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Kathleen’s Ode to Ink (because Mark Sanford is a total hack)
Oh, ink, you indelible mark on my soul, my contract, my white-cushioned couch….
I surrender to the lure of your awesomeness, your sultry smell, your sooty liquid nature. I compare thee to the effervescent allure of your digital twin, its voluptuous, its easily-correctable and fleeting nature, and the siren call of fast lucre.
Oh, ink, hold me fast, hold me tight, wrap me in a chain of perpetuity, so that I may not be swayed. You are my marker, my touchstone, my Northern star. It is you who rule with an iron hand, who oversee all, and I all lay down my contract before thee, for now and all days…
until some days…
until I get my rights back, and then ink, we need to talk.
July 1st, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Funnies, On Writing Miseries | No Comments »
From Mediabistro’s post on Nora…
A big huzzah for romance!
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June 22nd, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The note-taking edition
One of the problems I’ve been struggling with recently is the ability to take notes and keep them with me, no matter whether I’m working on the desktop (MAC) or netbook (PC). I have discovered the Utopia of note-taking products and it’s free. It’s called Evernote, and it’s very easy to use. You create notebooks, decide whether they live on the server, or on your machine (they have both Windows and Mac clients) and after you write your note, it syncs it up to the server.
Here’s the screen shot:
(actually having trouble uploading the screen shot to the blog, but honestly, it’s pretty routine.)
Some of the things I include in my notebooks are character lists and minor descriptions. Images if I have them. I also have a writing notebook that has a list of ‘said’ verbs, a list of ‘walk’ verbs, what I term ‘pretty words’, ‘angry words’, a bunch of contemporary phrases that I’ve discovered that float my boat, and also a long, long list of emotions, and oh, yes, the four page list of stupid euphemisms. (That’s not euphemisms that are stupid, but rather, the more useful, euphemisms FOR stupid).
You can search within your notes if you have something you’re looking for. And when I’m ready to hit the road with the netbook, I sync up with my notes, and away we go!
http://www.evernote.com
Also, downloaded an EC book. Liberty Lacey by Anne Calhoun. Can’t WAIT to read it. ☺
June 11th, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in On Writing Miseries | 3 Comments »
For the Olfactory Purists that Read
From Jezebel. Thought this was in keeping with my all things books and reading theme.
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“June 8th, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Blogging at Access Romance Today!
Blogging at Access Romance Today. Giving away an ARC, too! The Seven Commandments of Character Naming.
June 4th, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
What is Women’s Fiction? - Beyond Her Book - Blog on Publishers Weekly
Barbara Vey’s (Beyond Her Book) interview on women’s fiction. Kinda interesting how diverse the answers are. I’m not sure if the ordinary Jane would consider women’s fiction the way that the pub world defines it…
more about “What is Women’s Fiction? - Beyond Her…“, posted with vodpod
June 4th, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Looking for that Perfect Christmas Gift for the romantic suspense writer in your family?
Because you never know when you’re going to be in sub-zero weather, hanging upside down, or perhaps 50M underwater. As a writer, you need a pen you can depend on….
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June 2nd, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
YouTube - Where The Wild Things Are Trailer (HD)
Looks like it's going to be great. I was nervous about this one, but I like the fanciful against the realness.
June 2nd, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
E-Reader Book Clubs? The Next Big Thing
From Wired: I thought that was an interesting idea, and it would certainly make blogging book reviews easier, although I wonder if you’ll be able to clip a passage and quote it? Things I’d like to see:
1. An online summary of book title, author, and my rating.
2. The ability to follow someone’s book recs and read their reviews.
3. The ability to post a summary from the reader.
4. Limited cut and past from passages to review.
5. The ability to see the stats on books read, authors read and ratings. (i.e. if I get too many 2 star klunkers, it’s time to find a new author).
6. I wonder about the logistics of a digital book club. Do you all get together at the same time? Is it a virtual back and forth exchange? I don’t participate in a book club, but I think it would be fun to participate virtually in one with a bunch of romance readers and/or writers.
Any other things you all can think of?
1. An online summary of book title, author, and my rating.
2. The ability to follow someone’s book recs and read their reviews.
3. The ability to post a summary from the reader.
4. Limited cut and past from passages to review.
5. The ability to see the stats on books read, authors read and ratings. (i.e. if I get too many 2 star klunkers, it’s time to find a new author).
6. I wonder about the logistics of a digital book club. Do you all get together at the same time? Is it a virtual back and forth exchange? I don’t participate in a book club, but I think it would be fun to participate virtually in one with a bunch of romance readers and/or writers.
Any other things you all can think of?
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June 2nd, 2009 Kathleen O'Reilly Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »