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May 24, 2012
Don't Throw Away Those Precious Words!
Tara Fox Hall is this week's guest blogger at BTS with some good advice on what to do with all those passages that didn't quite work.
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May 18, 2012
Fun + Driven = Beautiful!
I have been given the beautiful blogger award. As far as I can tell, there is no money in it, but I have no objection to being called beautiful.
Thank you to the even more beautiful Tara Fox Hall for the nomination! http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
So, this is what happens when you are nominated:
You write seven facts about yourself
You link to the blog of the person who nominated you
You link to seven bloggers whom you think deserve the award and let them know they have been nominated
Simple!
:
7 Facts:
1. I come from a theatrical family and was at one time an escapologist's assistant – The Lovely Tanya. (All Tommy James's assistants, and there were many, were called The Lovely Tanya. That way he didn't ever have to change the advertising.
2. My husband is the best chef in the known universe and I fell in love with him the first time I saw him with a wok in one hand and a saucepan in the other.
3. For many years my friend Caroline and I ran a music club in Oxford and at Christmas we put on a special show which always included a Victorian Melodrama.
4. My friend, Nic Hooper, (I am very proud of this) wrote the music for the first two Harry Potter films.
5. I am a compulsive knitter and if I find a willing victim I will knit for them until they beg me to stop.
6. I firmly believe that dieting makes you fat and chocolate is essential for maintaining radiant good health.
7. The definition of a gentleman, in my opinion, is somebody who knows how to play the piano-accordian – and doesn't.
Now, here are my nominees: Lynette Sofras, Paula Martin, Lindsay Townsend, T D Jones, Molly Allman, Mila Ramos and Brenda Whiteside
Thank you to the even more beautiful Tara Fox Hall for the nomination! http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
So, this is what happens when you are nominated:
You write seven facts about yourself
You link to the blog of the person who nominated you
You link to seven bloggers whom you think deserve the award and let them know they have been nominated
Simple!
:
7 Facts:
1. I come from a theatrical family and was at one time an escapologist's assistant – The Lovely Tanya. (All Tommy James's assistants, and there were many, were called The Lovely Tanya. That way he didn't ever have to change the advertising.
2. My husband is the best chef in the known universe and I fell in love with him the first time I saw him with a wok in one hand and a saucepan in the other.
3. For many years my friend Caroline and I ran a music club in Oxford and at Christmas we put on a special show which always included a Victorian Melodrama.
4. My friend, Nic Hooper, (I am very proud of this) wrote the music for the first two Harry Potter films.
5. I am a compulsive knitter and if I find a willing victim I will knit for them until they beg me to stop.
6. I firmly believe that dieting makes you fat and chocolate is essential for maintaining radiant good health.
7. The definition of a gentleman, in my opinion, is somebody who knows how to play the piano-accordian – and doesn't.
Now, here are my nominees: Lynette Sofras, Paula Martin, Lindsay Townsend, T D Jones, Molly Allman, Mila Ramos and Brenda Whiteside
May 17, 2012
I Might As Well Stand on a Street Corner!
Mysti Parker is this week's guest blogger at BTS with some interesting comparisons between promotion and the oldest profession in the world!
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May 13, 2012
Vote for the Green Man
My friend Caroline has entered her picture in a local art competition. If you look closely you can just see the green man peeping out through the foliage. I'd be so grateful if you'd help her win by voting for her
http://vote.artistpublishers.com/OAW_...
Caroline Ritson
Greenman found on Wittenham clumps
Tick the box and submit your vote at the bottom of the page. You can also win a print of the winning picture.
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Caroline Ritson
Greenman found on Wittenham clumps
Tick the box and submit your vote at the bottom of the page. You can also win a print of the winning picture.
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May 12, 2012
Free Read – The Bull Dancer – Flash Fiction by Jenny Twist
Hi everybody
My (very) short story, The Bull Dancer, is on Mysti's site. To read it, click here:
http://mystiparker.blogspot.com.es/20...
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My (very) short story, The Bull Dancer, is on Mysti's site. To read it, click here:
http://mystiparker.blogspot.com.es/20...
I'd be SO grateful if you took the time to leave a comment
Thank you so much
Jenny Twist
xxxx
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May 11, 2012
What Genre Do You Write in?
Gilli Allan is our guest blogger at BTS this week discussing genres, sub-genres and how you define your books.
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May 9, 2012
Domingo's Angel awarded 5 Roses
I am so delighted with this review from Rochelle's Reviews.
This book was engaging and entertaining as well as informative, but I kept forgetting the time period. No one in the town had indoor plumbing or cars. When Guillermo the mayor turned up with a car, I pictured something from the early twentieth century; not post World War II. I guess I was pretty spoiled growing up in Chicago in a house with electricity, a television, and two cars. I didn’t realize the kind of poverty other people endured, even though I had relatives in the country who still had outhouses.
At any rate, the characters in Domingo’s Angel hooked me, especially the irrepressible Rosalba, through whom we learn most of the history of the town as Generalissimo Franco takes over and kills or conscripts an entire generation of men, plundering, raping, and plunging the town into poverty and starvation “for the good of the people.” Yet, when Angela arrives she finds the people celebrating their festivals and life going on as though it had never been disturbed. She finds warmth and humor and happiness and she shares it with us. Domingo’s Angel is has its dark side, but in the end, it’s a feel-good read.
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Thank you so much, Rochelle
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This book was engaging and entertaining as well as informative, but I kept forgetting the time period. No one in the town had indoor plumbing or cars. When Guillermo the mayor turned up with a car, I pictured something from the early twentieth century; not post World War II. I guess I was pretty spoiled growing up in Chicago in a house with electricity, a television, and two cars. I didn’t realize the kind of poverty other people endured, even though I had relatives in the country who still had outhouses.
At any rate, the characters in Domingo’s Angel hooked me, especially the irrepressible Rosalba, through whom we learn most of the history of the town as Generalissimo Franco takes over and kills or conscripts an entire generation of men, plundering, raping, and plunging the town into poverty and starvation “for the good of the people.” Yet, when Angela arrives she finds the people celebrating their festivals and life going on as though it had never been disturbed. She finds warmth and humor and happiness and she shares it with us. Domingo’s Angel is has its dark side, but in the end, it’s a feel-good read.
http://rochellesreviews.blogspot.com....
Thank you so much, Rochelle
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May 8, 2012
Still Casting its Spell! Spellbound 2011
Hi everybody. Here is the latest 5 star review for Spellbound:
Su Halfwerk's review:
It is rare to find a book that is aptly titled to befit the stories within it. It is also surprising to like every story in an anthology. Spellbound 2011 scores on both accounts.
Without giving the stories away, Spellbound 2011 has werewolves, a possible vampire, a haunted house…among other elements of the darker fiction. Each author succeeded in building a tense tale that drew me in until the last word in each. The book is like a quilt, each section created by a different person, yet all the pieces fit together to make it one complete masterpiece.
I'm already familiar with Jenny Twist's masterful writing, now I have 8 new authors (for me) to check out.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
High praise indeed from such a great horror writer.
Thank you, Su
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Su Halfwerk's review:
It is rare to find a book that is aptly titled to befit the stories within it. It is also surprising to like every story in an anthology. Spellbound 2011 scores on both accounts.
Without giving the stories away, Spellbound 2011 has werewolves, a possible vampire, a haunted house…among other elements of the darker fiction. Each author succeeded in building a tense tale that drew me in until the last word in each. The book is like a quilt, each section created by a different person, yet all the pieces fit together to make it one complete masterpiece.
I'm already familiar with Jenny Twist's masterful writing, now I have 8 new authors (for me) to check out.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
High praise indeed from such a great horror writer.
Thank you, Su
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May 5, 2012
Brand New 5 Rose Review for Take One At Bedtime.
Just found this wonderful review on Rochelle's Reviews:
I confess. I’m an addict. Most nights I exceeded the prescribed dosage because I just couldn’t put the darned Kindle down. I’m not normally a horror fan, but I do like suspense with a good twist at the end. Hitchcock and Rod Serling would be duly impressed by these tales and I could see them showing up on either master’s television program. Further praise I cannot give.
So, go ahead—take one at bedtime. I dare you.
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Thank you, Rochelle
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I confess. I’m an addict. Most nights I exceeded the prescribed dosage because I just couldn’t put the darned Kindle down. I’m not normally a horror fan, but I do like suspense with a good twist at the end. Hitchcock and Rod Serling would be duly impressed by these tales and I could see them showing up on either master’s television program. Further praise I cannot give.
So, go ahead—take one at bedtime. I dare you.
http://rochellesreviews.blogspot.com....
Thank you, Rochelle
Jenny Twist
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The Spanish Civil War – Jenny Twist's DOMINGO'S ANGEL
Hi everybody
It's me again. I seem to be getting a bit carried away.
I'm blogging on Helen Hollick's site 'Of History and Kings', talking about researching for my novel Spanish Civil War novel, 'Domingo's Angel'.
http://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com...
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It's me again. I seem to be getting a bit carried away.
I'm blogging on Helen Hollick's site 'Of History and Kings', talking about researching for my novel Spanish Civil War novel, 'Domingo's Angel'.
http://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com...
I'd love you to leave a comment. Thank you so much
Love
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