Monthly Archives: November 2006

We’re all the same . . .

some will a strut and some will fret see this an hour on this stage others will not but they’ll sweat in their hopelessness in their rage we’re all the same the men of anger and the women of the … Continue reading

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Why wait

I am officially done with 2006. December is mop up month. I’m starting over. Technorati Tags: New Year’s Resolutions

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Thanks!

To all of you, I hope you’re having a wonderful Thanksgiving. And thanks to all who visit this blog. It means so much to me to have people read & appreciate my writing. Thank you so much. Technorati Tags: Thanksgiving

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Top Ten :-)

Isn’t this nice? Outwitting Dogs cracked Amazon’s Top Ten List of dog training books! This was last night. Since the list is updated hourly, the ranking fluctuates–the book had dropped two placed by this morning. Still, it’s cool, isn’t it? … Continue reading

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Amazon’s policy on sock puppetry

It isn’t easy to find, but if you check out the Participation Guidelines that Amazon publishes on the Community section of the site, there’s a clause that suggests sock puppetry is a no-no. It’s under Prohibited Content or Activities, which … Continue reading

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Snow

I’ve been trying to pretend this wouldn’t happen! Silly, aren’t I? LOL

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More advice for would-be Amazon sock puppets!

John Scalzi has some advice. It falls along the lines of the whole Biblical eye-plucking idea. Nothing about whether it’s a good idea, if your sock puppetry has been outed, to threaten to sue bloggers who blogged about it, though. … Continue reading

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Wonder if she’ll threaten to sue Gawker?

Writer Alex Kuczynski’s been outed for . . . not sock puppetry exactly. Because she’d revealed on her Amazon profile that she masquerades as one “Walter” — a Walter who’s written glowing reviews of Kuczynski’s books: Update: Uhhh, we guess … Continue reading

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“My characters rebelled”

China — who is actually delivering on her NaNoWriMo promise — hit a slight glitch yesterday: Today’s story tidbits: My characters rebelled. A simple conversation between the MC and a character I’ll refer to as “T” turned into a demand … Continue reading

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Condolences

To John “Duke of Earle” on the death of his mother.

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