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Month: January 2010

Hello Deer

This photo was taken at the Rocky Mountain National Park. As you can see, the elk is wearing a tracking device. We saw quite a few elk during our travels. To see more photographs of animals visit Camera Critters.

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Rock ‘n Roll, Baby!

During our recent trip to Wellington, we decided we’d like to catch the Interislander ferry across the Cook Strait to Picton. We wanted to see a few of the sights instead of hanging around the city for the entire weekend. The weather wasn’t too good with lots of wind...

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Great Things About Being Single

I've been reading non-fiction books about relationships again as a form of research. Without fail I come across interesting tidbits and germs of ideas for stories. Yesterday I was reading Hot Love - How To Get It by Tracey Cox, and she had an amusing list of some of...

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Pros and Cons of Writing for Different Publishers (part two)

This is part two about the pros and cons of writing for different publishers. Part one appeared yesterday. Pros and Cons of Writing for Different Publishers (part two) by Brenna Lyons Choosing your publishers: Risk Management? Splitting your investments- This is...

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Pros and Cons of Writing for Different Publishers (part one)

I'm a member of the Marketing for Romance Writers loop. There's a wealth of knowledge available in this group, mainly promo and marketing advice but there are also discussions about other writing related things such as publishers. Late last year the subject of writing...

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Road Trip: Auckland to Wellington

I haven’t done the trip from Auckland to Wellington for a long time. Yep, I was excited about the prospect of a trip South. We picked up the van we had to drive to Wellington the night before. It’s a little van with vinyl seats and not much leg room. Mr. Munro...

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Easy Fishing

This photo was taken at the Goat Island Marine Reserve in New Zealand. The water is clear and the area pristine and full of fish. I took this photo of blue mau-mau from the rocks. People snorkle and dive here, but as you can see it's easy to see fish without getting...

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Playing the Odds

Author Adrienne Kress has an interesting post called It's Not About the Odds. She talks about the luck required in getting a publishing contract and how you can slant those odds in your favor by doing a great query letter. Rebecca at Dirty Sexy Books has a tongue in...

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Things With Bite

During a recent evening walk, hubby and I were talking about bed bugs, which then led to other things that bite. Thirteen Things That Bite 1. Bed bugs 2. Fleas 3. Sandflies 4. Spiders 5. Snakes 6. Mosquitoes 7. Scorpions 8. Leeches 9. Ticks 10. Cats and Dogs 11. Sea...

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