I feel like I should begin by saying, “My name is Pauline Baird Jones and I reread books.” Why do I feel like I should be addressing a support group? Because my to-be-read pile of books is gargantuan, both in print and digital. And yet there are days, when I am overwhelmed by the need
I’ve happy to be guest blogging at TBR today. Hope you’ll stop by and leave a comment. And now for the link roundup: How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day (eye opening and be sure to click through to her post on plotting!) Women peeing standing up?!?! Amen to that! (Too
I originally posted this in 2010 and thought it deserved a re-airing after reading Heather Massey’s post on Benevolent Sexism on her blog, The Galaxy Express. And because Kicking Ashe is in the process of releasing and I think guys and gals would enjoy it. Elizabeth Moon did a post-ArmadilloCon blog about how what women write
Recently I blogged about my “squishy science” in a post called My Fiction is Totally Made Up. Expectations play a huge part in how a book is perceived/received by a reviewer or a reader. This was brought home to me again when a reviewer’s expectations ran into one of my steampunk stories. I get that
“Steamrolled, has won the coveted CataNetwork Reviewers’ Choice Award for 2011. CataNetwork reviewers consider your book one of the best that they have read and reviewed this year.” List of winners here. Doing a happy dance this morning! Happy Valentine’s Day one and all! perilously,Pauline
I participated in a Blurb Pitch Tournament earlier this month and though Steamrolled didn’t win, it was both an instructive and useful (and I was thrilled to make it past the first heat!). Blurb writing is one of the harder things an author does, sometimes harder than writing a whole novel. Doubt me? Try describing
My publisher just sent me the cover art for my March 10 release Kicking Ashe. I can’t tell you how excited I am–and yet a little blue, because this book will wrap up–at least for now–my Project Enterprise series of books and stories. (Complete list of connected stories here.)Here’s the blurb for Kicking Ashe: When
It’s my son’s birthday today (happy birthday!) and he loves the weather, so it seemed like a good blog topic for today. But to talk weather, I must backtrack a bit. Note land-locking! I grew up in Wyoming. If you know where it is, then you also know it is severely land-locked. Even the air
