tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176300352024-03-07T22:43:53.081+00:00TeeBee's a MadwomanWho knows?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-73499002205630783932009-08-16T16:51:00.003+01:002009-08-16T17:03:43.585+01:00MwuahahaWell,Just to update everyone ;) A couple of years ago I got a proper job and bought a house with my long-term bf... then, far too quickly, I split up with said bf, quit my job and walked out on the house ^^Which was good fun, kinda. Suffice to say, real life sort of grabbed a hold of me for a while :) Things are sort of sorting themselves out, I hope :) I've taken a deep breath, and for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-79873324098547531542007-03-26T02:38:00.000+01:002007-03-26T02:45:33.612+01:00"You have 5172 unread messages"I'm alive. It's 02:39 on Monday morning. I am looking at yahoo telling me: "You have 5172 unread messages" Seriously. 5172. Despite unsubscribing from all yahoo groups before Christmas.I'm thinking of the other email accounts I haven't logged into in a while.I'm going to need more time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1167526701288920362006-12-31T00:53:00.000+00:002006-12-31T00:58:21.286+00:00Wassup?Rumours of my demise/pregnancy/promotion/abduction/imprisonment/holidaying being, as they are, untrue (though worthy of due consideration as excuse material for my prolonged absence from the world of... wait... I'm babbling...) ... I'm feeling the need to absorb/hunt down some re-orientation material... hot gossip, wild tales of extraordinary adventures in publishing, and mindless natter would Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1162637392505939452006-11-04T10:43:00.000+00:002006-11-04T10:49:52.516+00:00To boot, or not to boot...Bad computer! Bad! Bad!*Thankfully* (since I'm not so good at backing up my personal/booky stuff as my work stuff), the harddrive seems fine in all other respects, so all is not lost. Nevertheless, I now need to spend precious nano hours reinstalling my 'fun' programs and... oh, it's all very dull. *sigh*Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1162241451172114582006-10-30T20:45:00.000+00:002006-10-31T21:57:25.446+00:00Doomed! It's all...Okay... I've cleared my side panel. November is Vamp month. Starting from Ch. 1, since I'm aiming for 25k. Coward, I know.Now I just need to remember my nano login.EDIT: 'Xoops!' - Was that tempting fate, or what? Nanowrimo is throwing errors at me like it's gonna win a teddy bear or something...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1161978196450954852006-10-27T20:37:00.000+01:002006-10-31T22:54:21.506+00:00The awful truth about writing...Okay, this is the post that hindsight will no doubt turn into a 'if only I'd known...' kinda thing.First of all I am a dabbler. I'll admit it now, and I'll admit it loud. I run my own company, and the amount of time I spend dabbling tends to depend on how busy and how strapped for cash I am. I can and do work 18 hour days when I need to. I can and do work 2 hour days when I can ;-)Now, for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1161883691360114692006-10-26T17:54:00.000+01:002006-10-26T18:28:11.436+01:00Club Dead - What book to read next?(AKA Escapist Activity # 2571)I read "Club Dead" the other day. Blummin marvelous book. Unfortunately, unable to satisfy urge to squander hardearned cash on next in series due to $20+ price tag. Hence the question arises.... what shall I read next, instead?Fortunately, t'internet has the answer(s)...www.Reader2.com says I should try...Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries)Dead Witch Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1161034532232760162006-10-16T22:34:00.000+01:002006-10-16T22:35:32.246+01:00Posting Frenzy!I must also mention that Issue 6 of Enchanted Ramblings is up :-)http://www.enchantedramblings.net/?tok, that truly is me done for another month, i expect :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1161028027934760542006-10-16T20:19:00.000+01:002006-10-16T20:54:01.566+01:00How to get a cheap paperback. ebook. whatever.A bit dull, this post - and also selfishly targetted at readers, rather than poor, struggling authors (who I honestly do try to support while they're new and struggling, but by the time their publishers have names like Penguin and Avon I begin to notice the coins slipping from my pockets...) ;-)Right, back to topic.I've been an ebay-sceptic since 2002, when my sister bought a laptop that never Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1160949297931127382006-10-15T22:53:00.000+01:002006-10-15T22:54:58.023+01:00*I will catch up, I will catch up, I will catch up**I will evade reality more often**I will evade reality more often**I will evade reality more often*Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1159132131322786592006-09-24T22:01:00.000+01:002006-09-24T22:08:51.350+01:00Excuses, excusesEep, a long time has passed since I posted last. I've been on holiday, had a death in the family, a new baby in the family, the wedding of some wonderful friends and one of those hideous things called birthdays. A good spectrum from life, I'd say. I've been online in 'wordy-mode' about twice in the last month, and have missed out on some cool stuff that I'll catch up on anon - welcome to the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1155223513809788232006-08-10T16:24:00.000+01:002006-08-10T16:26:31.340+01:00Look who's on blogger! :-)Welcome to the dark side, Olivia Lorenz!:-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1155145365585663812006-08-09T18:32:00.000+01:002006-08-14T12:50:42.426+01:00Once is a mistake. Twice is... me in the wrong?So despite my grumbling about Harper collins, they do publish a nice wealth of 'romances in the regency period', including those by Stephanie Laurens, whose new book To Distraction is due out next Tuesday. The one redeeming quality of the Harper Collins website is that, when it takes their fancy, they supply a 3-chapter taster of their ebooks - including this latest release, although they have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1154949751450190662006-08-07T12:10:00.000+01:002006-08-07T12:22:31.466+01:00Paypal Double Charged Me!(I'm not as excited as the title suggests, but since I've just been hunting tinternet to make sure I'm not alone in this, I thought I'd make the title nice and obvious)Thing is, Paypal just sent me an email, sayingWe are writing to advise you that due to a technical error each Direct Debit payment you sent on the [date] to fund your PayPal payments was inadvertently debited from your bank accountUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1154694536673369452006-08-04T13:27:00.000+01:002006-08-04T13:45:48.520+01:00Bandwaggon... is a group of pirates a band?You scored as Mary Read. You are very unconventional, you defy the rules as often as you can and like to take as many risks as possible. You will probably end up living happily under a bridge somewhere laughing at all the unsavory deeds you once instigated.Mary Read75%Captain James T. Hook67%Morgan Adams67%Sinbad58%Captain Jack Sparrow58%Dread Pirate Roberts58%Black Beard50%Long John Silvers50%Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1154646301151878932006-08-04T00:04:00.000+01:002006-08-04T00:05:01.176+01:00Bloggone It!Where oh where has kim's blog gone???http://romancefiction.blogspot.com/wahhhhhUnknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1154619604038365432006-08-03T16:39:00.000+01:002006-08-03T16:40:40.106+01:00I'm a fiend... HehThanks Impworks :)http://impworks.blogspot.com/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1154361055583451122006-07-31T16:35:00.000+01:002006-07-31T16:50:55.596+01:00What's with Harper Collin's ebooks?So first of all, I'd link directly to HarperCollin's own ebook site (the site previously known as Perfectbound but which appears to have undergone a rename) but since it is almost as hard to navigate as the Time Warner/Hachete site (*boo hiss*, very bad navigation), I won't.Instead, I'm going to link to fictionwise and ask why it is Harper Collins think we ebook readers don't like cover art?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1154017728963817622006-07-27T17:27:00.000+01:002006-07-27T17:28:48.963+01:00And also...Did I mention Issue 5 of Enchanted Ramblings was out?No? Well I was on holiday :-)Download it from the home page, and enjoy:http://www.enchantedramblings.net/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1154001215193616872006-07-27T12:24:00.000+01:002006-08-06T16:47:38.763+01:00A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...Oddly, on logging into blogger, I see the last modified date against this blog is 25th July. Odd, since I've not logged in since the beginning of the month... I'm going to have to hunt for dodgy hack attack links, I think...Anyway. There seems to be a trend in a number of the communities I lurk, and occasionally contribute, to. That trend being writers wondering where their sales have gone - or, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1152223855738573372006-07-06T23:07:00.000+01:002006-07-06T23:10:55.766+01:00Contest timeWell, at long last the romance junkies writing contest is up, at:http://www.contestjunkies.comTen entries up this week, 7 of which are contemporary. Go take a peek, take a read and cast a vote. You don't need to give your email address just to leave a rating...There'll be more entries each week, until September. In theory, at some point I should have a chapter up. Not sure when, and the rulesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1151844539889803922006-07-02T13:47:00.000+01:002006-07-02T13:48:59.910+01:00Success!... Not mine, Neil Gaiman's - read and weep the intro to this interview, then read and appreciate the rest, cuz I say so ;-)http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jul06/neilgaiman.htmUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1150656638942440582006-06-18T19:46:00.000+01:002006-06-18T19:50:38.973+01:00Free Books!I *happen to know* that Enchanted Ramblings is becoming increasingly popular as a review site, and so would be *very* interested in anyone who wants to read free ebooks (mainly romance/erotica but also mainstream) in exchange for reviewing them...The FAQ are here...http://www.enchantedramblings.net/reviews.htmlEssentially, you can post under your own name or a ficticious one, there are no limitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1149882888396567132006-06-09T20:45:00.000+01:002006-06-09T20:54:48.416+01:00Playing catchup...Okay, here goes...Lulu - the sale a month continues - yay! :-)Kim's book is out and getting FABULOUS reviews...http://romancefiction.blogspot.com/Piper's book is out TOMORROWRomance Divas have having the best flipping Q&A session in the entire paranormal romance world ever!!http://www.romancedivas.com/divaforum/index.php?act=idxI found a really cool play room - http://theden.smfforfree.com/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17630035.post-1147020192945601042006-05-07T17:16:00.000+01:002006-05-07T17:49:05.123+01:00*poof!* goes the rant engine.So, I write the odd review. I'm pretty harsh, in that I try to give an honest opinion on what worked and did not work for me. Any review written is going to be subjective, one way or another, and I don't see the point pretending to be an impartial, god-like being that can judge whether *you* are going to like a book or not - I just know whether *I* liked it or not.Now, a couple of things have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1