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June 11, 2013
A History of Mayonnaise
Reblogged from Merry Farmer: Mayonnaise! Condiment of Genius! You are the base for my favorite summer salads, the lubrication in my sandwiches, and the delicious topping on my fries! Some may hate you, may wrinkle up their nose in disgust at your whipped ingredients, but oh how I love you! Ketchup cannot hold a candle […]
June 7, 2013
A Writer’s Worst Nightmare
There is something out there that we writers live in terror of. Something that brings such a cringe to our faces when someone talks about it that you’d expect a horror movie soundtrack to start playing in the background. Something to terrible that some people never recover. Is it rejection? Worse than that. Is it […]
June 5, 2013
Essentials of Self-Publishing – Write A Good Book
Ah yes, and now we come to the single most important aspect of self-publishing. Without this element you might as well pack it up and go home. It is the basics, the bedrock, the point from which all other points spring. And yet, it is also the area where I see self-published authors cutting corners […]
June 4, 2013
2013 Book #16 – The Governess Affair, by Courtney Milan
Ladies and gentlemen, there comes a time once in a blue moon when you pick up a book thinking, “Hmm, this should be good”, and when you proceed to read it your socks get knocked off and you turn into a dribbling fan girl squealing, “Oh my gosh! This book has everything I’ve ever wanted […]
June 3, 2013
Writing Regency
Reblogged from Maggie MacKeever's Blog: Writing historical romances is one thing; writing Regency romances quite another. Someone – unfortunately, I don't remember who – once referred to Regency England as 'the era that never was'. The time period existed, certainly (strictly speaking, the Regency lasted from 1811 to 1820, but Regencies are frequently set as […]
When was the Old West not Old Anymore?
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that the positive effects of the Gilded Age were felt the most in the East and in the West. Back east it was obvious that times were changing and the world was growing. New technology meant the growth of factories and cities, skyscrapers began to define the horizon […]
May 31, 2013
2013 Book #14 ___ and Book #15 – Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Okay, books #14 and #15 are getting a tag-team book report because they are an absolute study in opposites. One kept me glued to the page, making excuses to sit down and read just so that I could imbibe it, and the other one was so lacking that I gave up after about 40%. (Funny […]
May 29, 2013
Essentials of Self-Publishing: Expectations and Needs
Last week we took a look at whether self-publishing is the right option for you. I talked about how much discipline it takes to do it well, how diligent you have to be about your time and your process, and I subtly posed the question “Do you really want to put yourself through […]
May 28, 2013
Entropy is REAL and Author Careers Need Feeding DAILY
Reblogged from Kristen Lamb's Blog: One of the traps we can fall into is we believe the world is somehow static. We feel overwhelmed because we are doing dishes again, the laundry again, mowing the yard again and cooking meals again. It's easy to feel caught in this loop that can get depressing with a quickness. The same thing can happen […]
May 27, 2013
The Memorial Day/Gilded Age Connection
Recently in my History Monday posts I’ve been talking about the Gilded Age (US) or late-Victorian Age (UK), especially as it relates to the world of 1890s Montana in which my Montana Romance series is set. But how, I thought, could I make a connection between Memorial Day, which we’re celebrating today in America, and […]
