Category Archives: The writing life

Stuff about writing, promotion, books, blogging, writers and damn near everything else I do with my day.

Food sex? Really now?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Simona Taylor

You know what time it is.  50-Book Challenge time.  And yeah, it’s another RITA entry, so we’re not going anywhere near there.  All I can say is that it’s book #14 for the year, but my esteemed position as judge … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Simona Taylor

So I finished Book #13 in my 50-Book Challenge, but you guessed it, it’s a RITA contestant, so my lips are sealed. To while the time away, (and to make me feel I’ve accomplished something), how’s about we chat a … Continue reading →

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Taking back my body

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Not to whine or bitch or moan or anything, but y’all know how tired I’ve been.  Floating through life in a purple haze of semi-consciousness, gliding from book to book, judging contests, writing articles, and keeping my head above water. … Continue reading →

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He put his tallywhacker where?

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Book #12 is another one I’m judging for the Rita, so there will be no spilling of beans as to what and why and where. In the mean time, I think I’ll just fill the big gaping hole in what … Continue reading →

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I’ve got a crush on Frazz!

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Simona Taylor

Book #11 in my 50-Book challenge is Frazz – 99% Perspiration.  And I think I’m in love with a cartoon.  Frazz is a successful songwriter who for some reason also works as a janitor at an elementary school, where he … Continue reading →

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Love between the (book) covers

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Simona Taylor

In 1999, when I was bubbling with pride at the publication of my first literary novel, A Thirst For Rain, my publisher sent me on a 10-city promotion tour of the US.  One evening, I was at a book signing … Continue reading →

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Trashed. And not in a good way.

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Simona Taylor

And so last night, in a fit of pique, I trashed my brand new Word Press site, since it was as slow as molasses rolling off a snail’s ass.  But in the throes of said pique, I neglected (read: didn’t … Continue reading →

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