What I'm tweeting about - SHILOH WALKER

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22:02 What I’m tweeting about: wp.me/p2E96-YL #
22:53 @shannonstacey eh, I’ve TRIED reading on the ipod touch, but the screen is too small. Annoys me. :o| #
22:54 @MichellePillow I frequently color my hair just out of boredom. :OP I need to streak red or blonde or something. #
22:55 @CandaceHavens ya know… @YasmineGalenorn kind of overordered a bunch of gluten free cookies. #
22:55 @meljean just plugging away, huh? My best smexy scene typo? He lipped her laps. O_O #
22:56 had the best BBQ chicken pizza for dinner. only complaint? there was none left. #
23:07 Well, they could call themselves hostile, man-eating invaders,but it lacks the warm fuzzies of Visitors/Vs. 😉 @JackieKessler @CheekyReads #
23:13 @MichellePillow I don’t cut to cure boredom…I color because color is instant, but i refuse to cut my hair. would end up bald #
23:14 @MichellePillow For some odd reason, when I need to do some hair-thing boredom relief? It’s at night or weekends when my salon is closed #
23:20 @MichellePillow the one time I tried? I chopped. Hacked. Was so damn short it couldn’t go in a ponytail. HATED it. #
23:24 @JackieKessler 😉 I #
23:25 I’m heading to bed. Hoping headache will be gone when I wake up. Sigh. I need new glasses. No… I need lasix. #
08:13 @YasmineGalenorn Egads…can you manage the stomach ache? #
08:19 30 days of giveaways # 12 wp.me/p2E96-Vo #
08:32 Now that is just SO wrong. RT @thebookmaven: Reprehensible. >> Literary agent stole @lileks royalities bit.ly/2KcBJt (via @sarahw) #
08:33 Day 13 of the 30 Day Giveaway… shilohwalker.wordpress.com #
10:54 Oh, I’m such a lucky little duck. I just had a complete and total stranger leave me the sum of $30,100,000.00 . (hate email scams) #
10:54 @avidbookreader oh, i think the special effects look awesome. #
11:14 @ann_aguirre Wondering if it’s what has me all scowly this morning. #
11:21 @patricemichelle I’m writing up a letter, too. I’m utterly disgusted. #
11:45 I wrote my letter to my region director and the prez of RWA. This damn thing leaves me feeling more than a little nauseated. 🙁 #
11:47 @jane_l from what I’ve seen, many PODs/Vanity presses ‘offer’ editing, but a lot of the time, it’s sentence structure/typos. #
11:48 @jane_l PODs/Vanities rarely do much of anything to address the story. #
11:48 @BarbHicks biz crap. #
11:49 @katiebabs depends. 4 a while I think it can be -until you go so many years without making a profit. then the IRS views it as a hobby #
11:50 @jane_l Personally, that H on the logo looks a lot like a harlequin logo and to me that’s identiable. but I do see where you’re coming from #
12:32 @ann_aguirre has an awesome post up about the mess with HH. bit.ly/49zOBU #
12:48 @jackiebarbosa Agreed. “difference between referral to several sources & funneling to ONE. Harlequin’s rejections will now be “funneling.” #
13:30 @zumayabooks I disagree. It’s funneling to the company that is HH-one company. one source. #
13:30 @BarbHicks it’s actually complicated, disheartening and disenchanting biz crap #
13:43 I’m over at the Good The Bad The Unread today… bit.ly/1cLXuZ #
14:50 @jackiebarbosa Geez, if they’d just called it HORIZONS, I’d have no issues. @jane_l #
14:52 @VictoriaDahl there is no way I could write with those things staring up at me… #
14:53 @jane_l for me, that is a lot of it. Whether they admit it or not, they ARE putting their name on it.@jackiebarbosa #
14:53 @jane_l Another thing I don’t like though is how they are going include notes w/ rejected MS. That leaves a very bad taste in my mouth #
14:54 @jane_l It’s also how much they are charging. It’s the whole mess with ‘net’ not ‘gross. It’s a lot of things. #
14:54 RT @jackiebarbosa: Agents/editors who do things like this are considered disreputable. It’s not OK because it’s Harlequin doing it. @jane_l #
14:55 @jackiebarbosa Yes. Absolutely YES. #
14:55 @jane_l it’s things like charging $20k for a ‘Hollywood’ trailer, when you could get one for $5k elsewhere. #
14:57 @jane_l things like offering ‘exclusive’ ads in RT for $1000 when I can get the same thing for $675. nothing ‘exclusive’ abt that deal #
14:57 @VictoriaDahl But they would be watching me. Staring up my nightshirt… which would traumatize them into killing me while i sleep, BTW #
15:00 @jane_l It’s not a matter of the educated using them… it’s a matter of the uneducated and very hopeful. 🙁 #
15:00 @jane_l It’s just so many things, I guess. #
15:01 @NadiaLee we’ll have to wait and see. I do know that many are very actively discussing it in groups/emails. #
15:03 @jane_l I dislike it when anybody gets taken for a ride. That’s just me. #
15:04 @katiebabs you’re going to edit for me, cook and clean? what about laundry? telephones? #
15:07 @ann_aguirre you, on the other hand, are completely cool. #
15:07 @ann_aguirre just saying. #
15:08 @McVane but not everybody DOES know that. I realize that isn’t HQ’s responsibility. I do. #
15:09 @McVane but I also know what it’s like to get that rejection letter and wonder, What if it never happens? Many will see this as the answer #
15:09 @McVane INSTEAD of spending time to perfect/learn/etc. #
15:11 @jane_l I would research, too. There is NO replacement for doing your homework. I agree completely. I research over $150 @McVane #
15:14 @McVane Again, you’re not wrong. This may well be brilliant… for HARLEQUIN… as a company. But not for their authors. Not for readers. #
15:15 Okay, I need to disconnect from this for a while. Sigh. #
15:17 @KateRothwell yeah, that romance sells bit was just outright, blatant WRONG. It’s no secret that Romance Sells is for RWA authors, right? #
15:17 @McVane I would have respected them a lot more for it. I see this as taking advantage of people who want to make a dream come true #
15:18 @McVane and that kinda bites. #
15:18 seriously. stepping back now. #
15:50 that is cute. RT @Kristen_Painter: @ann_aguirre The Critter Clinic #
15:51 It’s official. I will get NOTHING done today on the book. Head isn’t even remotely geared to writing. #
15:55 @bamgalace Title it cluck and…uh… never mind. #
16:02 @DeniseAAgnew I just can’t focus. #
16:04 RT @redwyne: New blog post: EXCERPT: Hunter’s Need by Shiloh Walker bit.ly/gNyHy #
16:11 @mark_henry Oh, holy hell. that just about made me choke laughing. I think I needed that. @HeatherOsborn #
16:14 @redrobinreader hontestly, I don’t know. But my issues aren’;t about savory/unsavory. #
16:15 @redrobinreader but I’m not going to list all my issues again… I’m finally clearing my head…some, and don’t wanna cloud it again. #
16:28 @redrobinreader I do see some of it as predatory though.. rejecting a book only to include a referral to their vanity/POD arm? #
16:29 @redrobinreader not to mention the prices of all those ‘extras’. #
16:37 @redrobinreader here’s another thing I don’t like… they have prices listed that are…ugh… i dunno what to call it. #
16:37 @redrobinreader a trailer that you can get @ Circle of Seven Productions for $2k, they charge $4800. #
16:39 @redrobinreader Well, when i’d first started out with EC… I DIDN’T spend anything. #
16:40 @redrobinreader Do I spend money now? Yes…although sometimes I think the biggest benefit is for the sake of taxes. #
16:42 @redrobinreader Of course, they HOPE to. But since most POD books sell less than 100 copies? That hope is almsot nonexistant #
16:44 @redrobinreader Over at @ann_aguirre ‘s blog, she lists a lot of the things I take issue with. bit.ly/49zOBU #
16:44 @redrobinreader the bit about “a hardcover book shows you’re serious?” that’s a crock, and it’s actually kind of insulting, to me. #
16:45 @redrobinreader oh, it’s certainly changing. I know that. But this isn’t a change that will help anybody but Harlequin. #
16:46 @redrobinreader plus, it’s also sending out a message that ‘anybody’ can get pubbed. and they can. if they pay. #
16:46 @redrobinreader that’s not the way to inspire an aspiring author to improve their craft. #
16:46 @YasmineGalenorn so how many have you eaten…. #
16:49 @redrobinreader No easy answer. Yes, I want pubs to be able to make money. But doing it thru rejecting/funneling to a vanity press? #
16:49 @redrobinreader Just getting a rejection is how writers learn, though. If they see an out…???? #
16:51 @McVane Of course it is. I’m not saying it’s NOT. #
16:52 @redrobinreader I also dislike the charging $20k for a trailer you can get for $5k elsewhere. #
16:53 @redrobinreader I dislike how they claim HH won’t be ‘branded’ Harlequin, but if you go here, bit.ly/3RKUl9, every page links to HH #
16:54 @rebyj :o| #
16:56 Another thing that kind of irritates me about HH. HH gets the ‘harlequin’ brand… Harlequin Horizons. Why doesn’t Carina Press? #
16:57 @redrobinreader brand dilution. And it WILL happen. How much? I don’t know. But that’s one. #
16:57 @redrobinreader all the authors who busted their tails to get pubbed with H/S? That means something. But now ‘anybody’ can buy it. #
16:57 @redrobinreader that’s another. #
16:58 @redrobinreader another? It’s gone now but they WERE offering something to their authors they had no right to offer. #
16:58 @redrobinreader they were offering adveritisng thru Romance Sells which is for RWA members, not just anybody. #
17:00 @redrobinreader I’d be happier if they weren’t branding as HH. Just Horizons. That would help some…for me. #
17:01 @McVane that’s a whole different can of worms for me, though. Too many people still see epubbed as the same as vanity/selfpubbed. #
17:01 @redwyne tttthpppptttt #
17:01 @CarolynCrane I don’t think so… yes, i vaguely remember red dress. vaguely…. #
17:03 Harlequin is no longer an RWA eligible pub. #
17:05 @redrobinreader depends… if somebody sees several crap books and assume it’s Harlequin, will they stop buying/trying as many Harl. books? #
17:05 @JackieKessler according the4 website… all. Are you an RWA member? It’s in the breaking news section #
17:06 @laurendane go look at the breaking news section. I imagine we’ll get an alert here shortly #
17:08 @McVane Oh, I do…. trust me. Believe me, I do. #
17:09 @PickledCupid smurf bondage. oh, that is so wrong. sooo sooo wrong #
17:16 @marjoriemliu Yep. It’s on the site. Haven’t gotten my alert yet, but it’s on the site. #
17:17 RT @ann_aguirre: WTG, Michelle Monkou! She’s got stones & I <3 her for it. #
17:19 Ditto RT @YasmineGalenorn: What she said. SUCKS 4 true HQN writers RT @moirarogersbree: I’m very sad 4 those of you this is gonna impact. #
17:20 @nightsmusic I got the one about Romance Sells earlier, but not this one. #
17:22 @shannonstacey probably because Xlibris isn’t called Random House Xlibris… I’d assume. I don’t know #
17:22 @nightsmusic That was about the Romance Sells alert, I *think* #
17:25 @DeidreKnight it’s on the site…. Harlequin is no longer an eligible publisher. #
17:25 @nightsmusic it’s been a confusing day. very confusing. #
17:30 @McVane I disagree. I think RWA did the right thing. Their guidelines specify ‘eligible’ pubs cannot be vanity or self pubbed. #
17:30 @McVane unless they wanted to look like hypocrites, they had no choice. RWA advocates for the authors and that was what led to this. #
17:33 @McVane I can’t even begin to think about what all led to it. But Harlequin put their name on a self-pub venture. #
17:37 YES. RT @helenkaydimon: @McVane Name, promises, costs charged, recruiting thru rejection letters – do all of that as a separate company. #
17:41 I emailed RWA prez and my region director for the second time. Very proud of RWA right now. VERY proud. #
17:52 OK somebody earlier, might have been at the SB blog, posted a link to a site defining differences between vanity/self pub. Ring any bells??? #
17:55 @McVane try this… dunno though. I’m not all up on self pub, vanity pub bit.ly/WR7MH @RRRJessica #
17:56 RT @LauraKinsale: RT @ann_aguirre: I’ll post the text on blog 4 nonmbrs. THIS is ime to join. They’re standing up 4 us. bit.ly/4dhlxP #
17:56 @meljean is your head exploding yet? #
17:57 @meljean all of lot of info/discourse/commentary…. O_O #
18:13 Thank you, RWA: wp.me/p2E96-YN #
18:13 @RRRJessica you’re welcome. #
18:15 @meljean I got NO writing done today. NONE. couldn’t even think to try. #
18:15 RT @dpeterfreund: I didn’t get much done today re: synopsis, but I was very opinionated online about Harlequin and blank page heroines! #
18:17 @redrobinreader I think it was because Carina was very careful not to ‘brand’ itself as harlequin. HH? Not so much.@jackiebarbosa #
18:18 @McVane well, i bet you look really really good for 128…. #
18:18 @SarahFrantz Harlequin opened a self-pub/vanity press arm and they are no longer RWA eligible. How is that? #
18:21 @redrobinreader If it had been called Harl. Carina or something like that, yeah. but just Carina Press? harlequin horizons def. harl brand #
18:29 @redrobinreader Now, I’m not saying that Harl. shouldn’t advertise CP. I’d be all up for them openly have relationship with CP. #
18:30 @redrobinreader but I am curious WHY they didn’t do it with CP, yet did do it with HH. Very curious. Unless it was a feeler. #
18:34 If I understand right, this year’s entrants aren’t affected. Goes by rules at time of contest opening @SuperWendy @laurendane #
18:35 @RRRJessica RWA has it on their website and sent out alert ot members #
18:35 @redrobinreader I can’t say I disagree. I think RWA needs to revamp how they view epubs. #
18:38 @carlyphillips 🙁 #
18:40 @SuperWendy awesome blog post. #
18:41 @carlyphillips I hate how it will affect H/S authors. A lot. But I also feel RWA did the right thing. 🙂 #
18:42 @RRRJessica ‘eligible’ pubs get to attend the National con, host booksignings, workshops, editor appts. H/S is no longer ‘eligible’. #
18:43 @RRRJessica they can attend, but they can’t have editor appts, they can’t promo it thru RWA channels. No workshops. #
18:44 @laurendane just what I’ve gathered from Courtney M’s posts, but I could be interpreting wrong. #
18:44 @jackiebarbosa plus, the ‘write for us’ section on eharlequin? every page links to HH. @redrobinreader #
18:51 @redrobinreader but RWA’s guidelines specify that vanity/selfpubbed presses can’t be made ‘eligible’. H/S no longer fits that. #
18:52 Awesome post. RT @SuperWendy: New Blog Post: Little Miss Crabby Pants Talks Harlequin Horizons bit.ly/HdMMK #
18:52 @RRRJessica it’s been a mind boggling one that’s for sure. #
18:53 @jackiebarbosa Per @SuperWendy and @redwyne … *G* HH is Harl. Hist. We need a new shorter nickname for H. Horizons. HZ? HHO??? #
18:54 @redrobinreader but RH doesn’t brand Xlibiris with their name. H. Hor. did. #
18:58 how about HHz …. ???? @SuperWendy @McVane @KateRothwell @jackiebarbosa #
19:00 @redrobinreader I don’t think i can answer that any more than i already have. :o| I know RH’s parent compnay own huge share in Xlibris. #
19:00 @redrobinreader but I don’t think X Libris is marketed as a RH arm. HHz is marketed as a Harl arm. #
19:01 I’m doing HHz. Just because. ;o) Much easier than spelling out. @McVane @SuperWendy @limecello #
19:02 @redrobinreader I don’t see it as hiding it, though. They don’t operate under the same guidelines, they aren’t branded the same. #
19:02 @redrobinreader X Libris is pretty clear they are about self pubbed. HHz seems to be reaching out to the very authors they’ll reject. #
19:03 @redrobinreader thru their site, thru the rejection notes, etc. #
19:05 @redrobinreader i think we’re just going to have to agree to disagree on that. HHz is using their brand to sell their product. #
19:05 @redrobinreader Xlibris doesn’t. #
19:06 @redrobinreader yes, I know… but X Libris isn’t marketed as RH product. #
19:09 @mandymroth oh yuck #
19:10 @mandymroth eek. choke. puke. No. No no no no no no…. bleh. #
19:12 @nightsmusic Possibly. They try to claim they aren’t branding, but it’s clear they did. that’s one of the things that bothered me #
19:13 @redwyne I like HHz better. :OP Because I came up with it. I think. @McVane @limecello @SuperWendy @redwyne #
19:16 @mandymroth you know, the few times I’ve complained abt something like that, nobody ever ONCE had the nerve to try the discount line #
19:17 @mandymroth they just take it off. Of course, the DH says I get a mean look on my face in those times. #
19:20 @jayewells well, now I just have to decide if I’m a naturally annoying person or not…. LOL. Like the flow chart, is funny #
19:21 @redrobinreader I’m condeming Harl for using their BRAND to sell this new product. For the overpricing. For the funneling. #
19:22 @redrobinreader if other pubs do the same- use their name/brand, the overpricing (and I mean hella huge overpricing), funneling, etc (cont) #
19:22 @redrobinreader then I’ll cry foul. It’s not JUST because they opened a vanity press, not for me. #
19:23 @redrobinreader it’s how they are doing it-using their brand to sell the way overpriced product, the funneling, etc… O_O #
19:25 Ok, take pity. I use tweetdeck and can’t figure out what people are talking about with this RT button… is it thru the twitter site? #
19:27 And never mind… I found it. I’m now a beta whatever for the RT. Meh. Don’t care. prefer tweetdeck’s way anyway #
19:28 @jayewells I don’t believe in magical underpants. So i think that’s a good thing. right? #
19:32 ok, tried the new RT thing… I’ll still to tweetdeck for RTs… o_O #
19:34 I’ve gone & picked up a slew of new followers…howdy. I don’t autofollow but do read all @ replies. And I’m often very annoying or boring. #
19:35 @jayewells well, if I’m naturally annoying, I should be Jehovah’s witness. If I’m not, I’m a boring, generic Christian. I’m good with that. #
19:35 @jayewells the hummus thing threw me, though. #
19:38 @nightsmusic Oh trust me… I’m OFTEN annoying. TRUST me…. #
19:39 @jayewells the hummus thing threw me. Never tried hummus. Not sure I wanna. Kept thinking… hummus??? #
19:43 @jayewells ground up chick peas. so what’s it taste like??? #
19:43 @nightsmusic Oh, I’m often delusional, too. #
19:43 @EditMeThis LOL. #
19:44 @McVane you made me curious. bit.ly/j2lCu #
19:47 @jayewells oooohhhh… now that sounds good. Might try that. #
19:48 @mandymroth I would have laughed my butt off if they tried to get me to pay for food with HAIR in it. #
19:48 @JackieKessler you just got 3 new contracts?? #
19:49 @mandymroth a dog. *G* #
19:51 @JackieKessler ooooohhhhh…. okay. Still 3 contracts… AWESOME. #
19:52 @mandymroth well, mine might pee, but they also bark #
19:57 @JackieKessler Oh I LOVE the mammoth anths. I just did my second story, and probably doing a third shortly-checking on 1 thing b4 i commit #
19:58 Dear @limecello Are you the one who was drooling over my strawberry wine? #
19:59 @JackieKessler DM’d you… *G* lets find out. #
20:02 @VictoriaDahl I’m not a H/S author, either, but prestige doesn’t play into it for me, either. @katiebabs @jane_l #
20:08 @redrobinreader I can tell you the extras are way overprized. WAY. For an ad in RT, they’d likely be making a $1300 profit. #
20:09 @redrobinreader plus (and I already mentioned this) but they offer ‘hollywood’ trailer 4 $20k. You can get one w/comparable dist. for $5k #
20:09 @ca_bookwyrm is yummy #
20:10 @limecello *G* Well, you could come to Lou, Ky for a signing. Winery not far from here. #
20:11 @redrobinreader of course they should. but their pricing is NOT in line, IMO. yet another flaw I see #
20:13 @redrobinreader That’s not just premium. That’s serious overkill. Beyond serious. for $20k, I’d want a NYT guarantee, a movie guarantee. #
20:14 @jane_l self pub IS profitable. for the publ. not the author. Which is yet another reason I dislike it. #
20:15 @jackiebarbosa of course authors care. Hell, we were all aspiring once. I don’t want to see anybody get jerked around @redrobinreader #
20:16 @limecello 12/1 and 12/4. 😉 A case would be worth it IMO. I’d drive five hours for a case. #
20:16 @jane_l but true self publishing involves very little distribution and chancy quality. Not worth it, not to me as a writer or a reader #
20:18 @redrobinreader I don’t know. The way some voice it? Yeah. but just caring about people getting hosed? No. @jackiebarbosa #
20:18 @redrobinreader it’s about compassion and empathy, not condescendion. @jackiebarbosa #
20:19 @redrobinreader and I’m sorry, but somebody who’s willing to mortgage themselves thinking they’ll see their dream come true? #
20:19 @redrobinreader some of them NEED somebody to say, I’m sorry, but that’s not how it should work. #
20:19 @limecello LMAO. LOL. Well, I might have a couch…. #
20:20 @rebyj at HUGE mark up. A booksigning doesn’t guarantee sales. trust me. #
20:21 @redrobinreader that’s not the majority. that’s a percentage of a percentage, if I understand right. #
20:22 @redrobinreader MOST self pubbed books sell less than 100 copies. 100! But they are charging big bucks. #
20:22 @limecello My 3 year old would terrify you. Trust me. I’m a nurse and I’m not scared easily… and she frightens ME. :OP #
20:23 RT @jackiebarbosa: must add if HARLEQUIN says a self-publishing option is good, refers it, many ppl who love them books will believe it. #
20:27 @limecello well, my 3 year old is better behaved than a 4th 5th hood. Plus, she’s entertaining…to those who don’t have to RAISE her :-O #
20:28 @redrobinreader that doesn’t make it right for people to PREY on those dreams. #
20:28 @emeraldjaguar having a signing doesn’t mean people will COME or BUY. I’ve sat thru a number of those. #
20:28 @limecello besides, despite the fact that I call them my monsters, most people think they are very well behaved. 😉 They usually are. #
20:29 @limecello in public. #
20:29 @limecello around others. #
20:29 @limecello you might even be safe. #
20:29 @rebyj and that is beyond sad. a lot of people think that only ‘known” people get pubbed. But most pubbed authors were UNKNOWN at one point #
20:30 @emeraldjaguar sweetie, i keep telling ya… when i can afford hawaii, i’ll come…. #
20:34 @limecello 😉 The teachers at the bratlet’s school adore the baby bratlet. They think she is sweet and adorable. Really. #
20:34 @limecello And I’m a ‘mean’ mom… I’ll openly admit I come down on them for things other people think I should let slide. ;o) #
20:35 @limecello BUT… they behave. In public. Around others. They have manners. They even sit still for SHOTS. ;o) #
20:42 @limecello No… it’s the older sibs that are in school. 😉 She’s there frequently though. Will think she OWNS the place when she starts #
20:42 @mad4rombks Oh, geez. Me, TOO!. @limecello #
20:44 @limecello I proudly state I’m a hard ass. My kids are spoiled, yes, but they are polite, they understand respect. #
20:44 @mad4rombks 😉 me, too. @limecello #
20:44 @ca_bookwyrm tastes like strawberry shortcake in a glass. #
20:52 @limecello LOL…. nah, my kids really are pretty good kids. Ask nettie or @annicats ;o) #
20:54 @YasmineGalenorn depended on the book and my age. #
20:57 @DakotaCassidy well, I’d insist NO walk on… and no photos. just gimme the $$$ and ignore my presence #
20:58 Day 13 of the 30 Day giveaway. bit.ly/3PFL12 A one of a kind person, $60 in GCs, books and goodies galore. #
21:00 @DakotaCassidy I am NOT demure. #
21:01 @DakotaCassidy I’m so glad I wasn’t drinking just then… #
21:01 @YasmineGalenorn I read Stephen King’s IT in 6th grade. that count? #
21:05 LMAO. The clown never bugged me. @YasmineGalenorn @nightsmusic #
21:06 @DakotaCassidy No… I just don’t wanna be on the receiving end of a camera. #
21:06 @LaurieJD *G* Baby b is 3 now and ROTTEN. So rotten. #
21:10 @DakotaCassidy of course you are. you did the beauty queen thing, right? ;o) #

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