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Month: January 2008

Latest Work, 2008 Week 5

Latest Work, 2008 Week 5

I nearly always favor the print covers over the e-book covers, and this is no exception. I especially like the print covers below because they’re in a different genre (mystery!) than the one in which I usually work (erotic romance), and if I could get more such work anywhere, I’d have boundless glee. I love the income that romance provides, but the conventions are so limiting. I’d love to get my hands on a decent science fiction or fantasy cover….

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Some Writing 101: April Is Soaring NOT. April SOARS!

Some Writing 101: April Is Soaring NOT. April SOARS!

Facebook allows members to tell friends their latest news through “status” messages, and until recently a status message always began with: [Your name] is… Exhibit A: April is checking her e-mail. April is updating her status message. April is teaching herself to knit and rediscovering what it is to feel retarded. April is wishing she didn’t have to work with the word “is” so much. April is the fourth month of the year. April is not. Is too. Is not!…

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Six Things About Me

Six Things About Me

I know now that LynTaylor has a blog because she tagged me, and while I’m hard put to find six random facts about me that aren’t already on a previous list, I’m even harder put to find six other bloggers to tag. Yet, here I go anyway: 1. I often use words and phrases to which I don’t know the meaning—like “hard put” for instance. I don’t even know if I use that correctly. What the hell does it mean?…

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Latest Work, 2008 Week 3

Latest Work, 2008 Week 3

My favorites in this bunch are My Valentine and Dangerous Ground. Not shown are a couple of ads that I was too lazy to post. I really need to redesign my professional site, so to add to my motivation, I may no longer post my work here. Share this post:

Color Me Sad

Color Me Sad

I truly enjoy playing Scrabulous on Facebook. I pride myself on finally having broken a 400 score and so far having won every game. So how should I react when I see this news? LONDON (Reuters) – The makers of word game Scrabble have asked Facebook to remove its popular online version “Scrabulous,” which they say infringes their copyright… Oh, my God. I think I’m going to cry. My real world Scrabble game doesn’t score my plays for me, and…

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