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PONDERING: 9/11: A Brit’s Viewpoint
It was 9 a.m. and I’d just got back from the school run. I booted up my computer – the house computer – which was in the hall and logged on. Because of the time difference, my friend Kathy was online...
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PONDERING: The New Kindles
New Kindles have been announced. In brief, they’re the Fire tablet, at $199, the Touch 3G at £139, the Touch at $99 and the basic Kindle at $89. The last three will all have advertisements as...
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PONDERING: “It’s only fiction”
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. Of course,...
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PONDERING: My Adventures with Android Reading Apps
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...
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PONDERING: Do We Celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK? Erm – No
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...
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PONDERING: C2′s Top Ten of 2011
It’s that time of year, faithful reader – and let me pause to say how much I appreciate you…even if no one else reads my silliness, I take comfort in the fact that the two of us do – time to list my...
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PONDERING: Sandy M’s Best and Worst of 2011
This is the second year in a row I’ve not been able to decide which of two terrific books should be my No. 1. So I have a tie once again. Last year it was two fantasies that made the top spot. This...
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PONDERING: Ash’s Best and Worst of 2011
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...
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PONDERING: The Good, the Bad and the Meh of 2011
I can’t say that 2011 was a classic reading year for me. So many train wrecks and meh books. But I read a lot, and even in a good year I’ll have something to celebrate. Sooo, here we go. The Good...
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PONDERING: Enough with the High Concept
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...
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PONDERING: A Writer’s Life – Changes Pending
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. When I write, I...
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PONDERING: Why is Airline Travel like BDSM?
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...
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PONDERING: RT Booklovers’ Convention – Day One
Well, the first day of RT has passed and I’m still here and still standing. There is nothing quite like RT. Enthusiastic readers treating themselves to a vacation, enthusiastic aspiring writers and...
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PONDERING: Romantic Times 2012 – Chicago Rocks!
I am exhausted. While it’s wonderful to meet people and talk books, I want to go home and write! I met some lovely people and waved to a lot more. I went to the Series Romance game this morning and had...
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PONDERING: “Just when I thought I was out — they pull me back in”
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...
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My Heart is Broken
Yesterday I made one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make, as a lot of you pet owners will attest to, I’m sure. My 18-year-old cat, Winter, had been sick for a while, but he was holding his...
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PONDERING: Book Proposal: Sixty Shades of Grey by DK Charles
I 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,...
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PONDERING: Meet the Murder City Ravens by Lynne Connolly
I’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...
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PONDERING: Can Rock Stars Be Romance Heroes?
I 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...
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PONDERING: Gaming Kills
I’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....
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