Time For Change
Anyone who has been following me for the last three years (and a few days, I missed my third blogging anniversary on May 12!) will already know where many of my interests have been in the past. I have written much about erotica; about the discovery of myself and my sexuality; about life as a [...]
Hissy Fit?
The life of an author, no matter which genre they might write in, no matter what their print or virtual medium may be, is not an easy one. We all suffer criticism, we all – hopefully – get reviews and a certain amount of attention. How we handle this attention is another matter entirely. Take, [...]
Real Live Nastiness
Apparently Twitter sells books. I know it must be true because someone posted it on Twitter. Leaving aside the snide references about proof of something being true because you read it in the book / publication / whatever being queried: the author John Niven has taken an interesting idea and put it into practice for [...]
The End Of Crowd-Funding
At least, the end as far as I am concerned for the time-being. After nearly two weeks of waiting I finally received a reply from someone at the last crowd-funding site I had thought of using to help find sponsors for my small press company. A straight refusal. Now, I can handle refusals without any [...]
Not Selling Through Facebook
If you want a prime example of how not to react to bad press, to comments and Tweets, Reddit or elsewhere, this is it: Restaurant Meltdown. I don’t know how many Internet gurus will go ape over this, but there will be quite a few. After all, everyone in their right mind tells businesses to [...]
Nastiness
Having just amused myself by watching celebrities read some of the Tweets that are aimed at them, and I mean the not so kind ones, I thought I’d quickly clear away what is still lying in my Twitter file. There’s nothing mean here, I guess, but I might just do a search a little later [...]
Not Good
I have discovered something interesting. Now, for most of you it will probably be an absolute nothing, but it amused me on the way out earlier for an evening with friends. As we walked over to the car, it rained. And I mean it rained heavily so that we managed to get soaked in the [...]
Arguments Over Religion
Anyone can argue over religion, no matter which religion it may be, and quote at will whatever they feel supports their viewpoint. Which means, conversely, that anyone can argue back and use the same texts. The secret, for both sides, is to be selective and hope – or pray – that the other side doesn’t [...]
Earning Without Doing
I have fallen a little bit behind with many things of late, as I commented or hinted in my last post, and one of those things has been my leisure activities. It has been a hard time at college recently, with one lecturer taken ill for a week, several papers to write and then all [...]
But I Must
It’s the same for all of us: we have something that we must do, that has to be done, which we can hardly put off, but… Graphic Source: tapiture I have that feeling sometimes, as do we all, I am sure, but there is no going back, no getting out of it. We must simply [...]
Distracting Views
Almost time to begin more serious work again, the weekend is nearly over and my thoughts are moving back from leisure activities to college work, which is not such a good thing early on a Sunday but unavoidable. So, just to keep my good weekend mood up, and perhaps brighten your weekend with a few [...]
Herding Cats
For anyone who happens to follow me on Twitter, you will know that what I write here and what I write there (see the menu on your right) are two completely different things. In recent weeks I have allowed my darker imagination full reign – alongside retweeting some items of interest and the posts from [...]
Something New – Every Day
It may not seem like much but: today I learned something new. Fine, I learn something new every single day of the week, as do we all, but this little almost a nothing was a fun bit of learning. It’s not significant in any way at all, and that’s what makes it fun. Love & [...]
Parental Tolerance And Understanding – Satire
Yes, they had me fooled too, which just goes to prove – also when I read all the various comments – how good satire can be when someone – or several people – really know what they are doing and cause the truth, or prejudices in peoples’ minds, to create something authentic and biting. I’m [...]
I Sometimes Wonder…
… just what it is about our education system that has failed us. But the answer is often closer than you can imagine. Love & Kisses, Viki Related PostsAwkward (Apr 5, 2013) Just Laughing (Apr 3, 2013) A Banana? (Mar 31, 2013) Free Offer! (Mar 30, 2013) Silliness (Mar 29, 2013)
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