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In response to: Transitioning

Nels [Visitor] — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:59:12 +0000

Until your blog I had never heard of the genre 'urban fantasy' before! I looked it up on Wikipedia, but I didn't recognize a single author...

In response to: Conference Update Day 2

Melissa [Member] — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:56:50 +0000

Just that we should be using Twitter, Facebook, websites, blogs, anything we can to get people to know who we are. The idea is that then when you pitch to an agent, you can show them these numbers and say, "I already have 50,000 people reading my blog every month, so if all of them buy books, yay!" The industry is so crazy competitive, you have to do stuff like this to help yourself out. I don't really mind, though.

In response to: Conference Update Day 2

Nels [Visitor] — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:28:37 +0000

What did they say about Twitter? What are you supposed to use it for?

In response to: Blog Redesign!

Nels [Visitor] — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:27:23 +0000

I subscribe to the RSS! I will have to figure out which blogs I need to follow and which are merely entertainment.

PS - Your Captchas are really hard!

In response to: Man, I Suck.

Tracy [Visitor] — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:19:18 +0000

1. Velour is not a material, like suede or silk. It is a textile, like corduroy or jersey, and can be made with any number of materials. Therefore fake velour doesn't really make sense, because you can fake a material but you can't fake the velour knitting process.

2. I really like the start of your novel. It would be more modern to put labels on Alexa's clothes to avoid the romance novel "emerald green dress with gold buttons" Dynasty imagery, kind of like what you did with the boy and Gap. Like a Theory red pencil skirt with a Banana Republic cream angora sweater.

In response to: Questions Without Answers

Lisa's Chaos [Visitor] — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:01:03 +0000

I don't think I could handle eight babies all at once! Heck one at a time was plenty! :)

In response to: A dog by any other name...

Tyler [Visitor] — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:37:39 +0000

In regards to Anon's post: that was my original thought too. However, nothing would have happened to Vick had they lock him up with all those dogs. They all thought of him as their owner and wouldn't have hurt him.

Angry pregnant ladies=FAR more dangerous than pack of fighting pitbulls. Maybe cities should have additional rules for harboring pregnant ladies like additional fencing and mandatory good citizen classes. :)

I'm in trouble now.

In response to: The other baby

Katrina [Visitor] — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:54:18 +0000

I don't buy into the whole "restless leg syndrome." Yes I admit it is a real disease in some instances, but I think the rest is mostly hype. (And there being lots of commercials about it and drug treatments to cure it really pisses me off, doctors should recommend drugs to their patients and not the other way around.) Being a house/couch bound person most of the time I too get the creepy crawlies but I find it's due to lack of exercise. If I'm out and about or just on my feet at home it goes away, but once I stop using those muscles they start screaming for attention. When I get a bad flare up which restricts me to the bed and couch, I find that I have to do something to keep the crawlies away like lots of legs stretches, leg lifts, or a few quick jumping jacks. Those may not all be possible in your current state, but there must be something you can do. Just my two cents. Feel free to ignore.