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Ashley Ladd: I'd Rather Be Writing

http://ashleyladd.blogspot.com/

The musings and observations of a romance writer/customer service manager/wife/and mom.

• Added on: Mar 7th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Ashley Ladd
• Listed in: Fiction Lifestyle
• Tags: kids writing author mom romance author

Recent Posts

• Saturday Snippets: Parties

  Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 08:00 in ashley ladd, graphic reading, saturday snippets, emotional excerpts

  This week's Snippet Saturday theme is parties. My daughters attended a Christmas party yesterday. I have two this coming week. It's certainly a happy season. There are parties and there are parties. My first snippet is a sad party of one. That's n...

• Who Says E-Books Aren\'t Popular?

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 18:50 in reading, usa today, qvc, publishers, christmas shopping, smart bitches, book pricing, ebook readers

  Yes, there is a Santa Claus! Hubby just ordered an ebook reader for me for Christmas. http://bit.ly/5OfLkm I've been home sick from the day job and so am not allowed out of bed. Luckily nowadays being bedridden isn't so bad, not even during ...

• Saturday Snippet: Secondary Characters

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 17:35 in plot, comic relief, mm, sorry charlie, ashley ladd, m m, secondary characters, snippet saturday, friction anthology

  The theme for this week is secondary characters. Secondary characters add another dimension to a story: comic relief, danger and sometimes the plot hinges on a secondary character. That's the case with "Sorry Charlie" an M/M story in the "Friction...

• Make Every Word Count

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 03:00 in short stories, editing, prose, v, the visitors, tight writing

  Nanowrimo is coming to a close today and for many it's been a month to write as many words as they can, at least 50,000. With or without nano, I like to write my rough draft straight through and get the words on paper. Then I edit. At this point, ...

• I (Don\'t) Love Big Butts

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 15:15 in cooking, dieting, exercising, diet recipes, big butts, addicted to writing

  In order to write writers need to "sit butt in chair and write!" It's a universal axiom and it works. The initial draft may not be publishable but it's a lot easier to edit black words on a screen than an empty screen. Of course that's not the only...

• Saturday Snippets: Departures

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 15:56 in reading, romance novels, excerpts, end of the world, last man on earth, departures, ashley ladd, saturday snippets

  Today's Saturday excerpts are all about departures. My excerpt takes departures to the extreme. If you know me, you know I love what my kids term "end of the world movies". Picture "2012", "Knowing", "Independence Day" and "Day After Tomorrow" to g...

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