This week I was reading an article on the Washington Post website about how authors can market themselves using cheap (or free!) online tools. It had a link to a new social networking site called She Writes. I had a gander at it and got really excited. It seemed like it might be just the… Continue reading She writes, she promotes, she fails
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On foreignness
As I mentioned in my last post, my husband and I have been travelling around northern India for two weeks. It’s my first time being in this country, and I was really surprised by how much attention we’ve been getting just for being foreign-looking. On our first day in Delhi, we went to the Baha’i… Continue reading On foreignness
Learn and let learn
My husband and I have been travelling around northern India for two weeks in what’s certainly one of the most exciting and thought-provoking trips I’ve ever taken. Part of my preparation included reading Sherry Thomas’ Not Quite a Husband and Meredith Duran’s The Duke of Shadows (by the way, they blog together at Plotters and… Continue reading Learn and let learn
Crafty romance
A few weeks ago, bloggers Sarah and Jane discussed arts and crafts with readers at True Romance. I loved reading the discussion because I’m a crafty person myself and have recently been thinking that the only downside to writing is that it consumes all my quilting time. I’m glad to know I’m not the only… Continue reading Crafty romance
Three degrees of separation
Blythe Gifford, author of The Harlot’s Daughter and In the Master’s Bed, talks on Romance: B(u)y the Book about her surprise at discovering that she’d written a series. It made me realize how many series I read that are groups of three. I wonder if that’s because of a particular way our brains work (I… Continue reading Three degrees of separation