TeeBee's a Madwoman

Mwuahaha

2009-08-16T16:51:00.003+01:00

Well,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

"You have 5172 unread messages"

2007-03-26T02:38:00.000+01:00

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.

Wassup?

2006-12-31T00:53:00.000Z

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

To boot, or not to boot...

2006-11-04T10:43:00.000Z

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*

Doomed! It's all...

2006-10-30T20:45:00.000Z

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...

The awful truth about writing...

2006-10-27T20:37:00.000+01:00

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

Club Dead - What book to read next?

2006-10-26T17:54:00.000+01:00

(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

Posting Frenzy!

2006-10-16T22:34:00.000+01:00

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 :-)

How to get a cheap paperback. ebook. whatever.

2006-10-16T20:19:00.000+01:00

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

I will catch up, I will catch up, I will catch up

2006-10-15T22:53:00.000+01:00

*I will evade reality more often**I will evade reality more often**I will evade reality more often*

Excuses, excuses

2006-09-24T22:01:00.000+01:00

Eep, 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

Look who's on blogger! :-)

2006-08-10T16:24:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the dark side, Olivia Lorenz!:-)

Once is a mistake. Twice is... me in the wrong?

2006-08-09T18:32:00.000+01:00

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

Paypal Double Charged Me!

2006-08-07T12:10:00.000+01:00

(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 account

Bandwaggon... is a group of pirates a band?

2006-08-04T13:27:00.000+01:00

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%

Bloggone It!

2006-08-04T00:04:00.000+01:00

Where oh where has kim's blog gone???http://romancefiction.blogspot.com/wahhhhh

I'm a fiend... Heh

2006-08-03T16:39:00.000+01:00

Thanks Impworks :)http://impworks.blogspot.com/

What's with Harper Collin's ebooks?

2006-07-31T16:35:00.000+01:00

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?

And also...

2006-07-27T17:27:00.000+01:00

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/

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...

2006-07-27T12:24:00.000+01:00

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,

Contest time

2006-07-06T23:07:00.000+01:00

Well, 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 rules

Success!

2006-07-02T13:47:00.000+01:00

... 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.htm

Free Books!

2006-06-18T19:46:00.000+01:00

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 limits

Playing catchup...

2006-06-09T20:45:00.000+01:00

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/

poof! goes the rant engine.

2006-05-07T17:16:00.000+01:00

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

2006-04-28T00:36:00.000+01:00

I seem to have run out of things to say...I haven't done any writing this week; but I have a nice bit of reading matter to review...and speaking of reviews, I hereby nominate Autiotalo for Reviewer of the Year, even though we have yet to reach summer - if you've been paying any recent visits to www.enchantedramblings.net - and most importantly, the enchanted rambling's messageboard, you'll know

Where was I?

2006-04-20T18:16:00.000+01:00

Ah yes,Kim's book is out!Yay!Buy it now!!Triskelion PublishingAlso... Issue 4 of Enchanted Ramblings is out!http://www.enchantedramblings.netLoads of good stuff in there! - and a story from me. heheAlso...The Teaser Special is out!Here!Lots of snippets and tasters from books that are hitting your screens about now... :-)Also...Ok, not much more news LOLGenie: 195 / 44 / 4 / ?Abacus: 125 / 2 / 4 /

2006-04-12T00:10:00.000+01:00

I'm allowed to start fretting......and I'm allowed to start panicking...

www.blackmask.com

2006-04-11T23:51:00.000+01:00

Cool site, needs money. Visit now!'nuff said :-)

To do: buy stuff

2006-04-05T08:10:00.000+01:00

Kim and Merris both have release dates *very soon*Of course, show-off Kim has three, just to make we mortals appreciate our inadequacy heheMerris's "Truth or Dare" will be out this Saturday, April 8thExcerpt here: http://merrishawk.batcave.net/Kim's "The Billionaire's Seduction" (Triskelion Publishing) will be available from 15 April, "Buying Mackenzie's Baby" (Samhain Publishing) from 6 June

On Writing & Publishing by Robin D. Owens

2006-04-05T00:29:00.000+01:00

I just happened across Robin's blog the other day, having found it a while ago (before I had a blog on which to comment about it hehe) and I'm playing catchup; not only is Robin wonderfully talented and a *real life successful author type* hehe, she has also blogged some pretty brilliant snippets of usefulness, right about.... here:On Writing & Publishing by Robin D. Owens

WTG Piper!! :-D

2006-04-04T18:56:00.000+01:00

Piper has a brand new shiny contract in her inbox!Cooooooooooooool... :-D

...and... relax...

2006-04-04T00:04:00.000+01:00

Nice to see some people are even more obsessive than me. I know, it's a miracle, really...http://fuckmcdonalds.co.uk/pages/global/whatsonmonopoly06.html

Next question

2006-04-01T11:13:00.000+01:00

I'm shortsighted. I can see in focus when things are no further than about 30 cm from my face.Question. I have a mirror, no more than 30 cm from my face. Why is the reflection of my room not in focus? Huh?

Swapping

2006-04-01T10:45:00.000+01:00

A fellow UK Luluer asked if anyone had a 'Mayfair' from mcdonald's current monopoly promotion.As it happens, I don't, but it prompted me to go looking for swap-sites, figuring *someone* must have set up a site where people could trade collectables. A swap shop, type thing.Answer: yes, they have. Some examples are:http://www.swopex.com/ andhttp://www.exchangeyourgames.co.uk/...they weren't

Mercantile Dreams...

2006-04-01T10:18:00.000+01:00

Sales of Genie reached FORTY yesterday -whoooo hoo!!This is remarkable because I'm fairly certain that they are *not* people I know, since people I know will have been able to read it at www.enchantedramblings.net/ezine/issue1/...although I suppose the lulu one does have the advantage of being prettily formatted... http://www.lulu.com/content/192296This is not remarkable, because I still suspect

handy tip i'll try to remember..

2006-03-29T22:46:00.000+01:00

i just stumbled across this on romancedivas, and I'm bound to loose where I read it, hence posting here....[original post: http://www.romancedivas.com/divaforum/index.php?showtopic=7747&st=0&gopid=101983&#entry101983 ]Kristen said...Changing telling to showing isn't always that easy but in this case, the "felt" made it telling. You were telling us what she was feeling instead of just showing us

Yay for Kim - Again!! LOL

2006-03-28T23:49:00.000+01:00

Okay so NO this is not the actual cover LOLBut Kim has SOLD again! hehe "To Summon a Demon" is a fantastic short story, and it's coming soon from Samhain - yay! :DTo catch the latest - and see when the actual cover is produced - go and visit Kim's blog http://romancefiction.blogspot.comIt's generally worth a visit, anyway LOL

Yay for Jenn!

2006-03-28T16:43:00.000+01:00

Jenn's book 'Dragon's Birth' is one of the highest rated books on fictionwise!!!Take a Look!!hereNow go buy a copy!! :-Dhere!You can also buy direct from Samhain Publishing... :-)

progress update

2006-03-27T00:20:00.000+01:00

squeee just went to update my progress bar, thinking that I'd have to decide how long the vampire story is going to be, and it's already there! So I'm 1/4 of the way though! LOL of course, the last 3k or so are ranting dialogue, written while I have a cold, so likely aren't worth counting, but still... :)Meanwhile, on lulu, Abacus gets nice reviews no hits and no purchases, and my wonderful *

Oh Looki there's a Wiki!

2006-03-26T20:41:00.000+01:00

I like the idea of this :-)

On Vampires

2006-03-26T16:34:00.000+01:00

No, not *on* vampires, silly.Thing is, I'm trying to write this vampire story. Was all going swimmingly, until I got to the point where I wanted my H. to suggest checking their.... and there I ran out of words, because the word I needed was 'the piece of the anatomy by which they absorb blood'.So, off I went, googling, and to be honest it looks like I can make up anything I want LOLI know, I *

grumble

2006-03-24T20:22:00.000Z

There's a book I probably won't buy, called A Dark Champion, by Kinley McGregor.It's available through fictionwise for $5.99 or $5.09 for club members. (£3.44 to £2.92)http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook36868.htmIt's also available from harper collins US, for $4.79, which translates to about £2.75http://us.perfectbound.com/210FCA60-2106-496E-B8C6-28EF75EF52FD/10/1/en/eBookDetails.htm?ID=

To do: gain brain

2006-03-24T16:04:00.000Z

So the thing is, this blog...http://www.bagandbaggage.com/...goes completely over my head, but it's linking to places I've stumbled across before...(most notably... http://craphound.com/ and http://citmedia.org/blog/ ) ... and I'm thinking one day I might wake up with a brain big enough to appreciate what I'm looking at, so here it is, logged for prosperity......meanwhile, that google thing?

A bit slow on the uptake, maybe...

2006-03-22T20:19:00.000Z

I know I know, I'm slow. Sorry.Just in case there is *anyone* out there less slow than me, there's this really cool thing on lulu...http://www.lulu.com/titlescorer/... put in your title, select some options and see what the chances are that it's going to be a bestseller. Handy or what? heheAlso, google has just taken over this really cool thing:http://www.writely.com/..as a result, you can't sign

Urhghgh

2006-03-21T11:24:00.000Z

So, long story but I had 40 minutes sleep last night. Yep, bed at 5:30, alarm at 6:10. yay. I then had to catch a bus which I swear to God used to come once an hour, but now comes once every two hours and let me tell you one hour forty-five minutes is a LONG time to wait in winter. What's that? First day of spring? Pah!Anyway, back at my desk and unable to concentrate due to shivering, I toddle

lulu update

2006-03-15T22:39:00.000Z

almost forgot..Genie: 110 / 30 / 3 / ?Abacus: 81 / 1 / 2 / 22,226Autiotalo wrote Abacus a *marvellous* review, which I have been so proud of I've pasted a bit of it against the main entry. My little page view graph (yes: obsessive here, nice to meet you) is showing a nice little upturn, which I'll credit exclusively to that - so three cheers for Auti, let's hear them! :-D

Just Dreamy

2006-03-15T11:28:00.000Z

Ever wondered how many books on lulu are called _____ Dreams?Thought not. Still, it's something to blog about, isn't it? ;-)Abacus Dreamsby Tee BeeDescription: For Darcy Edwards, time is running out. He has ten days to find True Love, and the latest mystic tip says that she is waiting in a gallery, somewhere in London. All he has to do now is find her, fall in love and convince her to marry him

oysters and beer

2006-03-15T09:55:00.000Z

Here I go again.So, I've recently read Sex, Lies and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson, and Simply Irresistable by Lucynder Storey.Both feature a literary type (first example: writer, second example: english teacher) who meet a hunky coppy during a crime investigation, with which they are inextricably involved.I confess I don't read a lot of contemporary fiction, and thought that the whole

POD-dy Mouth

2006-03-15T08:16:00.000Z

And another...POD-dy Mouth"Wading through the sea of Print-on-Demand titles, one overpriced paperback at a time--and giving you the buried treasure."See? Addicted.

Writer Unboxed

2006-03-15T08:11:00.000Z

Found this while surfing...Writer Unboxed...I am aware that I might be getting an addiction to the "blogthis!" link... hmmmm

The Word

2006-03-15T00:46:00.000Z

Cool! Just found out Alan Baxter (an Australian, from the UK Writers group on Lulu - don't ask)... has a blog!!Yay, gotta love that! :-DThe Word

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy

2006-03-14T21:04:00.000Z

I've almost recovered from weekend.Installed something called Hello http://www.hello.com/ from Picassa, hence the cover thumbnails on the right, there. A bit fiddly (trying to be far too user friendly for its own good, I think), but it works, so I won't grumble :)Just found a headless mouse by my desk. Ah, the joys of cat ownership. Still, she hasn't broken the washing machine yet, so she still

Zzzzzzzzzzz

2006-03-13T17:05:00.000Z

it was a long weekend...Luluwww.lulu.com/teebee/Abacus: 75 / 1 / 2 / 21,915Genie: 105 / 29 / 3 / ?Will endevour to find brain cell to co-ordinate remaining babble for the day.

Google and ye shall find...

2006-03-09T23:31:00.000Z

Lookie what I found...http://merrishawk.batcave.net/*giggle* now I just need to wait for the tag back... hehe might be some time...

Free Romance Books

2006-03-08T08:26:00.000Z

...or perhaps I should say: "support self-publishers of free romance".I was browsing through the 'romance' section of lulu and there are pages and pages of unrated, un-reviewed content. As a reader, I'm pulling out my hair trying to decide if anything is worth downloading. So, ideally ALL the books on lulu would be reviewed and rated, but that probably isn't going to happen. Instead, I'd like to

Ebook Best Sellers 2005

2006-03-05T23:04:00.000Z

Okay, so I'm a little slow off the mark with this one, but 'check this out':http://www.idpf.org/bestseller/bestsellers.htmUpon reading it, I thought 'yeah, yeah, yeah: Dan Brown'. Then I thought: Cool, Douglas Adams. Then I thought: Cool, number 23 is smut.Then I thought: NUMBER 23 IS SMUT!!Then I thought: blummin nora! Although the first 20 out of the 30 listed are 'big name publishers', the

Meandering

2006-03-05T16:38:00.000Z

Where was I?Right, Lulu. Apparently there was a Lulu meetup going on today in london. I didn't go, because my dog had a slight 'accident' in the front room, and I've been breaking my back washing the carpet instead. Yay.Meanwhile,Genie: 90 / 27 / 3 / ?Abacus: 55 / 1 / 1 / 21,573 I am feeling bad about Abacus now. I might need to actually promote it, poor thing... ALSO, I just ran across Neil

I am a loser!!

2006-03-01T08:12:00.000Z

LOL Okay, well I'll be a little less harsh on myself: I am not a winner heheI pretty much knew I hadn't written dirtily enough, but suffice to say I am not among the talented AQ finalists. Rats: now I have to think of what to do with the story hehe So what I need is somewhere that will want a short historical based around a ONS. hmmmm.... :)

Yay for Jen! :D

2006-02-28T09:14:00.000Z

Jennie's book, Dragon's Birth, is available now from all good bookstores called "Samhain Publishing" ;-)Here's the link:http://www.samhainpublishing.com/dragonsbirth.shtmlGo buy it, now!While you're there, check out the coming soon page for Kim's book, Buying Mackenzie's Baby:http://www.samhainpublishing.com/buyingmackenziesbaby.shtml...And once you're done there, you might want to pop over to

lulu fixed! yay!

2006-02-28T00:54:00.000Z

Genie: 76 / 25 / 3 / ?Abacus: 53 / 1 / 1 / ?Oi it's good to clear that tension knot hehe

double sniffle

2006-02-27T09:06:00.000Z

Tell me why I don't like mondays, Oh tell me why...Actually *someone* I know must like Mondays a great deal right now... *Kim*Meanwhile... Less than 48 hours til I win diddly squat on AQLulu still aint tracking salesGenie: 75 / 17*LIE* / 3 / ?Abacus: 53 / 1 / 1 / 21,334 I wonder if the sales will ever come back? I might cry, if not. I was having so much fun seeing how much income I wasn't

sniffle

2006-02-26T13:16:00.000Z

So, it's probably not a cold, it's probably a combination of him indoors's cricket dinner thing last night, and staying up til 5am playing singstar on friday. But I feel rough, and so the world is crap. Even tho' it isn't.Lulu's non-royalty-sales dont' seem to be being tracked. So I've had a lovely new review for Genie and no shiny sales figures to boast of. Anyway: Genie: 70 / 17*LIE* / 3 / ?

ooh

2006-02-23T09:52:00.000Z

Cool. Lulu reliably informs me that (and this seems to be changing every time I look at the page)...Customers who bought Genie also bought:Being Chosen (Lisa Carter)Flowers Quickly Fading (Anthony Barnhart) Geneva's Promise (Payton Lee) Higgaion (Victor Darnell Hadnot)In Time To Come (Victor Darnell Hadnot) Summer's Story (Nancy Famolari) The Harvestman (Victor Darnell Hadnot)The Horns Of The

My 2nd review!

2006-02-21T11:01:00.000Z

Yay for UK Writers again! :-)Genie: 57 / 17 / 2 / ?Abacus: 44 / 1 / 0 / 20,922And thanks to Steve Robinson :)

My first review ;-)

2006-02-20T08:42:00.000Z

Yay for UK Writers :)Ian Ruxton ( http://www.lulu.com/ianruxton ) read Genie and liked it (or, said that he did ;-) ) I'm a little embarrassed since he is a serious non-fiction type, and very grateful :-)It's a bit early in the day for my tallies, but I guess I can edit them later :)Genie: 53 / 16 /1 / ?Abacus: 43 / 1 / 0 / 20,868On another note, I found through this blog that there exists this

Lulu

2006-02-19T16:10:00.000Z

Genie: 46 / 15 / 0 / ?Abacus: 41 / 1 / 0 / 20,868Did I mention the UK Writers storefront?http://www.lulu.com/ukwriters VERY interesting mix of writers! LOL

2006-02-18T14:19:00.000Z

Genie: 41 /13 / 0 / ?Abacus: 40 / 1 / 0 / 20,923I wish someone would rate Genie. I'm firmly convinced it's only being "bought" because it's free, and probably not being read at all. I'd rather get a bad rating than none LOLMaybe.Dunno. Perhaps time will tell LOL

That Friday Feeling...

2006-02-17T13:14:00.000Z

...You know, the "if only I could concentrate" one?Kim's book has its own page;http://www.samhainpublishing.com/buyingmackenziesbaby.shtmlMeanwhile:Genie: 39 / 12 / 0Abacus: 39 / 1 / 0Abacus's sales rank is now 20,845An hour ago it was 20,798*sob* ;-) I guess there have either been 47 $1.01 purchases since then, or one of $47?? Who can say LOL...When I first "published" Abacus, I posted...

Saturday looms...

2006-02-16T17:32:00.000Z

I'm starting to worry about Saturday; I hear rumours of a billion reviews, a trillion interviews and gazillion newsletters (ok,one :) ) that are going on the "to do" list forwww.enchantedramblings.net - thank the gods I'm not the one creating all the content, is all I can say!Of course, it's also kind of exciting, but I sincerely hope I am organised enough to get it all on the site, and properly

lulu

2006-02-16T17:31:00.000Z

Meanwhile...Abacus: 37 / 1 / 0Genie: 35 / 10 / 0

Lulu UK Writers Group

2006-02-16T17:28:00.000Z

Yesterday, amidst great confusion, I found myself creator/moderator of a lulu group. Panic stations! I hadn't realised that requesting the group's creation would make me a moderator; end result I ended up enlisting three complete strangers (First to sign up) to also be mods. I'm sincerely hoping that it all works out! they seem to be "good people" so far LOLIt's for "UK Writers" (i requested

Aztechs and the power of brocolli

2006-02-15T20:06:00.000Z

... oh all right: yes, I'm going to post about Lulu again ;-)Abacus 33 / 1 / 0Genie 29 / 9 / 0...Abacus now has an official sales rank of 20,769Coooollll... so close to the top twenty thousand heheVeering away from the numerical for just a brief moment, I'm hugely embarrassed by a post Kim made, begging people to learn how to play the elephant game: Hugely embarrassed and dead chuffed;

I HAVE A SALE!!!!

2006-02-14T12:48:00.000Z

http://www.lulu.com/teebeeAbacus: 28 / 1 / 0Genie: 24 / 8 / 0YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY To my dear lovely buyer who spent $1 of hard earned cash, whooever you are: YAYAYAYAYAYYAY :D

lulu sales ranks

2006-02-12T17:23:00.000Z

OK, anything to avoid writing, right?Sorting the romance category by sales rank, Abacus (0 sales) is on page 26 out of 44, here:http://www.lulu.com/browse/index.php?fCLID=787&fOffset=26From there on, it looks to be alphabetical. Looks like I did good with a title starting "A" heheSpecifically, position six on p26Genie (7 "FREE" sales) is on page 33, so I guess that sales don't count it they're

Enchanted Reviews

2006-02-11T19:08:00.000Z

Eeek, just hit "upload" on the first batch of "automated" reviews.Hopefully they all look remarkably similar to the man-made versions...

And there's a length between them!

2006-02-11T19:04:00.000Z

Genie : 20 / 7 / 0Abacus: 18 / 0 / 0

And the race is on...

2006-02-10T19:12:00.000Z

Abacus 18/0/0Genie 18/6/0How exciting ;-)I feel like starting a race commentary...

fictionwise number crunching

2006-02-09T18:33:00.000Z

Yes, I'm sad and I play with spreadsheets.I'm also not a genius; believe these numbers at your own risk.For the last 3 years, fictionwise has had a valentine's day sale, running for about a week eitherside of valentines day. By virtue of the fact that I'm ready and waiting with my "wishlist", I expect it's not going to happen.Iif it does, here are some handy calculations for EU buyers... ;-)If

2006-02-09T17:35:00.000Z

genie 15/6/0abaucs 17/0/0oooh they are getting close, aren't they?

2006-02-08T07:51:00.000Z

Genie: 14 / 6 / 0Abacus 17 / 0 / 0(that's page views, downloads and ratings...)I've just finished Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere: Excellent read. Got all the way to the end without realising that it was the "american version": Not until I read the interview in the back did I realise it said "sidewalk" instead of "pavement", throughout. I mean, I obviously noticed it but some part of me thought

blimey

2006-02-06T19:46:00.000Z

Genie 12/5 - four hits since yesterday?Abacus 16/0So it looks like genie (free) is getting one download for every 2 page views.Meanwhile Abacus is forlorn and unloved *sob* ;-)Positionwise, and in date order.."General Romance" (great character name hehe) - Abacus is on page 3, Genie on page 2"Contemporary Romance" - Abacus is still on page 1, though now at the base"Fantasy blahblahblah" - Geneie

2006-02-05T14:00:00.000Z

Genie: 8/3Abacus: 15/020 views by the end of February for Abacus? Still looks a *possibility* :)

2006-02-03T19:18:00.000Z

genie: 6abacus: 14

Yes, yes. I'm obsessed: I know, I know..

2006-02-01T14:07:00.000Z

Lulu.Genie. Free. 4 views, 2 downloads, no ratings.Abacus. $1. 12 views, no downloads, no ratings.Also, http://www.lulu.com/teebee has been indexed by google, which is cool as it's picking up the link to ER. However - *blimey*!! That was quick! LOL Makes me thinking it's worth getting a lulu storefront just as a links generator thingy LOLInteresting...

Lulu update, again

2006-01-30T20:00:00.000Z

Genie: 2 hits, one download.I bow before the mighty power of the word: FREE

eek

2006-01-30T14:26:00.000Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4662280.stmNow I'm a good girl, mostly; but the thought that governments might want to record what I search for on google et al is just plain terrifying! I don't know if it's urban legend or not, but in my "scouting" days, I was told that there is a "blacklist" of books in public libraries, which are left as bait for prospective bombmakers etc etc. If you

blogger template change

2006-01-30T01:30:00.000Z

dunno why. anyway: tip for anyone trying to do the same and having line-up differences between preview and live: it's the html tag thingummy. Strictly speaking I should have found the "proper" solution, but I'm lazy, so I just stripped out the:< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd" >line, and now it seems fine.If some techy

The lulu experiment continues...

2006-01-29T14:01:00.000Z

(I'm not being self obsessed, I'm logging this incase anyone else is interested. ok,I might be obsessing slightly)First off: I've changed my mind. I've made Genie free.Second off:Abacus Dreams has now had 7 hits in, like, 3 daysGenies has had none.None!! I guess pink is the colour to go for. Okay, so the genie cover is a little hideous, but really who'd have thought pink fluffy clouds v. blue and

Did you hear that?

2006-01-28T16:04:00.000Z

I am a self-published author.Did you hear the quality control just drop, there?I've just uploaded two short stories to lulu. I haven't got the time nor inclination to push them with any publishers, but I don't think they're AWFUL so if anyone wants to read them, they're welcome.I have put a price tag against them, albeit a tiny one.Why?1. Market support. That sounds pretentious, but it's true.2.

2006-01-25T21:06:00.000Z

... And having posted techy stuff once, I must now resist the urge to talk work. Urge? More like cathartic impulse LOL Particularly since my last lil tekno-rant prompted an actual comment - (panic stations! someone's reading this drivel!! ;-)) So no: I will not talk in SQL, nor vb, javascript, php, perl, nor even poor old HTML... Nope, not even a rant about sendmail... Unfortunately, at this

2006-01-21T18:47:00.000Z

On an entirely unrelated matter, I'm playing with a new router/modem, and it's driving me bonkers.It's a dynamode r-adsl-c4w-g and I have to say it's the most confusing, frustrating bit of kit I've encountered, recently.It seems to have thought of all the right bits and just chosen not to implement them in anyway usable.There's a remote logging facility. Which is fine. Except that it doesn't

2006-01-18T21:30:00.000Z

hmmm ... just playing with some meters... For the record, here's a copy of what's going on the side.... VampireNew Hunt StoryOld Hunt StoryKaiStaceyFantasy 001Poppy"Done"AbacusVino

2006-01-16T10:14:00.000Z

hmmm... See, I knew I'd be no good at updating this darned thing.Since last posting I have, in no particular order:1. got within 98% of finishing the myth2. decided the myth H is dire and the whole thing needs to be re-done. Not only is the H not sexy, the premise is daft.3. survived Christmas4. created Abacus Dreams. *laugh*5. subbed Heulyn to AQ. *manic laugh*and some other stuff, that I

2005-10-19T01:35:00.000+01:00

Myth is upto 15k. So why am I still only half way though?Please, please, please let the ending be nearer than I thought...How is the story going?10 of cups, apparently. wtf? "family or friends?" what kind of answer was that?? heheI bet it is politely saying everyone's is better - well, that's cool too :)

2005-10-17T19:11:00.000+01:00

Oh I dunno,I'm writing in 200 word bursts. My attention span seems to be non existent. I'm upto 12k on the Myth and the end seems a loooooonnnnngggg way away...In the meantime, I revised my regency tipster, with a view to what I've already bought and liked.Top 30 are now as follows:Author Title Listed$ Kleypas, Lisa: It Happened One Autumn $7.50 Foley, Gaelen: Lord of Fire $6.99 Quinn,

2005-10-14T18:50:00.000+01:00

The Lovers.

2005-10-14T00:03:00.000+01:00

Page of CupsA message of love, romance, heart-break or family.

2005-10-13T08:45:00.000+01:00

Six of Cups.You may be asking, dear reader (...i.e. me, six months hence, give or take a day) why the heck I am posting Tarot Cards.Well let me tell you. I found a pack. That's it, no other reason LOLSo then curiosity drove me to find out how to use the blessed things and I found a site saying the simplest reading was to shuffle and pick a card, and that told your fortune for the day.Simple, eh

2005-10-12T11:54:00.000+01:00

Two of WandsI'm struggling with work. Why can't we just do fun stuff all the time, huh?Writing: NoneBig update on the ER site though; the Rambler's Inn is now live - yay! :D