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scratching your head over Harlequin’s new self-publishing imprint Harlequin Horizons? I admit to a little bit of confusion–okay, make that a lot of confusion–about why they would do such a thing and the more I read, the more puzzled I became.
So, yeah, I went searching for answers and I have to tell you, this thing is all over the Internet. Blogs everywhere are talking about it. I’m surprised it hasn’t become one of the hot topics on Twitter. Of course, since I’ve been busy with the edits on Storm Shadows, I haven’t been paying much attention to Twitter, so it very well could be the “Trending Topics” list.
Anyway, in my search for understanding–okay, okay, my inbred nosiness–I went looking for someone who could make sense of this for me…
and eureka! I found a post on Jackie Kessler’s blog! It’s long but Ms. Kessler breaks the whole sorry mess down for you and doesn’t pull any punches. Believe me, you’re not going to find a better explanation than this one.
Thanks, Ms. Kessler!
Received this on the authors’ loop of one of my publishers and wanted to pass it on:
Xerox is doing something that really touched my heart and I wanted to forward it along to you all. I always try to find a way around this time of year to say “Thank You” to the men and women who serve our country overseas. If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is serving in Iraq . You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them. This takes just 10 seconds and it’s a wonderful way to say thank you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you’s.
Thanks for taking the time to participate!
Here’s hoping everyone will remember our troops this holiday season. Let them know that you’re thinking of them and are grateful for all they do for us! It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s free–thanks Xerox!–so go ahead, click on the link and make someone’s day–in a nice way, of course!
A few months ago I had to buy a new vacuum cleaner because my old one–which I’d had for a long time and dearly loved–died of natural causes. So I bought a Bissell Easy Vac because it was lightweight and if you can believe their hype, easy to use. It worked fine the first few times I used it but since then I’ve found that the Bissell Easy Vac is the most worthless piece of junk I’ve ever owned.
Lightweight, yes. Easy to use, not on your life! Unless you enjoy taking your vacuum cleaner apart and cleaning out the hoses every time you use it. And I do mean every single time. The hoses on this thing clog up at least twice every time I vacuum my house–which is once a week, by the way–and it’s not an easy chore to take the thing apart and clean them.
I should’ve taken it back the first time it happened, but I thought it was a one-time thing and so I gave it another chance. Not to mention I no longer had the box it came in and I wasn’t sure the store would take it back. When it continued to happen, I thought I’d use it only to vacuum my hardwood floors and buy another vacuum cleaner that could handle the carpet in the bedrooms and the area rugs in my living and dining rooms. Problem is, when you use the Bissell Easy Vac to vacuum hardwood floors, all it does is blow the dirt around. Seriously, you can see the pet hair, dust, etc. being spewed all over the floor. Like I said, the most worthless piece of junk I’ve ever owned.
Thinking there was no way the store would take it back, I went on Bissell’s website and emailed them about the problem I was having, hoping they’d do something to help. Another idiotic move. After multiple emails back and forth with their “Consumer Services” department–a joke if I ever heard one. Bissell, it seems, has no interest in servicing their consumers–during which it was implied that I must have a nasty house–how dirty can a house get in a week with only two people and one dog living in it?–and/or I was an idiot–hard to argue with that one because I did buy this useless piece of junk–they told me to take the vacuum to a registered dealer and have it professionally cleaned.
Oh, and by the way, I’d have to pay for the cleaning since that isn’t covered under the warranty. Yeah, that’s not going to happen. I may be an idiot for buying this thing, but I’m not stupid enough to throw good money after bad! And I have to say, a vacuum cleaner that’s only a few months old SHOULD NOT have to be cleaned or serviced, professionally or otherwise…unless of course it’s a piece of worthless junk like the Bissell Easy Vac! I’ve had vacuum cleaners for years and never once had to take them in to a registered dealer to be serviced.
So, here’s the deal, Bissell, I will never purchase another product with your name on it and I will tell everyone who’ll listen that Bissell puts out garbage and the company is not the least bit interested in standing behind their products or trying to keep their customers happy. They’re only interested in taking your money and after they have, they don’t give a flying flip whether the customer is satisfied or not.
Apparently, I’m not the only person who has had trouble with Bissell’s Easy Vac. Sure wish I’d seen that review before I bought!
after a week in Florida visiting my dad. The weather was horrible, cold and rainy thanks to Hurricane Ida, but I enjoyed myself anyway. Of course, that had a lot to do with the fact that my sister was with me and we spent a great deal of time with our dad, listening to stories about my great aunt Bessie.
Also, we worked on the outline, timeline, and plotline–that’s a lot of lines!–of Whistling Woman, the book we’re writing together about our aunt Bessie’s fascinating life. We’re hoping the stories we grew up hearing and the ones we still love to listen to today will live on through the book. There are so many stories that we’re talking about doing a sequel which will deal with the second part of her life, after she met and married Uncle Fletcher, moved with him from Hot Springs, North Carolina to the Black Moutain/Old Fort area, purchased 400 acres of the old Zachariah Solomon plantation, where she lived for the rest of her life while teaching for almost 40 years in several one-room schools in the area.
But that’s for the future, right now, we’re about a third of the way through the manuscript of Whistling Woman so we decided to start a blog. We’ve just gotten the bare basics up but I hope we’ll be able to get it going soon and I’ll be sure to post it here when it goes live. Hope to see ya’ll there!
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