I’ve been listening to the audio books of “The Bride Quartet” by Nora Roberts over the last couple of days. It’s been a long time since La Nora has written a series of straight-up contemporary romances without mystery, suspense, or woo-woo stuff, so I was listening to learn. I have various reactions to the books […]
Archives for January 2012
A Few Things About Cats
January 12, 2012 by 6 Comments
Cats: Do not help with the household chores. Occasionally use the rug as toilet paper – especially if the rug is light in color. Watch to see where you habitually walk with bare feet. Then they cough up a hairball in that exact spot. Enjoy nibbling on a houseplant now and again. Then their stomachs […]
On Reviews and Responses
January 10, 2012 by 5 Comments
Yet another broohaha in Romancelandia over reviews and the author’s response to said reviews has prompted me to examine my own responses to the reviews I’ve gotten on my book. I would prefer not to be stupid as I pick my way through the minefield which is publishing. Sometimes it’s hard to know the right […]
Go With The Flow
January 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The other day, two of my characters decided to um, get busy with each other. I’m a romance author. Characters tend to get busy (*wink, wink*) in romance novels. But here’s the thing. I hadn’t planned for this to happen in the scene I was writing. I hadn’t really wanted it to happen in this […]
Fashion Changes
January 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
I was in the cafeteria at work the other day thinking about how much workplace fashions have changed since I was a shiny new worker-bee Betsy. For example, I was working at a bank when casual Fridays came into vogue. In fact, they had been all the rage in other industries for several years (banks […]
