Posts Tagged ‘Pondering’
PONDERING: A Lie is a Lie is Lie
Monday, May 6, 2013 13:00 14 CommentsI had something happen recently that’s irritated the heck out of me, so I thought I’d share it, and also hope it helps rid me of the ire and disappointment that’s been brought about. Before I get into the real meat of this Pondering, I want to give you just a little of my background, [...]
PONDERING: The London Book Fair
Friday, April 26, 2013 12:00 No CommentsFirst things first. I stayed at a Travelodge. Hey, they’re clean, and you know exactly what you’re going to get. And if you check at Tripadvisor, you can pick the good ones. I picked a good one. The Waterloo Travelodge has been recently renovated and it has a Sainsburys up the road and a decent [...]
PONDERING: What’s happening in publishing?
Monday, January 14, 2013 13:00 No CommentsRecently I’ve self-published a few backlist titles, and my, do they do well! These books are already professionally edited, so all I had to do was reformat and find a new book cover. So, reluctantly, I’ve had to climb down from my writer’s cave and get back into promotion and marketing.
PONDERING: Nexus of Fire? And why can’t we have the Paperthingie over here?
Saturday, September 8, 2012 13:00 5 CommentsAs you know, I’m a big fan of ebooks and e-readers. The situation has changed so much recently that I took down my guide to readers, because it was hopelessly outdated. So now the market has moved again. I always said the market for e-readers would really start moving when decent devices became available at [...]
PONDERING: Do you like me? Really, really like me?
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 13:00 No CommentsReaders and blogs are finally getting wise to the trading of “likes” that goes on in the writers’ community, and the selling of reviews. Some of my best friends are doing it. I don’t.
PONDERING: Gaming Kills
Monday, July 23, 2012 13:00 4 CommentsI’ve been around the Internet since it was a baby. The first network I belonged to was when I was a student at Manchester Business School. Our computers were linked up to the North West Computer unit. Companies sent their payrolling there to be processed, universities used it for advanced calculations, and it was all [...]
EXCERPT: In The Mood by Lynne Connolly
Friday, July 20, 2012 16:00 No CommentsOur Lynne Connolly is sharing an excerpt from her latest release from Ellora’s Cave, In the Mood, so sit back, relax, and have some fun! Summary: The sound of a saxophone drifting from a Chicago blues club sends Matt inside, hoping to sign the player for his recording studio. Instead he finds V. Passion drives [...]
PONDERING: Can Rock Stars Be Romance Heroes?
Friday, July 20, 2012 13:00 3 CommentsI love writing about rock stars. Music means a lot to me and I’ve seen many of them, been close to people in the music business from time to time. So they’re naturals for me to write about. Years ago I wrote a story about a rock star and the woman he got pregnant. I [...]
PONDERING: Meet the Murder City Ravens by Lynne Connolly
Friday, July 20, 2012 1:00 4 CommentsI’m in the process of writing a series about the members of a rock band, and it’s called Nightstar. I love writing about the rock star – it seems a natural for erotic romance. I’ve done it before with Pure Wildfire, but that was a paranormal romance with shape-shifter heroes and heroines. This time it’s [...]
PONDERING: Book Proposal: Sixty Shades of Grey by DK Charles
Friday, July 6, 2012 13:00 No CommentsI had a thought last night, just as I was going to sleep. I see a book cover. It’s monochrome, beautifully photographed, a reflective surface with only one object on it – a pair of well-worn, once-white men’s underpants. The book is called “Sixty Shades of Grey” (ten more, so has to be better, yes?)
PONDERING: “Just when I thought I was out — they pull me back in”
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 13:00 No CommentsI’ve just about given up on the “historical romance” because it’s not satisfying what I want to see in a well-written historical. But a recent post condemning readers who are labelling books “mistorical” has dragged me right back in.
PONDERING: RT Booklovers’ Convention – Day One
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 13:00 No CommentsWell, the first day of RT has passed and I’m still here and still standing.
PONDERING: Why is Airline Travel like BDSM?
Monday, April 2, 2012 13:00 1 CommentPreparing for RT has given me a clue that many people don’t travel very much by plane, if at all. Recently, it’s become an annual thing for me, and I’m kind of in the routine. I’ve been asked a lot about how I cope, so maybe it’s a good idea to have it all in [...]
PONDERING: A Writer’s Life – Changes Pending
Saturday, March 10, 2012 13:00 2 CommentsWe’ve seen some seismic changes recently, but basically the market is running to stay still. I realized recently that it doesn’t matter a lot to me, or it shouldn’t. Let me explain.
PONDERING: Enough with the High Concept
Monday, February 13, 2012 13:00 2 CommentsI’ve been feeling a bit out of sorts with the romance market recently, so I’ve kept to the authors I enjoy and lines like the Harlequin category romances that I tend to enjoy. I write and read paranormal romance, but more and more, the ones I’ve been reading have gone into action/adventure and that’s not [...]

