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July 10, 2013
Reviews: Useful Tool or Mouthpiece of Trolls?
There’s a great word in the English language. When I first heard this word and explored its meaning, I knew that I would love it forever. That word is AMBIVALENT. One of the definitions, according to Dictionary.com, is “of or pertaining to the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same […]
July 8, 2013
Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome---Writers of the Digital Age
Reblogged from Kristen Lamb's Blog: Tomorrow I leave for NYC to speak at CraftFest then attend Thrillerfest. This conference (for me) is simultaneously exciting and terrifying. I've always held a deep love for NY (and still do). This is one of the challenges I've faced when it comes to being a social media expert for […]
That Was Quite An Exhibition!
Philadelphia, July 4th, 1876. America’s Centennial. From all across the country and the world, people gathered in the birthplace of our nation, the home of Independence Hall, site of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The United States was a hundred years old, and in that time it had already been through wars abroad, […]
July 7, 2013
2013 Book #18.5 – Pleasures of Somerville Park, by Ava March
This is going to be a quicky Book Report, because this was a quicky book. In more ways than one. So here goes…. I stumbled across Pleasures of Somerville Park, by Ava March as I was peeking through the free Historical Romance books on Amazon. It’s actually a short story. Only 5000 words (maybe less). […]
July 5, 2013
The How and Why of Author Newsletters
Reblogged from Writers In The Storm Blog: by Steena Holmes In my last post, I talked about Street Teams and using my newsletter to connect with my readers. It raised a few questions about newsletters to which I replied “but that’s another blog.” The ladies at WITS took me up on that. So today we’re […]
The Time I Did What I Said I’d Never Do – Alcohol Edition
So in case you missed it, last weekend I was up in Toronto with my cricket team for a “tour”. We do this particular tour every summer from Friday to Monday of whichever weekend is closest to containing both Canada Day and the 4th of July. Ostensibly the tour consists of four matches, three of […]
July 4, 2013
Statriotic
Reblogged from Merry Farmer: Tomorrow is the 4th of July, Independence Day in the United States. Tomorrow we Americans celebrate the birth of our nation with parades, picnics, and fireworks. It’s the biggest holiday in the US after Christmas. I’ve got a confession to make. I’m not actually that patriotic. When people wave the star-spangled […]
July 3, 2013
What Would You Build?
Reblogged from Alica McKenna Johnson: Yes, it is once again time to ponder the apocalypse. And today’s question is What Would You Build? Pretending that you have the resources, what would you like to build before the end times come? A castle surrounded by a moat? And not just any castle but one that could […]
Writing and Vacation – Getting Back Into the Swing of Things
So I just got back from a fabulous 6-day vacation to beautiful Toronto! I went up for a “tour” with the cricket team that I score for. They’re an awesome bunch of guys, truly and deeply close to my heart, and we all had a lot of fun together. Way too much fun on Friday […]
June 28, 2013
2013 Book #18 – These Old Shades, by Georgette Heyer
Wow! What an experience! I’ll confess, I’ve never read any Georgette Heyer before, which is madness considering she’s one of the mothers of the modern Romance genre. My friend, Felicity, has been telling me about this book for years though, so I finally bit the bullet and read it. Let me tell you, I was […]
