Song playing right now on my playlist: “Walk Like an Egyptian,” by Bangles
NEWS: I’m heading to the RWA Conference on Tuesday, so there will be no Six Sunday tomorrow, or Monday Hunk, or Grab Bag. I don’t expect to resume normal blogging until August 1. I hope to do some sort of live blogging of the conference, but not sure how that will pan out, so we’ll see!
Writing and the Writing Life:
- MANDATORY (seriously!)–>From Roni Loren, Bloggers Beware: You CAN Get Sued For Using Pics on Your Blog – My Story. This post scared the bejeezus out of me. I immediately took down all my Monday Hunk Who Reads yesterday. The most popular, Dan Stevens, I was able to repost after taking out one photo I’m waiting permission for, linking to another, and receiving permission from the photographer for the other. I will work my way through the rest of the posts, but this will mean that the format will change from here on out, AND it might mean, since I have to add the wait time for permission, that I will change the frequency to the first Monday of the month. We’ll see…
- Anne R. Allen: Social Media vs. a New York Times Book Review Cover: Which Sells More Books?
- Roni Loren on Figuring Out Where Your Pacing Went Wrong
Romance Writing
- Sony Pictures bringing Outlander to TV. The director will be non other than Ron Moore, the man behind Battlestar Galactica and the Star Trek reboot. Will this mean there will be a renewed interest in time travel romances, me hopes? Big question is, who will play Jamie?
- Going to RWA and want to pitch to Entangled? Now you can!
- Editor Angela James: The 3 most important things to know about #rwa12 (or any conference)
- Jenny Hansen, RWA12 Conference: Eating “On The Cheap” + 5 Helpful Tips
- Jami Gold with The Ultimate #RWA12 Conference Packing List
- If you’re not following The Romance Man, you should be! His blog posts give me a good chuckle every damn time.
Browncoats:
- Gotta love Captain Tightpants. Here’s how he handled running into fans if he was directly on his way to a panel at SDCC: Nathan Fillion’s Comic-Con Business Card Proves That He Is Just The Sweetest And Classiest Geek Star
- And how’s this for a good chuckle? Zachary Levi, star of Chuck, during his NerdHQ panel, offered a kiss on the cheek for charity for $100. A fan donated $1000, so he gives her a huge kiss. Watch what happens next:
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In Geekdom:
- And I’ll leave you with this (h/t The Nerdist):
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Have a fabulous time at RWA!! I’m going to miss you Sunday for sure, but I’m looking forward to your report when you return. The Outlander news is pretty awesome, if possible I just fell for Nathan more and Zach, awwww
For a dance performance I’d say break a leg, what do you say to a writer? Whatever it is I say it to you, Angela. Have a blast.
Thanks Sidney!!
That Outlander news is about the greatest news I have heard ALL year! I can’t wait! Going to check the link out now:) Also, I’m a new follower. Hi:)
If you can’t continue the Monday Hunk Who Reads, I will miss it! But I understand your concerns.
LOL! I’d heard about the charity kiss, but hadn’t seen the video. Too funny!
Yes, that’s too bad about the Monday Hunk posts, but I understand your concern. I don’t want to have to shut down my Pinterest. 🙁
Ack! I’m getting so excited and stressed and nervous about RWA. I’m so glad we’ll be there together. 🙂
And thanks for the link!
Am strangely not nervous yet, but am excited! I think it’s just too big and my mind’s shunted off my nerves from overload or something. Almost done incorporating your Beta notes to MLB! woohoo! I have one agent researched, need to do the others. Laundry just finished, and I need to iron and pack. and do my nails. Okay, now I’m starting to freak.
Angela, that is WONDERFUL that you’re going to the conference! Squeeeee!!!
I hope to see you at either the RWA-WF mini conference (the one I’m going to) or in the bar when I’m shuttling Kristen Lamb back and forth. If you tweet me, and you’re in a public area, I’ll find you. 🙂
Thanks for the link to the Eating on the Cheap post at WITS. That’s always and important thing for people after they spend so much money to go.
I’ll tweet you! I’m so excited to finally meet everyone!
Angela, I it’s taken me all weekend to get her, I’m glad I did. Hope to see you at in Anaheim.
Thanks for stopping by, glad you found it helpful! I hope to run into you too! I’ll try to DM you…
It’s funny b/c as soon as I came to your site, before I read your new post, I was like, “She has a new look and where are all her Monday Hunks??!!” Too bad about that . . . I also read the photo post. Seems like it’s working its way around the blogosphere, which is a very good thing. I’d seen the Star Wars Call Me Maybe last Monday and immediately thought this would be in your grab bag, lol! And now I for sure love Nathan even more–what a classy guy! Good luck & have a blast at Nat’l!!!!
OMG, that’s so funny about the Star Wars thing, you know me too well, LOL! And the Monday Hunks will be back–SLOWLY. Dan Stevens is back up and as I get permission for the rest they’ll reappear. It’s just a temporary pull…
And, yup, Fillion is a class act….
Oooh –Outlander to TV. Exciting!
Have fund at the RWA, Angela. 🙂
Angela, looking forward to hearing how the con went.
I’ve seen references to Roni Loren’s blog post elsewhere and finally decided to read it when I saw it here. Yeah, that is scary, but totally understandable once it’s explained. If some Ultimate Internet Authority would just tell us this stuff in the beginning, innocent mistakes wouldn’t happen. LOL! Just goes to show that we need to be aware and considerate of others’ work.