Posts Tagged ‘Pondering’

PONDERING: “Just when I thought I was out — they pull me back in”

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 13:00 No Comments

I’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.

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PONDERING: RT Booklovers’ Convention – Day One

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 13:00 No Comments

Well, the first day of RT has passed and I’m still here and still standing.

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PONDERING: Why is Airline Travel like BDSM?

Monday, April 2, 2012 13:00 1 Comment

Preparing 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 [...]

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PONDERING: A Writer’s Life – Changes Pending

Saturday, March 10, 2012 13:00 2 Comments

We’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.

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PONDERING: Enough with the High Concept

Monday, February 13, 2012 13:00 2 Comments

I’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 [...]

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PONDERING: Ash’s Best and Worst of 2011

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 13:00 3 Comments

Here it is, my best read books in 2011.  Some of these still stand out in my mind and were easy to decide on, and others I really had to think about. Out of so many books, it was hard to decide, so I picked the ones which are worthy of the keeper shelf.

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PONDERING: Do We Celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK? Erm – No

Saturday, November 26, 2011 13:00 No Comments

I have to start by wishing my US friends a happy Thanksgiving. I keep being asked if we celebrate it in the UK, and yes, in a way, we do – getting rid of a troublesome and difficult to administer colony with no obvious assets, other than somewhere to send the criminals and a nice [...]

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PONDERING: My Adventures with Android Reading Apps

Friday, November 18, 2011 13:00 1 Comment

I’ve been testing quite a few recently, so I thought I’d show you how I got on. These are the free ones, because a) I’m a cheapskate and b) Why pay for something when you can get it legitimately for free?

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PONDERING: “It’s only fiction”

Thursday, October 6, 2011 13:00 3 Comments

More and more I’m seeing authors who are confronted with readers saying “this is wrong,” reply, “it’s only fiction,” which they seem to think means they can make up anything they want to.

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PONDERING: Douglas Adams was Right

Thursday, August 11, 2011 13:00 No Comments

I’ve been good. I’ve been really, really good because some of the people I know and care about are involved in this. But here we go, foot in mouth. Again.

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PONDERING: Interesting Times at the News of the World

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 13:00 5 Comments

Interesting times afoot. Dennis Potter must be smiling from heaven.

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PONDERING: Everything changes and it’s not going back in the box

Friday, May 6, 2011 13:00 No Comments

I read an article today by an a guest on an agent blog that I follow. She said that writers should find their “voice” and their writing identity and stick with it. A well-written article that gave the accepted facts about writing for major publishers.

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PONDERING: Mills & Boon Bad Blood Series – Cover Mixup?

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 13:00 No Comments

A strange anomaly. I wrote to Mills and Boon about it, but they haven’t replied yet. There’s a new series from Mills and Boon Modern called Bad Blood Collection. They’re part of the May releases in the UK, and can be bought as a collection on Amazon.co.uk (be warned, though, it comes as one ginormous [...]

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