that place is acting cranky-odd. Our former publisher had taken it down--it was definitely gone--and then today the old version popped back up.
It was definitely just B&N being spooky. The publisher had nothing to do with it.
Anyway. Look! Two half nekkid guys.....and it's this story:
What does a jaded earl see in a studious young man? Everything he never knew he was missing.
The dark, alluring Peter, Lord Northrup, is Stephen's every nighttime fantasy made flesh and he's in Stephen's bed, ready for passion. When Peter discovers the bedroom mix-up, he's ready to leave until Stephen begs him to teach him all the things he's only imagined.
The two men, visitors at a country house, begin a delirious, passionate affair with Northrup as teacher and Stephen his eager student. Peter knows their liaison is about hot sessions of sexual exploration, not love--and backs away when he sees shy Stephen's heart is involved. Passion and commitment can't coexist for men like them.
But Peter is haunted by memories of the summer fling and the quiet young man he spurned. But he may have taught him Stephen too well the lessons of a cynical roué.
February 12, 2014
free book!
For a short time Love Between the Lines is FREE at All Romance Ebooks.**
4.5 Stars!
"Rothwell's historical romance is pleasing from every angle!"
--RT Bookreviews Magazine
Danger won't deter this intrepid reporter--even when life and love are on the line.
Sir Gideon Langham wants the best for his flagship newspaper. Hiring daring female reporter Lizzie Drury, aka "Trudy Tildon," seems like a smart decision--until he finds himself falling for her. He knows she'll risk everything to get a story which is perfect for an employee, but not for the sort of woman he plans to marry.
Lizzie longs to write real, in-depth articles. When handsome Sir Gideon offers her a job as more than a stringer, she reluctantly leaves her New York beat for unfamiliar London. But as she pursues a murder investigation, ghosts from her past become all too real.
Digging up dirt sometimes unearths danger. Now someone is after Gideon's reputation--and Lizzie's life. In a race to find a killer, Lizzie and Gideon must learn to trust each other...before it's too late.
handsome Sir Gideon offers her a job as more than a stringer, she reluctantly leaves her New York beat for unfamiliar London. But as she pursues a murder investigation, ghosts from her past become all too real.
Editorial Reviews:From RT Book Reviews4.5 stars! "Rothwell's historical romance is pleasing from every angle! It holds fiery passion, mystery and suspense, and readers will revel in the journey around the globe that moves from New York to London...The characters are colorful and animated, befitting a thrilling story line." **until I get back onto the site and fill out the form correctly this time. I'm thinking tonight I'll make it. SO HURRY AND GET YOUR FREE COPY!
4.5 Stars!"Rothwell's historical romance is pleasing from every angle!"
--RT Bookreviews Magazine
Danger won't deter this intrepid reporter--even when life and love are on the line.
Sir Gideon Langham wants the best for his flagship newspaper. Hiring daring female reporter Lizzie Drury, aka "Trudy Tildon," seems like a smart decision--until he finds himself falling for her. He knows she'll risk everything to get a story which is perfect for an employee, but not for the sort of woman he plans to marry.
Lizzie longs to write real, in-depth articles. When handsome Sir Gideon offers her a job as more than a stringer, she reluctantly leaves her New York beat for unfamiliar London. But as she pursues a murder investigation, ghosts from her past become all too real.
Digging up dirt sometimes unearths danger. Now someone is after Gideon's reputation--and Lizzie's life. In a race to find a killer, Lizzie and Gideon must learn to trust each other...before it's too late.
handsome Sir Gideon offers her a job as more than a stringer, she reluctantly leaves her New York beat for unfamiliar London. But as she pursues a murder investigation, ghosts from her past become all too real.
Editorial Reviews:From RT Book Reviews4.5 stars! "Rothwell's historical romance is pleasing from every angle! It holds fiery passion, mystery and suspense, and readers will revel in the journey around the globe that moves from New York to London...The characters are colorful and animated, befitting a thrilling story line." **until I get back onto the site and fill out the form correctly this time. I'm thinking tonight I'll make it. SO HURRY AND GET YOUR FREE COPY!
February 8, 2014
Rip off
A while back, someone stole one of my books and claimed it as their own. They took the whole thing and didn't change a word and put their name on it and published it. Easy to see that's plagiarism and it was gone within days.
But now someone I know is having a less clear experience. Perhaps the person who took from her made enough changes that won't be able to make the formal charge of plagiarism? You can't steal an idea, the rules say. They have to steal your very words. Someone else will have to do a line-by-line. I'm not going to make comparisons -- I haven't bought that book and I'm not likely to.
But .let's just take a quick look:
Wendy Roberts has a Ghost Dusters series, and her first book came out in 2007. They're mysteries and the main character is crime scene cleaner. She can see and hear ghosts, has an employee who's an ex-cop. Her brother is dead. She helps ghosts by solving their murders.
JB Lynn now has a Spring Cleaning series. Her first book came out last month. They're mysteries and the main character is a crime scene cleaner. She can see and hear ghosts, has a employee who's an ex-cop. Her brother is dead. She helps ghosts by solving their murders.
Okay, there are plenty of differences. Roberts's book is in third person. Lynn's is in first.
But......
Use that free glimpse to take a look at the first scene of Robert's book (the one published in 2007). It opens with the heroine cleaning up and a dead guy is whining at her.
And how about Lynn's book? The one out last month? Woman cleaning. Dead guy whining at her.
There's a line in Lynn's book on the first page. "at heart, I'm a pretty lazy person.."
Uh hmm.
But now someone I know is having a less clear experience. Perhaps the person who took from her made enough changes that won't be able to make the formal charge of plagiarism? You can't steal an idea, the rules say. They have to steal your very words. Someone else will have to do a line-by-line. I'm not going to make comparisons -- I haven't bought that book and I'm not likely to.
But .let's just take a quick look:
Wendy Roberts has a Ghost Dusters series, and her first book came out in 2007. They're mysteries and the main character is crime scene cleaner. She can see and hear ghosts, has an employee who's an ex-cop. Her brother is dead. She helps ghosts by solving their murders.
JB Lynn now has a Spring Cleaning series. Her first book came out last month. They're mysteries and the main character is a crime scene cleaner. She can see and hear ghosts, has a employee who's an ex-cop. Her brother is dead. She helps ghosts by solving their murders.
Okay, there are plenty of differences. Roberts's book is in third person. Lynn's is in first.
But......
Use that free glimpse to take a look at the first scene of Robert's book (the one published in 2007). It opens with the heroine cleaning up and a dead guy is whining at her.
And how about Lynn's book? The one out last month? Woman cleaning. Dead guy whining at her.
There's a line in Lynn's book on the first page. "at heart, I'm a pretty lazy person.."
Uh hmm.
January 28, 2014
Chances are you're doing it wrong
According to many** arguments I've seen on the internet in the last day or so, if you're not gay/non-white/non-cis/sad/poor/fat you have no right to try to depict the gay/non-cis/non-white/sad/poor/fat people in the world. You can't actually depict those experiences if you haven't felt it yourself.
Sure you've felt pain/love/hate/boredom/fear/loss, sure you're human, but unless you've felt it in that capacity, wearing those shoes, you cannot possibly describe that particular experience.
On the other hand, if you write books with characters that do not embrace any of these qualities or you only portray them as secondary characters (as in they act as foils for the main straight/cis/white/happy/rich/svelte characters), you are awful. You do not even try to show the world what it is like to be fully human.
TL:DR = There seems to be a lot of anger on the internet.
**three or four
Sure you've felt pain/love/hate/boredom/fear/loss, sure you're human, but unless you've felt it in that capacity, wearing those shoes, you cannot possibly describe that particular experience.
On the other hand, if you write books with characters that do not embrace any of these qualities or you only portray them as secondary characters (as in they act as foils for the main straight/cis/white/happy/rich/svelte characters), you are awful. You do not even try to show the world what it is like to be fully human.
TL:DR = There seems to be a lot of anger on the internet.
**three or four
January 27, 2014
1905 - Life of an American Policeman - Edwin S. Porter | Wallace McCutch...
Fun stuff.ot sure about the last scene. (I thought of my book Somebody Wonderful.)
January 24, 2014
Summer Devon is looking good
She has a new webpage. It's so much cleaner than her old page.
So pretty.
"Yaaaahs! Gaga!" the guys who are visiting said, upon seeing it. "yaaaahs!" I only hope it's not because they're being polite.
Also I've tried to make the comments on this page non-google-plussy. I hope I've succeeded. Google plus is the not-quite-there experiment that refuses to transform into something useful or go away.
Hey, congratulations to Beth on unemployment.
"Yaaaahs! Gaga!" the guys who are visiting said, upon seeing it. "yaaaahs!" I only hope it's not because they're being polite.
Also I've tried to make the comments on this page non-google-plussy. I hope I've succeeded. Google plus is the not-quite-there experiment that refuses to transform into something useful or go away.
Hey, congratulations to Beth on unemployment.
January 23, 2014
Anyone want a copy of Love Between the Lines?
How about a Kindle/Amazon copy of the book. I have one and am giving it away. There is only a single copy!
Want it? Email me or leave a comment here.
This can't be substituted for another format. It's one of those ebooks that's straight from the source. You get it sent directly to your Kindle through the magic fairy-powers that is the heart of Amazon.
Want it? Email me or leave a comment here.
4.5 Stars!
"Rothwell's historical romance is pleasing from every angle!"
--RT Bookreviews Magazine
Danger won't deter this intrepid reporter--even when life and love are on the line.
Sir Gideon Langham wants the best for his flagship newspaper. Hiring daring female reporter Lizzie Drury, aka "Trudy Tildon," seems like a smart decision--until he finds himself falling for her. He knows she'll risk everything to get a story which is perfect for an employee, but not for the sort of woman he plans to marry.
Lizzie longs to write real, in-depth articles. When handsome Sir Gideon offers her a job as more than a stringer, she reluctantly leaves her New York beat for unfamiliar London. But as she pursues a murder investigation, ghosts from her past become all too real.
Digging up dirt sometimes unearths danger. Now someone is after Gideon's reputation--and Lizzie's life. In a race to find a killer, Lizzie and Gideon must learn to trust each other...before it's too late.
This can't be substituted for another format. It's one of those ebooks that's straight from the source. You get it sent directly to your Kindle through the magic fairy-powers that is the heart of Amazon.
January 22, 2014
unrelated
What do you suppose is worse: outliving your best, most productive, popular, star-of-your-own-life years or never really having those years? One involves loss, and that's hard. I suppose if you've never really hit any kind of high, you might not know you're living in a low. But what about when you look back, realize you're over and--that you were a non-starter?
And since it's all perspective--the view from up there or down there--the best and worst of anyone else's experience can't be generalized.
Still I keep thinking about athletes who come into their own when their bodies are young and then --poof--about the time the rest of the world is revving up in a career, they have to start over. At least they're usually young enough to be able to make a fresh start.
And this seems to be about careers. Pfah. What you do out in the world is not the whole enchilada, right? I hope.
* * * *
There's a column over at SBTB all about what she's sick of reading in sex scenes. Pretty funny stuff (and familiar too).
BUT okay, you people who write about writing ....Now I'd like to see an article about fresh, interesting sex scenes--a column that's just as witty and fun as a snarkfest is about the bad stuff. Is such a column possible? Probably not. The fun and laughter isn't so much from the column as it is from those awful images.
And since it's all perspective--the view from up there or down there--the best and worst of anyone else's experience can't be generalized.
Still I keep thinking about athletes who come into their own when their bodies are young and then --poof--about the time the rest of the world is revving up in a career, they have to start over. At least they're usually young enough to be able to make a fresh start.
And this seems to be about careers. Pfah. What you do out in the world is not the whole enchilada, right? I hope.
* * * *
There's a column over at SBTB all about what she's sick of reading in sex scenes. Pretty funny stuff (and familiar too).
BUT okay, you people who write about writing ....Now I'd like to see an article about fresh, interesting sex scenes--a column that's just as witty and fun as a snarkfest is about the bad stuff. Is such a column possible? Probably not. The fun and laughter isn't so much from the column as it is from those awful images.
