Coming Out Against Homophobia

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Caethes • 12 Comments

Today is International Day Against Homophobia. This post is my contribution to the Hop Against Homophobia.

Harvey Milk famously called on gays to come out of the closet in the seventies. The theory was that discrimination would lessen once people could put a face to homosexuals. Once you realized your neighbors and friends were gay, you wouldn’t be so quick to hate.

I’m inspired by Harvey Milk and the work he did. Unfortunately, homophobia is still running rampant not only in our communities, but in our legislation. I’m not okay with that. And I’m assuming since you’re reading this blog that you’re not either…. Continue Reading

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Measure of Devotion Cover Reveal

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Caethes • 5 Comments

I have been sitting on my new cover for Measure of Devotion for months now, and I’m so excited to finally be sharing it. Some of you may remember that I had a different cover made originally, but I ended up needing to have a new one created, for a lot of reasons. I love… Continue Reading

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Steve Jobs: Simply Inspiring

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Caethes • 0 Comments

I don’t often cry when public figures die, but I have let more than a few tears escape tonight on learning that Steve Jobs has passed away. He was an inspiration and touched so many aspects of my life. The first computer I learned how to use was a Mac. In college I saw my… Continue Reading

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Kindle Sets the Internet on Fire

Kindle Sets the Internet on Fire

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Caethes • 0 Comments

I promise, the title of this post is the only pun I’ll be using . I’ve been waiting for this announcement from Amazon for a long time; my husband’s been shopping for a tablet and we decided to hold off until we saw what Amazon was going to bring to the table. What I didn’t… Continue Reading

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Exciting Announcements!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Caethes • 2 Comments

The last few months have been busy all the way around, but I finally have some exciting news to share! Or at least it’s exciting to me …. Continue Reading

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A New Nook: Competition is a Good Thing

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Caethes • 4 Comments

I’m a Kindle girl all the way, but the new Nook that Barnes and Noble launched on the 24th has drawn my interest. It looks like it was built to go head to head with the Kindle, the undisputed leader in the e-reader market. It’s exciting to see the developments in this rather young industry…. Continue Reading

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A Quick Update

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Caethes • 2 Comments

My hand is finally better, *happy dance*! It got pretty bad there for awhile and I had to cut back on my typing to rest it (hence the lack of blog posts). There were two days where my husband insisted I not use it at all . However, the last few days the hand has… Continue Reading

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Fiction Friday: Writing Sex Scenes

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Caethes • 2 Comments

I’m not one for gratuitous sex in novels. I believe that like every other scene in a book, a sex scene should show us something, it should tell us something we didn’t already know. If the sex scene was cut, there should be a gaping hole where it was, otherwise it should be skipped. I… Continue Reading

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Attack of the Terrible Tendonitis: A Cautionary Tale

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Caethes • 4 Comments

I use to be somewhat athletic when I was a kid. I danced, played basketball, ran track. I wasn’t exceptional at any of those, but I was pretty active for a bookworm. When you’re doing physical activities you expect to occasionally deal with injuries. In my dancing days I dealt with twisted and sprained ankles,… Continue Reading

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Carnival of the Indies

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Caethes • 0 Comments

My blog had a little meltdown today. Things are fine now, but it took quite a bit of time to tinker around and get everything fixed. Since I hadn’t planned on spending this much time on my site today, I am going to try and turn lemons into lemonade by not writing a post. Instead,… Continue Reading

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