syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
This is the design I did for my New Years cards. I made about 12 of them, and once again I challenged myself to used papers and colours that I would not usual use. The tag has been punched with a new doily border punch I got, I really like it. I had to swipe […]
I don’t do many Christmas cards, as I prefer to do New years cards for my friends. But I do give out some to work colleagues, and these are the designs I made this year. Once again I challenged myself to use the free papers and card toppers that come with magazines – there are […]
YY is a friend at work, her birthday is late December close to Christmas. But she makes sure that everyone remembers her day 😉 Because YY is a bit of a shopaholic, and loves her shoes and handbags, I wanted a card that reflects that. The stickers and the floral paper are both from free […]
Next was actually the Panel session: the Next 20 Years, which I posted at the time. And finally there was the last Plenary by Jane Porter. This was fun, and at times quite moving. Jane read excerpts of the rejection letters she got for 14 books over a 17 year period. During this time there […]
Marion Lennox, a former university academic, and writer of more than 90 published romances, gave a very entertaining talk on what she has learned as a writer. – sex is fun – snakes don’t necessarily replace underpants (that was an editor’s suggestion in one of her early novels!) – your editor is not your friend […]
I did switch to this session by Bob Mayer after all, and I’m glad I did as it was very informative, even if I don’t have anything ready to publish right now. At least it has made me more aware of what options are available. There is a lot of information here under the cut, […]
A good crafting session presented by Lisa Heidke. Motivation: If you don’t have any words coming, then research / work on setting. At least that is progressing the story. You might come up with inspiration which helps you to get writing again. Sometimes you might just need to step away from the digital world – […]
What publishers are looking for. This is where all the ‘literary’ publishers had to admit they are chasing after the Romance dollars. Except they didn’t really want to admit they were after anything so unliterary as money, and most could still barely bring themselves to use the word ‘romance’ even on the final day of […]
Presented by Lucy Gilmour, Editor at Mills and Boon UK. This was part of the Sunday plenary session, following on from the Susan Wiggs session. I had intended to post it earlier but due to computer issues and also putting my notes in a ‘safe’ place, I am only just getting around to it Lucy […]
My workmate who commissioned the Ars Longa card then asked me for another one. She had a look at this site (hi Bel!) and asked for a card based on the 50th Birthday Card I did last year. Because I was working on an A5 folded to A6 card, it was half the size of […]
