Penny Watson's Blog, page 21
November 8, 2013
The Bucket List
Wooden Bucket
Bucket With Flowers
Rusty Bucket
Fire Bucket
Blue Bucket
Halloween Bucket
Patriotic Bucket
Bucket O' Beer
I know. I'm a smart ass. I just thought that would be funny. A REAL bucket list. So, here's my actual bucket list...
1. Go to Alaska and pan for gold, see a glacier, and see an Orca whale.
2. Get a cottage in Vermont and live there with three weenie dogs: One smoothie, one wire-haired, and one long-haired.
3. Get these Carhartt pants...
OK, that's enough goofiness for Friday! Hope every...
November 7, 2013
The Meaning Of Life (Hint: Answer Is BIG HAIR) And Other Observations from the INDIE AUTHOR SYMPOSIUM
Penny Watson and Marie Force at the INDIE AUTHOR SYMPOSIUM
Some more observations, comments and photos from the INDIE AUTHOR SYMPOSIUM...
1. Had this interesting conversation with Jessica Andersen/Jesse Hayworth in the ladies' room, following my talk LOUSY TO LOVELY. I discussed how my original LUMBERJACK IN LOVE book cover made the Lousy Book Covers website, and folks all over the world enjoyed making fun of me.
Jess pointed out that folks love it when other people flub up.
She is sooooooo right...
November 5, 2013
The Coolest Thing I've Heard All Week: Why The Self-Publishing Movement Kicks Total Ass
What's my favorite word this week?
INNOVATION
What's the coolest thing I've heard, hands-down, that blew my mind, made me wonder why no one has ever tried this before, and basically want to marry Penny Reid and make her my sister-wife?
This...
I beta-read Penny Reid's latest book, gave her some suggestions, and she moved forward and published the book. It's FRIENDS WITHOUT BENEFITS . I have not read the finished product yet. At the Indie Author Symposium this past weekend she told me something she...
November 1, 2013
Off To Rhode Island!
I'm off to Rhode Island for the Indie Author Symposium with Marie Force! I cannot wait to spend time with so many talented and enthusiastic authors.
I hope all of you have a great weekend.
All my best,
Penny
October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
A few updates...
1. My search for vanilla menage was finally successful! Last night I read COMMANDO COWBOYS SEDUCE THEIR WOMAN by Paige Cameron. It had a M/F/M menage, no hardcore BDSM, no anal, and no crazy sex things that I had to Google to figure out what they meant. It even had a romantic HEA with a baby-on-the-way! (Baby with 2 daddies, hee hee!)
Some observations about this book...
* The characters ate a lot of sandwiches. And snacks. And beverages. THEY NEV...
October 30, 2013
I Hate You With The Passion Of A Thousand Suns
...is what my dog thought when I forced her to wear this humiliating hot dog costume.
She's got mustard!
HAPPY ALMOST HALLOWEEN!
Love,Penny
October 29, 2013
In Search of Vanilla Menage: Good Luck With That!
Recently I had a conversation with some friends that went something like this...
Friend #1: "You should really read Book So-and-So. It's great!"
Me: "I can't. The hero is a man-ho. You know that's one of my no-no rules."
Another friend (#2): "How about this book? I loved it."
Me: "Nope. That has too much dark and disturbing material. Also on my list of rules."
Friend #3: "What about Book Blah Blah?"
Me: "Absolutely not. That breaks the rule about cheating and/or having sex with other partners while...
October 21, 2013
Monday Morning Update: Cocktails, Junior Mints, and Chunky Girls For The Win
Junior Mints Steph, Penny, and Vicki at NJRWA conference, hard at work. :^)
1. ALWAYS THE CHUNKY BRIDESMAID, NEVER THE CHUNKY BRIDE...
I wrote a review for Ros Clarke's FLIRTING WITH THE CAMERA for the new blog Love In The Margins. I really loved this book. It has a chunky girl heroine who has good self-esteem and thinks she's beautiful. How 'bout them apples? Please check out this cool new blog, leave some heckling comments for moi if you so desire, and enjoy my pics of Queen Latifah, Barbie,...
October 3, 2013
Wellesley Books Indie Author Evening!
Tonight is the night!
I will be at Wellesley Books, in Wellesley MA, for their first Local Indie Author Evening. Eight local authors will be chatting it up with customers, signing our books, and talking about our self-publishing experiences. The event is from 6-8 pm. Here is a link for directions to the store.
I hope to see some of you there. And if you want to hang out and get a cocktail with me after the shin-dig, that would be super!
Ciao!
Penny
September 30, 2013
It's Not Just About The Book
I've been an active member of many reader message boards and social communities for years.
Never will you find a more passionate group of people.
We love to talk about books. We also talk about authors, what's available on Kindle, book prices, bookstores, our favorite places to read, Hollywood adaptations, if vampires are real, and when our grandchildren are born.
Reader social sites are NOT JUST ABOUT THE BOOK.
Telling folks at a reader social community that they can ONLY TALK ABOUT THE BOOKS is...
