Robin Tidwell's Blog, page 58
May 2, 2013
Smokin' It Up On A Weeknight: Let's Grill Tonight!
Reblogged from Ink & Embers: Sometimes the best things happen unexpectedly. When nothing is planned for dinner, but there happens to be a few chicken thighs thawing, or perhaps a couple of pork steaks. "Do you want to grill?", she asks. That's all the invitation that I need. But tonight, I want something a little [...]
May 1, 2013
Publishing Delay – RECYCLED
A few days ago, I announced via a couple of Facebook pages that RECYCLED was going to be delayed a bit. Some of you have asked if things are okay, and yes, they are – no major catastrophe, just lots of things going on around here. Between writing, bookselling, and publishing, I’m spreading myself a [...]
April 30, 2013
The Book House's Future: A quick update
Reblogged from The Book House: Well, it's been a busy weekend. For those of you not aware of recent events, a quick summary. Last week we let everyone know that a developer had plans to demolish The Book House to make way for a four story storage facility. This, to say the least, was upsetting. [...]
April 29, 2013
What Is a Bookstore?
A bookstore can be many things: it can be a section in a big box store; it can be a huge commercial enterprise, with many products that are not books or accessories, products that include toys or games or magazines or a coffee bar or puzzles or anything else that’s profitable. I’m speaking of local [...]
April 27, 2013
You're a Romance Writer - Suck It Up!
Reblogged from Charlotte Howard: For the past year or so I've been telling myself "I've not found my genre". I've dabbled at crime, paranormal, psychological, and whatever the hell this newest attempt at writing is. None of which get past a chapter or two. 3,000 words is usually the max, although "Murder at Meadowview" did [...]
April 26, 2013
Shutting Up The Muse
Reblogged from The Lone Writer: Shannon Yarbrough: With a new book coming out in October, what am I supposed to do for the next six months? Most advice you find online from other writers and readers says you are supposed to get back to work - meaning you should write something else. Having written two [...]
April 25, 2013
Proper Motivation: Why Write a Book?
Reblogged from M.E. Kinkade: I was browsing a freelancer forum to find editing gigs, when I stumbled upon this post (name and site withheld to protect the guilty): "I have written a novel and it came around 36,000 words. To get published, a novel should have 60,000 words atleast and I fell short of words. [...]
April 24, 2013
Excerpt from RECYCLED
Chapter One “Hallefrickinluia!” Alison clapped her hand over her mouth as the word exploded into the darkness. She was so excited she dropped her flashlight. Hastily retrieving it, she smacked it a few times before the light came on again, shining it around the small room. She quickly climbed the ladder and ascended into the [...]
April 23, 2013
Visiting Austen: Introducing My New Novel A JANE AUSTEN DAYDREAM
Reblogged from The Musings & Artful Blunders of Scott D. Southard: In preparation for the release of my novel A JANE AUSTEN DAYDREAM I will be sharing here on my experience creating the book, why I had to do it, and with Miss Austen in general. This is part two. You can read the first [...]
April 22, 2013
Fun with Email!
Some of you are familiar with my posts yesterday about a certain “gentleman” who emailed both me and one of our authors, offering to “correct” one of RHP’s books. And some of you may remember a few months ago when I emailed a webmaster about errors on his site, things like capitalizing common nouns in [...]
