So, a fun little thing has popped up on Twitter: romance trading cards. I know quite a few authors who have been doing these for a while, but as far as I know,* there’s never really been a concentrated effort for many authors to get together and create a bunch of these for conventions and […]
I really doubted this day would come. It’s not that we get a LOT of snow warnings from newscasters that turn out to be nothing, but often enough that whenever I hear “snow!” on the evening news, my reaction is: Yeah, right. Today, however, they were right, and we’ve got the big, fluffy flakes drifting […]
So, they’ve cast the new Wonder Woman for the upcoming TV show. I don’t really know this actress very well, though I’ve heard really great things about the show she’s best known for (Friday Night Lights.) And of course, after hearing the news, the first place I went was the big fan boards, hoping to […]
So, the internet. That wonderful, terrifying place. How does a new or established author negotiate all of its social networks and know all of the rules? How do you keep it from sucking away all of your time, not to mention your will to live? It’s a mystery. But luckily, we’ve got music videos from […]
…and I’m pretty terrified. (click here for a spoilery review of the initial script by Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass’s awesome blog.) It’s a show that I’d probably like if they didn’t call it “Wonder Woman.” Sigh. I guess that is the price of being a fan. It might not end up being terrible, […]
So, the Old Spice guy is back. I love these commercials. They’re awesomely funny, and have such a great awareness of just exactly who does the shopping for a lot of guys: their girlfriends/wives (or, for the younger dudes, their mothers). Sure, there are a lot of single guys out there who are buying their […]
I mentioned on Facebook the other day: My daughter (seven years old) is upset that I haven’t yet taken her suggestion to write a Guardian book titled “Demon Star”. She’s serious enough about it that I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to make up a fake cover, wrap a book in it, and pass […]
Not today, but I got the notice yesterday to come in next month. I’m hoping that it doesn’t echo my last experience with jury duty, which was almost exactly 11 years ago — and which ended up being an 8-week triple murder trial*, so I had to drop all of my classes at the university […]
1/10/11 Update – Winners! My Wicked Enemy Diane Sadler Lisa N. My Forbidden Desire Brenda H./Moonsanity Bella F. My Immortal Assassin lacrima Mariska *** I’m so pleased to have Carolyn Jewel at Odd Shots today! She’s not only one of my favorite people (and who, at RomCon this year, didn’t mind that I ate my […]
I’m a late adapter. Although I really like gadgets and things, I’m pretty reluctant to buy myself new electronics and other non-essential items, because a) I’m cheap, b) I’m certain they will break anyway, c) I know my husband and kid will just steal it, like my iPhone. Of course, I eventually give in, because […]
Thank you to everyone who entered! Thanks to random.org’s sequence generator, we have the following winners, each number corresponding to a comment on this post. #32 – kylie #20 – Kristi L. #29 – Jennifer P. #43 – Teresa Warner #45 – infinitieh Congratulations! ********************** Aside from all of the great gifts and family and […]
So I was reading Justin Cronin’s THE PASSAGE (quite entertaining, by the way), and there is a post-apocalyptic section of the story set in the future. In that section, there is a woman reading a romance novel published in 2014 by Jordanna Mixon, called BELLE OF THE BALL. It includes a heroine named Charlene DeFleur, […]
My editor told me that she recently cover-conferenced the next installment of my steampunk romance series, and that, yes — it would be more man-titty. I’m not opposed to that. Man-titty isn’t always my favorite, but I think The Iron Duke‘s cover got the job done, letting readers know that Here Lies Romance and Steampunk! […]
So, if you are ever going to a relative’s home, and realize at the last minute that they expect you to bring a pie — but you don’t exactly keep a lot of pie baking stuff around — here is my advice. Buy one of these: Buy a bunch of these: Open Item A and […]
During my drug-induced little vacation, I re-watched a few episodes of Battlestar Galactica — and although I can’t remember exactly what I was looking for when I went to Starbuck’s wikipedia page (some little detail from an episode I hadn’t re-watched, probably) I ran across a quote from the previous Starbuck (played by Dirk Benedict) […]
I hope that many of you in the U.S. have today off — and if you have served this country or your own, thank you from all of us here at Odd Shots! …and wisdom teeth update: Still can barely open my mouth much more than toothbrush-width (which, ironically, makes flossing all but impossible, because […]