Hey guys, Rose here. This entry was months in the making, argh. I originally had this set for a date at the end of January, but as you can see: it’s nearly the end of May. After weathering many delays and technical problems, I finally uploaded a new tutorial in my Getting Started with Liquid … Continue reading »
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A Followup to My Soapbox Saturday Post
I’m in one of those moods as a start to my week, but note that being in such a mood doesn’t remove my ability to try to bring a constructive offering to an ongoing dialogue about what I observe and how it pertains to things I’m passionate about. I usually don’t write follow-ups to my … Continue reading »
Soapbox Saturday – The Curious Case of Honesty in Writing
Hi all, Rose here. This is probably the longest entry aside from my reviews I’ve penned in a while. To make a few precursory updates before delving into today’s topic, I’ve updated my LSBXE Tutorials tab to reflect the new tutorials up on my Youtube channel. Individual entries on the blog for those will go … Continue reading »
Maintenance Update
Hey guys, Rose here. Just a few notes, I’m going to be making a few categorical changes to the site between today – I’m adding headings to separate some of my reviews, so you’ll be able to sort by Children’s, Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, Adult and Mature (the latter will be dedicated to … Continue reading »
Soapbox Saturday #4: To Ruin or Not to Ruin A Career – Reflections of Social Media Interaction, Lies, and “Bullying”
Hey guys, Rose here and I promised that my theme days would start back in the New Year, I just wasn’t sure when that would be given a crazy schedule and adjusting to the first few weeks of 2013. I’m happy to say that I’ve found a flow and I hope everyone’s had a new … Continue reading »
Rose’s Favorite Reads of 2012: Part 2 – Book Superlatives
Nota Bene: This is a LONG and graphic heavy post, so be forewarned. Hey guys, I’m here again for the second part of my Favorite Reads of 2012, this time showcasing some books under some very interesting superlative titles. If you missed the first part of my favorite reads, you can find that post here. … Continue reading »
Rose’s Favorite Reads of 2012 – Part 1: My Favorite Reads and Honorable Mentions for 2012
Forewarning: this is a LONG post, and only part 1 of 2 posts. Hey guys, Rose here with another post kind of piggybacking off the last announcement post. I figure this is probably the perfect time to do a bit of a “year-end” post featuring some of my favorite reads from the past year. The … Continue reading »
Season’s Greetings and a Few Announcements
Hi guys, Rose here with an update after quite a bit of reviewing. It’s hard to believe that 2012 is almost over and the new year is just around the corner. It’s been an amazing year, and I really have to thank you guys – followers, friends, fellow reviewers, readers – among others, for your … Continue reading »
Getting Back to the Business of Writing: Day 2: Discovering Place
Greetings fellow readers and writers a bit after the Labor Day holiday (and I hope that those of you who celebrated it had a restful one.) For my experiences in the day – it took a bit for me to settle down from events – my day began mid-morning, and I cooked for the holiday … Continue reading »
Getting Back to the Business of Writing – Day 1: Establishing Place
Hi all, It’s been a while since I’ve done a personal “Writing” post, probably because I’ve been so busy with life in general and trying to establish the course of things that I haven’t had the chance to provide an update. When I haven’t been working on other things in my life, I’ve been reading … Continue reading »
An Open Letter to Emily Giffin
N.B.: The following post is a response to recent events involving Emily Giffin, NYT Bestselling Author of “Something Borrowed” and “Something Blue”, as well as several other chick-lit romances in her bibliography. To summarize some of what happened – Giffin’s husband took to Amazon over a one-star review of her recent release “Where We Belong” … Continue reading »
Soapbox Saturday #3: Critique, Social Media Interaction, and Bullying: A Reflection
Hi all! Rose here again with a Soapbox Saturday entry that, well – okay fine. I think you guys know what I’m going to write about if you’ve been around the Goodreads community lately. Now before you say, “Oh <insert expletive of choice here>, something happened on Goodreads again?!” – I want to make a … Continue reading »
Site Undergoing Maintenance
Hi all, this is just a brief update saying that the site will be undergoing major maintenance between July 1st and July 2nd. You may see some entries disappear, reappear, some of the site layout changing, etc. I’ve needed to update the tags among other things for a while now, but just hadn’t had the … Continue reading »
Soapbox Saturday #2: Respect and Netiquette (and what it means to have a thick skin)
I think some of you might already know what this post is going to be about, probably not because of the title on its own, but probably because of events that happened in the past week or so if you’ve been around the Goodreads community or happened upon a rather scathing blog post made by … Continue reading »
ARC Giveaway of “Always Upbeat/All That” by Stephanie Perry Moore and Derrick Moore
Hi all, as a part of Smith Publicity/Saddleback’s blog tour promoting the upcoming release of “Always Upbeat/All That”, I’m giving away an ARC copy of the book. It’s my first official ARC giveaway on the blog. Yay! *does a small happy dance* You can find my review of the book here if you’re interested. Here … Continue reading »
