kate rothwell

Hooo boy. Some great marketing types put up a Make Your Own Ad at the GM site. Maybe GM doesn't mind the way people are using the Make Your Own to create little videos like this. and this. or this. and this. and for the romantic? It friggin loves you. Heck, thanks to lots of people emailing this around, GM's getting lots of traffic and that's what counts, right? See if you can do worse or better. Email me the results! updated to include one of the funniest ads ever. Nothing to do with GM though. Big Ad for beer.

Thirteen things I've taken from my dog's mouth 1. A penguin missing a face and flipper and foot. 2. The last bit of a kid sculpture. 3. Her leash. 4. A book 5. A dish towel 6 Doesn't look impressive untill you see that all of those gloves are left handed. The right handed ones are Gone. We have a corresponding bag of orphaned rights. No one wears matched gloves around here. 7. The remains of a plastic flower pot. 8. The top to my water bottle. I suspect the bottom is out back somewhere 9. A stick. She brought it inside so she could have company while she chews it to bits. 10. A stuffed toy. A donut, I believe. 11. Part of a sandcastle kit. It came with a shovel which is long gone into little bits. 12. A yogurt carton. I gave it to her, so I'm not sure it counts 13. A milk carton. I thought it would take a while to find 13 chewed things because most of her victims end up tossed in the garbage. Took me less than five minutes to gather these. Links to other Thursday Thi...

My mother was slipping, heading downhill fast mentally. She had some sort of scan done (I really can't remember if it was brain or vessels or what) and we went to talk to the specialist who'd done it. He was in his seventies and my mother loved the fact he wasn't young enough to be her son. She was sick of baby-faced doctors. He pulled out the report to read us the results. I could read the paper upside-down and saw that the name at the top of the paper was not Rothwell but something long and Germanic, I'll say Medizinischesverzögert. "That's not my mother's name." I pointed at the paper. "Here are the results I have for her," the guy said. "Medizinischesverzögert is not my name," my mother said. "Is it the scan doctor's name maybe?" I asked. The doctor wasn't paying attention to us; he was flipping through the notes. "The name of the doctor who did the scan?" I said again. He leafed back to the first pag...

Dear ________, I just sold a story to another publisher and the reason I'm letting you know is because you guys: a. Saved my tuchus by sending the story back to me when my computer blew up. b. Gave me great suggestions for changes. I was just going to let the subject drop, but I felt like I owed you some kind of heads-up. (If only so you'd know which author's portrait to make into this week's dart-board portrait). Thanks you again for your time, patience and everything else, Kate Rothwell/Summer Devon I didn't add that the reasons I'm going with pub#1 are strictly non-personality based--which is always lovely. Personality issues floating around this kind of decision make the process yuck-city. Here's why pub#1: 1. The book will eventually go to print and be in bookstores (oh, but it turns out pub#2's books do too. oh well) 2. They pay an advance (#2 doesn't). 3. I've already published with them. I think I've probably said good-bye to my chan...

basic summary of an email exchange just now Samhain editor: I have a strange question--did you submit a book to me? me: The one with the references to Bewitched? Kind of weird? SE: I'll buy it. me: Are you sure? Have you read it? SE: Sure I read it. I'll buy it. It's the shape-shifting rat book erotica--by Summer, naturally, since anything by Kate goes via the agent and is mainstream And makes big bucks**, dang it. Here's the Dear Abby situation though: I'd submitted it to another epublisher who pointed out all sorts of things that were wrong with it. I fixed a few of the problems (not all, because I wasn't sure what some of the comments meant). I appreciate epublisher two's time and useful suggestions. Do I tell them that um, never mind, I sold it to someone else? So dang many ebooks a week come out, chances are epub two won't notice the book and I bet it could slide through without notice. But I don't want to be slimy...well any slimier than I alr...

I'm sick of writing books publishers don't buy... It's been a while, so maybe it's time for a "Not Fooling Them Any More Day " So why bother posting, you ask? .... .... .... .... wait a bit, I'll find an answer. ... ... ... hmmmm. No. Not yet. .... ... ... Well, there is the question about pseudonyms. I mean people seem to resent them. I use one to keep my writing styles separate and so that my kids can pretend they don't know an erotica writer. But is it worth a whole post? Nope. A recipe instead. My favorite scones (mostly from Epicurious.com ) way, way rich, so don't make it when you're alone. (they freeze okay though--cooked, I mean) 400 degree oven. 2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar plus 3 tablespoons additional if using fresh cranberries 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits 1 1/4 cups fresh cranberries, chopped coarse, or...

Maili discovered the best online toy for anyone interested in 19th century London . The best, ever, ever. Oh lordy, it's fun. I thought playing with regular addresses on google earth was a gas. Serious Saturday night excitement here, yessirreebob, but time to wind down. I have to go read Hank the Cowdog aloud which will mean I'll speak with a horrendous southern accent for the next few hours. Yeehaw lil dawgies.