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Around the Web

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A lot has been happening this month. Penguin is pushing Authors Solution. Amazon is discouraging free book sites. And interviews all over the place! Here is a look at what’s been going on around the web.

Amazon HEAVILY discouraging websites that focus on free books. (The guys over at SPP are probably going to be talking about this on the next episode, so keep an eye out for that. 

Tips on recovering from Writers Burnout

Penguins Solution for Writers: One Racket to Rule Them All  (I liked that title too much to paraphrase.)

60 Years of interviews with authors from The Paris Review

We had the review scam a few weeks ago, now authors are paying for their spot on the best seller list.

Breaking Dawn, Part 2 wins 7 Razzie Awards

Barns and Noble may cut back on Nooks and some more about that from NY Times.

The internet is kickstarting a teen poetry revolution.

Shut the *** up and Create, an article by one of my favorite new authors. (Language)

Meeting of the Pets

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My boyfriend and I rescued a california king snake the other day and brought him home. My cat has been quite curious about him ever since.

We love Winchester. He loves to be held. Often you’ll find my boyfriend and I curled up on the couch with Winchester warming up on our necks.

Everyone talks about rescuing dogs and cats, but other pets get left behind, too. Snakes, rodents, turtles, birds and lizards among them.

These pets could be let lose, but more often then not they aren’t capable of surviving on their own. For my snake… he’s a warm weather snake, and we live in a very cold region. He’d die out there.

I’m a pretty strong believer in “spay and neuter your pets” to keep fewer of them in shelters. And not buying dogs and cats from puppy farms. There are enough lonely pets that need love in the world already, not to mention genetic problems due to over/in-breeding.

Anyway, I didn’t exactly mean to be preachy today, just wanted to share my wonderful new pet with everyone.

Just a Quick Update

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I’m working on editing “Osiren’s Tears”, one of the stories I did during NaNoWriMo. I’m also trying to write a description I think doesn’t completely suck. 

Everyone who does something creative, I don’t care if it is sewing, painting, writing, or cooking… We all have that one thing about it that we are horrible at. For me it’s the blurb you put up on Amazon. I just can’t seem to wrap the story into some neat little catchy paragraph or three. Everything sounds forced, sterile, or just plain horrible. So I’m working on that trying to get better.

While I am editing “Osiren’s Tears” I am also working on a Sci-fi romance. I know I mentioned “Message in a Bottle”, but when I got the idea for “Starcrossed” I just had to go with it. It involves some quantum physics going awry, and the merging dreams between a young scientist, and an alien. You can have some interesting encounters when you think you’re dreaming.