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Saturday stuff

I have a lot of non-author stuff happening this weekend, so not much of a post today. Just stuff. Do stop by my other blogs to read the snippets. I’ve been on a roll with my work in progress the last few days and I can honestly see an early spring release.

I’m nearly half way through the 100 Things Blogging Challenge.

The plan is to post a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. Quotes are far more interesting! There are 52 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“Love isn’t finding a perfect person. It’s seeing an imperfect person perfectly.”

~ Sam Keen

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Coming November 1st.

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Saturday and Sunday happenings!

I’m participating in My Sexy Saturday & Sexy Snippets

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

The Seductive Studs & Sirens, and Weekend Writing Warriors

http://theancillarymuse.blogspot.com/

Set the Stage in Six (come share you own scene set-up tomorrow!)

http://exquisitequills.blogspot.com/

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Author Molly Daniels/Kenzie Michaels’ blog day

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Fun stuff happening at the Romance Books ’4′ Us website!

First contest: Romance Books ’4′ Us website contest: http://www.romancebooks4us.com . ONE WINNER WILL RECEIVE ALL 16 PRIZES! Go to our website for details…one prize is a $50 gift card for Amazon/B&N.

Second contest: SAM CHEEVER’S ANNUAL TRICK OR TREAT CONTEST (Romance Books ’4′ Us blog is participating and we’re house #6). START at Sam’s “house” at: http://samcheever.com/blog/trick-or-treat-with-your-favorite-author/ . TWO GRAND PRIZE WINNERS WILL EACH RECEIVE A BASKET OF GIFTS…INCLUDING A KINDLE PAPERWHITE EREADER!

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Happy Belated Birthday Noah

I completely missed an important holiday yesterday, so I’m taking time to mention it today. On October 16, 1758, Noah Webster, the Father of The American Dictionary was born.  Noah was a lexicographer, that is, he practiced the art of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. A man after my own heart!

Born to parents who prized education, young Noah attended Yale at age 15. Apparently he was a restless young man, the proverbial ship without a rudder. He just couldn’t settle on one career path and it took him years of hopping from pillar to post before he served in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary War. I don’t know how he managed it, but he also became a lawyer during the war.

I’ve written about The Enlightenment on this blog before. Coming of age with these enlightened principles, Noah wanted that utopian new world, and there’s no doubt that Noah was a man of seditious opinion. His thoughts were influenced by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau whose modern take on political, sociological, and educational thought contributed to the French Revolution.  Noah’s words have decidedly Rousseau-esque ring to them:

America sees the absurdities—she sees the kingdoms of Europe, disturbed by wrangling sectaries, or their commerce, population and improvements of every kind cramped and retarded, because the human mind like the body is fettered ‘and bound fast by the chords of policy and superstition’: She laughs at their folly and shuns their errors: She founds her empire upon the idea of universal toleration: She admits all religions into her bosom; She secures the sacred rights of every individual; and (astonishing absurdity to Europeans!) she sees a thousand discordant opinions live in the strictest harmony … it will finally raise her to a pitch of greatness and lustre, before which the glory of ancient Greece and Rome shall dwindle to a point, and the splendor of modern Empires fade into obscurity.

So, this fellow of strong opinion found himself an unemployed lawyer and an unsatisfied schoolteacher. With a desire for a better world playing in his mind, he picked up his pen and began crafting an “an intellectual foundation for American nationalism” . In other words, he knew knowledge was power, and gaining one’s knowledge early was key. By 1785, he’d written a speller and grammar book for elementary schools. Those Blue-backed Spellers were well received and would go on to teach 5 generations of Americans, but that idea was only part of a bigger picture. Their proceeds allowed him the opportunity to work on his larger idea — A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, followed by The American Dictionary of the English Language.

Because America was multicultural from the start, it naturally had different languages. However, the predominant King’s English was spelled, pronounced, and used differently everywhere you went. Noah hoped to standardize American English and to do that, he needed to study historical linguistic changes of words. And to do that, he learned twenty-six languages, including several dead ones. Because of him, we have our uniquely American words in the dictionary today — words like skunk and opossum, toboggan and canoe.

After Noah Webster’s death in 1843, George and Charles Merriam obtained publishing and revision rights to his work. When they published their first revision to the dictionary, they didn’t change any of the main text, only added new sections and illustrations. They did a complete overhaul in 1864 but retained many of his definitions as well as the title An American Dictionary. And since, it’s undergone revisions as language evolves. From Noah Webster’s 70,000 words, to today’s Merriam-Webster with more than 470,000, these  lexicographer word-nerds have given me years of wordy joy. 

 

 

 

 

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The Exquisite Quills Holiday Anthology is coming along. My goal is to have it ready to launch on November 1st. If everything falls into place, I may put it up sooner.

 

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What happened on all of my blogs this week?

The Trifecta capturing the sense of a story in exactly 99 words.

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

The Hump Day Hook

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet. blogspot.com/

National Grouch Day (yes you read that right)

http://calliopeswritingtablet.blogspot.com/

The Horny Hump Day

http://theancillarymuse.blogspot.com/

First Kiss Wednesday

http://exquisitequills.blogspot.com/2013/10/first-kiss-wednesday_16.html

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 53 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love.”

~Robert Tizon

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an interview of Author Jeanine McAdam

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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Ripples

Well, the International Blog Action Day has ended. I’d like to think my offering put another perspective out there that people will ponder — teach it to children. I say put the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in schools beginning  in the first grade and make it a part of the yearly curriculum all through the grades. Keep the child’s inherent empathy alive so they grow up to be compassionate adults unwilling to tolerate, or be the cause, of the injustices in the world. Just imagine the future humanity could have.

I’ve tagged the post so the idea will come up in searches forever, so who knows? A ripple caused by a dropping pebble on the smooth surface of a pond would go on forever if not for that pond’s boundaries. The vast internet is that pond. If endless doesn’t describe it, I don’t know what does.

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I started compiling the Exquisite Quills Holiday Anthology yesterday, and so far have the intro and author line-up done. The whole project is harder than I imagined, mentally and emotionally. One day I’ll explain that. My goal is to have it ready to launch on November 1st. If I get it done and the editors take a final look and sign off on it, I may put it up sooner. 

 

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I’m participating in theTrifecta this week, trying to capture the sense of a story in exactly 99 words.

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

I didn’t mention them yesterday in light of the day’s important topic, but I had some Wednesday happenings on my satellite blogs ~

The Hump Day Hook

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet. blogspot.com/

National Grouch Day (yes you read that right)

http://calliopeswritingtablet.blogspot.com/

The Horny Hump Day

http://theancillarymuse.blogspot.com/

First Kiss Wednesday

http://exquisitequills.blogspot.com/2013/10/first-kiss-wednesday_16.html

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 54 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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author Jean Hart Stewart’s blog day.

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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International Blog Action Day ~ Human Rights & Roots of Empathy

Hello and welcome.

I’m Rose Anderson, a romance novelist participating in the International Blog Action Day today.

Follow the link for other participants. At last count 1, 717 bloggers from 124 countries and 26 languages have joined hands around the globe to highlight the topic of Human Rights. Why would a romance writer take part? The answer is simple – because the subject concerns us all, and I wear my heart upon my sleeve. I have empathy.

Empathy is recognizing the bodily feelings of another. Essentially, it’s the ability to put oneself in another’s shoes. To get a good feel for just how ingrained this trait is, observe very young children sometime. I’ve seen a child cry when watching a sliver being removed from someone else’s finger. It’s fascinating to note that infants will cry upon hearing the recorded cries of other infants, but they won’t cry if their own is played back. Empathy is part of who we are.

People who’ve made a study of the human condition say the capacity for empathy likely evolved as a survival mechanism. As mammals, we must be sensitive to the needs of our offspring and empathy allows us to recognize those needs. From the earliest point on the Homo sapiens timeline, humans have been social beings dependent upon cooperation to survive. Some feel it was our sociability and empathy combined that actually drove our evolution.

That said, how is then that a species with an inborn trait of empathy is able to inflict suffering upon others? What switch must get turned off to allow the mind to ignore such a basic part of our humanity – the empathy we are all born with?

Atrocious things, horrific things, happen around the world each day that contradict the basic fabric of our being, and for what? Wealth, Power, or Hatred.

After the atrocities of WWII shocked the senses of the world, the newly formed United Nations established a Human Rights Commission. U.S. president Harry Truman appointed first lady Eleanor Roosevelt as the United States delegate to contribute to a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in part, because of her activism on behalf of the war refugees.

A long-time advocate of compassion and human dignity, Eleanor Roosevelt brought her experience and passionate opinions to the table. She’s been credited with keeping the wording clear and to the point, and the first global expression of inherent human rights was created. A commanding piece of work, at that. This declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1948. The Guinness Book of World Records sites the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has been translated into 370 languages and dialects from Abkhaz to Zulu, as the most translated document in the world.

This impressive achievement is a tribute to empathy and the best of humanity. How worthwhile to acquaint ourselves with the powerful wording. Perhaps teaching and reiterating these basic principles in early education can help keep the switches turned on.

Find the complete document on the United Nations website.

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

A list of Human Rights issues

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/ListOfIssues.aspx

Amnesty International

a global movement of more than 3 million people

from over 150 countries and territories,

campaigning to end grave abuses of human rights.

*Become informed * Become a voice for change*

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Rose Anderson is multi-published, award-winning, author and dilettante who loves great conversation and discovering interesting things to weave into stories. She lives with her family and small menagerie amid oak groves and prairie in the rolling glacial hills of the upper Midwest. Find her novels in ebook and paperback wherever books are sold.

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004XDGWL6

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 55 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

~ Buddha

 

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Autumn’s Race to Winter

The season is rapidly changing from summer to fall. One minute the ash tree had a few turning leaves, the next it’s nearly bare. The hazels have had their day and now race to see who will drop the last leaf first. Rain is on the way and that’s sure to speed things up. I predict a monsoon the instant the oaks look best. Last night we had freezing temperatures and there was frost on the lawn. I don’t mind freezing overnight temperatures this time of year. It changes the oak leaves red and heralds  the end of the mosquitoes and ticks that stole the joy from my backyard for nearly the entire summer.

That’s not to say I don’t have my plagues. The window wells will soon be wriggling with amphibians that have to be relocated. Many’s the winter where we had to keep a terrarium of guests until spring because the last critters weren’t discovered until the ground was frozen. The mice have come inside and eaten the acorns my daughter brought home from one of her walks last night. War will be waged starting tonight, but I live in a country farmhouse. I know I’ll never win.

I can’t express how I hate killing things that just want to survive on my dime. I have my June ants, my September salamanders. I leave them all alone and they eventually stop coming in. I once saw a fox snake, a two foot long fox snake, slip under my refrigerator. Where it went from there I can’t say. I never found it dead or alive! Sometime in the near future, I’ll post about the odder animals who’ve come into my house uninvited. Sometimes when I tell people about them, my own words are hard to believe, but every word is true. Muskrat in the bedroom, really?? I’ll save this tale for another day. I might write a book!

Those blasted ladybug mimics are out en masse. The real ladybugs come out in the spring. These Asian monsters appear at the end of summer. My family thinks I’m crazy for hunting them with my ruler and cup of dish soap and water — my tools of the trade. (I tap them with the ruler and they fall into the soapy water and die.) Yes, I know, this statement just contradicted the last paragraph. I just really loathe these things in the house. They stink, they bite, they cluster like a nightmare in the corners of the ceiling, and because I write under a ceiling light, they bombard me.  There’s nothing worse than having them drop on you, especially when they get inside your shirt and bite. Or you discover one in your hair and it leaves that nasty acrid stink behind. Ick.

I saw something quite cool yesterday, a praying mantis hunting on our garage door. The box elder beetles are emerging now and this consummate hunter was snatching them as they landed within “arm’s reach”. Their front legs unfold and *wham* munch munch munch. It’s funny. I found it while out walking the dogs midday and planned to show my husband when he came home from work. He came home, opened the door, and said, “Come outside quick, there’s something I want to show you!” I said, “Is it the praying mantis on the garage door?” He said, “yes.”

Boy do we know what the other finds interesting. One year I asked him to bring a praying mantis in the house. That’s not as odd as it sounds. Not odd at all as far as people who know me are concerned. lol In some countries a house mantis is kept to eat roaches and whatnot. Asian ladybug mimics being eaten by a pet praying mantis is a very appealing thought. The poor man picked one up in his bare hands and walked it back to the house. Along the way, it bit the heck out of him. I never did get my house mantis.

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Coming tomorrow October 16th –

the International Blog Action Day.

Currently 1, 717 bloggers from 124 countries and 26 languages are working together to highlight the topic of Human Rights. Follow this link to join in on this extremely important discussion: http://blogactionday.org/register-to-take-part/

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I’m participating in the Trifecta this week, trying to capture the sense of a story in exactly 99 words.

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

*New* Exquisite Quills on Twitter

https://twitter.com/ExquisiteQuills

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 56 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.”

~Victor Hugo

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author Liz Crowe. She’s talking up her upcoming Stewart Realty series finale — Good Faith. I’m hosting her today on two of my blogs as a matter of fact.

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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Coming soon….

We’re just about ready to go to print on the Exquisite Quills Holiday Anthology. It’s looking fabulous.

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Grungy crockpots and impatient dishes

Coming Wednesday October 16th — the International Blog Action Day.

Two days to go. I plan on working on my post today. That’s the plan anyway. A busy weekend has left my house a mess and that’s just not conducive to creativity. Alas…grungy crockpots and dishes refuse to wait. It never fails, my most creative moments have pressing things to see to first. Ugh.  <rolling up my sleeves….>

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With nearly 1500 bloggers linking hands across 116 countries and 26 languages to highlight the topic of Human Rights, it’s going to be a very interesting day. Add your blog, and join in on this extremely important discussion. Find out more here:

http://blogactionday.org/register-to-take-part/

Why would a romance writer like me take part? Because the subject concerns us all, and I wear my heart upon my sleeve.

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I’m participating in the Trifecta today trying to capture the sense of a story in 99 words.

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

*New* I made the official Exquisite Quills Twitter page last night. https://twitter.com/ExquisiteQuills

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 57 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“Love conquers all; let us surrender to Love.”

~ Virgil

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an interview of Liz Pelletier from Entangled Publishing.

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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Coming soon….

We’re just about ready to go to print on the Exquisite Quills Holiday Anthology. It’s looking fabulous. 

and coming this month…

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Set the Stage in Six & more

We’re trying something new over on my Exquisite Quills group blog — Set the Stage in Six. In comments, authors share snippets from their novels showing the lead-up or the backdrop to the scene…and they do all that in just six sentences! Sentence limits always make for a fun challenge. With careful consideration,  you can tell a lot of story with a few well-chosen sentences.

We have a few regular things planned on the blog e.g. days set aside for one specific event. Next Saturday, we open to author interviews. I hope to squeeze time into finishing My Muse Reviews site this week. The idea is to offer a venue for those fabulous reviews that have already come and gone. The rational? Even old novels are new to someone. Why not share the best reader opinions of your work? Check it out. 

http://exquisitequills.blogspot.com/

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Coming October 16th — the International Blog Action Day. With nearly 1500 bloggers linking hands across 116 countries and 26 languages to highlight the topic of Human Rights, it’s going to be a very interesting day. Add your blog, and join in on this extremely important discussion. Find out more here:

http://blogactionday.org/register-to-take-part/

The Human Rights channel — verified videos from around the world.

Be informed. Write letters. Call your representatives.

Speak for those unable to speak for themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhB90fwjbeI

Why would a romance writer like me take part? Because the subject concerns us all, and I wear my heart upon my sleeve.

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I’m participating in Sexy Snippets today. Scroll down for My Sexy Saturday 

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

The Weekend Writing Warriors today, Seductive Studs & Sirens yesterday.

http://theancillarymuse.blogspot.com/

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 58 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.”

~ Robert Sexton

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author Cindy Spencer Pape’s blog day

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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Pondering and preparing my thoughts

Getting for the big International Blog Action Day to highlight the topic of Human Rights on October 16th. I finally I have a topic in mind now. For today I’ll share this. It explains the Document of Human Rights perfectly.

What is this blog action event exactly? A global discussion on human rights — nearly 1500 bloggers linking hands across 116 countries and 26 languages. Add your blog, and join in on this extremely important discussion. Find out more here:

http://blogactionday.org/register-to-take-part/

Why would a romance writer like me take part? Because the subject concerns us all, and I wear my heart upon my sleeve.

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I’m participating My Sexy Saturday & Sexy Snippets

http://calliopesotherwritingtablet.blogspot.com/

Seductive Studs & Sirens today & The Weekend Writing Warriors here tomorrow.

http://theancillarymuse.blogspot.com/

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 59 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”

~ St. Aurelius Augustine

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author Liz Crowe’s blog day

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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>>Subscribe to this blog for all the “what’s up with Rose” news!<<

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Gearing up

I’m gearing up for the big International Blog Action Day to highlight the topic of Human Rights on October 16th. I haven’t yet settled on a topic to share but I thought I’d share a little of my research along the way.

In 1946, President Harry S. Truman appointed brilliant First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as a delegate to the new United Nations Human Rights Commission. Long committed to human dignity and compassion, she brought that perspective to the table. Here’s a notable quote several years after her appointment:

“Where after all do universal human rights begin? In small places, closes to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: The neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.”

~Eleanor Roosevelt — Remarks at the United Nations, March 27, 1958

What is this blog action event exactly? A global discussion on human rights. So far, nearly 1500 bloggers are linking hands across 116 countries and 26 languages. There’s still time to join in on this extremely important discussion. Find out more here:

http://blogactionday.org/register-to-take-part/

Why would a romance writer want to take part? Because the subject concerns us all, and I wear my heart upon my sleeve.

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I’m guest blogging all around town this week:



Author Roxanne Rogerson’s blog October 8th

http://roxyrogerson.blogspot.com/2013/10/rose-anderson-and-her-wolf-man.html?zx=15ff2dadf9961cfa

Author Tina Donahue’s blog October 9th

http://www.tinadonahue.com/blog/

Author Christina Cole’s blog on October 10th

http://kcchristinatime4love.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/a-gift-to-the-senses-by-rose-anderson/

And, at Author Lisa Chalmers’ blog on October 11th - TODAY

http://lisa-chalmers.com/guest-blogger-rose-anderson/

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 60 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.”

~ Oliver Wendall Holmes

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guest author Maggie Berkley

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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>>Subscribe to this blog for all the “what’s up with Rose” news!<<

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Superhero, moi?

I’m getting ready for the big International Blog Action Day on October 16th. So far, nearly 1500 bloggers are linking hands across 116 countries and 26 languages that day to discuss and highlight the topic of Human Rights. There’s still time to join in on this extremely important discussion.

http://blogactionday.org/register-to-take-part/

For the next few days leading up, I plan to post details and bits of the history of human rights. Why would a romance writer want to take part? That’s simple — the subject concerns us all.

Most of us sitting at our computer screens surfing the web and checking email don’t always give much thought to the larger uglier scenes playing out around the globe. I do. Too much, in fact. The breadth and scope of some of the  things occurring in the world, and in my own country, often crushes the sensitive and empathetic soul I am. Even if it does, we can never turn a blind eye. I’m so often overwhelmed by it all, I’ll force news blackouts on myself just for a break from the feelings of helplessness. Because too much of that leads me to feel hopeless.  After a few days of news-free living, I jump back into the fray.

Surprised? That’s who I am. Romance writer by day, monkey-wrencher by night. lol Sadly, my health issues mean only part of that statement is true. Suffice to say, if I had a super power, I’d fix it all.

I used to rally causes in person back in the day. Photos peg me at more than one civil protest. Now I’m the quintessential armchair activist. I receive all manner of bad news and impending disaster in my inbox and I write my representatives and call DC so often my senator occasionally sends me “If you’re ever in DC, stop by my office for a doughnut” letters. lol Would you believe I stopped by his office last October and received the doughnut-less tour? Well, he didn’t actually know I was coming.  

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I’m guest blogging all around town this week:



Author Roxanne Rogerson’s blog October 8th

http://roxyrogerson.blogspot.com/2013/10/rose-anderson-and-her-wolf-man.html?zx=15ff2dadf9961cfa

Author Tina Donahue’s blog October 9th

http://www.tinadonahue.com/blog/

Author Christina Cole’s blog on October 10th - TODAY

http://kcchristinatime4love.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/a-gift-to-the-senses-by-rose-anderson/

And, at Author Lisa Chalmers’ blog on October 11th

http://lisa-chalmers.com/blog-2/

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100 Things Blogging Challenge!

For 100 days, I’m posting a little something from my chosen topic of Words & Quotes of Love. There are 61 entries to come. Here’s one for today:

“Better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all.”

~ Ernest Hemmingway

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author R. Ann Siracusa’s blog day

http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/

Win prizes on the RB4U website. Find those blinking ghosts.

http://www.romancebooks4us.com/

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And…over on my Exquisite Quills blog, it’s Genesis of a Story day and Suzanne Rock is our guest. Come see!

http://exquisitequills.blogspot.com/

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And coming soon….

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