If you’ve been on the Twittah, you might have seen my minor campaign for anyone under the age of 40 to Get Thee a Mammogram This Year. If you can do it, and if it’s possible in your budget and under your insurance, get a mammogram. Not only does it give doctors a baseline for future comparison, but there are more women in my world who are diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of … Continue reading GS vs STA: Cancer Surviving Heroines
Ok, I’m a bonehead. I owe y’all a big apology. I totally forgot to announce the winners of the Karina Bliss book, and my only defense was The Distraction of Snooki. This might be my go-to excuse from now on, come to think of it. Blame Snooki. Anyway, I’m sorry. The winners of the 3 signed print and 3 digital copies are: PRINT: Shannon Lind Gail (@9:54 am) tracykitn DIGITAL: FD (@1:34 pm) Theresa (@4:55pm) … Continue reading Winner Winner (Cold) Chicken Dinner
Rather than do a recap of 2010, which would probably break my brain because I’ve done a lot of high-impact computer work this week (no, really, not even kidding) and because I can’t remember what I was wearing yesterday, let alone remember what I was reading eight months ago, I wanted to look back on the authors I discovered this year that rocked my world. These aren’t debut authors, not all of them, anyway. I … Continue reading 2010’s New To You Authors
RT is difficult to describe to someone who isn’t familiar with romance novels, with fan conventions or with the way avid women readers feel about their books. For example, I told someone recently that romance novel readers have a noise they make when someone mentions a book they adore as well. Sort of a heavy sigh, like an extended, “Aaaaaaah.” I’ve said before that two romance readers might not have a single thing in common … Continue reading Overheard at Romantic Times 2010
Congrats to Cara, whose entry was chosen as Teh Winner for the “What the Librarian Won” contest: That is some hot cover action right there. Well done! Your Photoshop skills are crazy good. Please email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your email and snail address, and the address and name of the Friends of the Library organization you’d like to support – and the bookstore you’d like to shop at with your cold awesome winnings! Second … Continue reading What the Librarian Won: the Winner!
In 2009, I went to Durham, NC, for a Bosoms book event organized by Jennifer Lohmann of the Durham County Public Library. It was easily one of the best Bosoms events I attended – she worked with the local Barnes & Noble to host the event, and the local RWA chapter came out as well. Y’all. THERE was a LINE. The best part was meeting Jennifer. She spends much of her time building knowledge, education … Continue reading What the Librarian Won: A Photoshop Contest in Honor of Jennifer Lohmann
I’ve spent the last three days playing with my iPad. While there are many very savvy and very insightful reviews of the device out there, this probably isn’t one of them. It’s more of a log of my experience trying the device and the things I noticed as I set it up (Oh my God the Setting Up and the Waiting for the Setting Up) and tried to read on it, and my thoughts after … Continue reading The iPad: A Hella Long Journal and Review
