Category Archives: serious randomness

what’s a pen name got to do with it? another postscript cos now i’m seriously pissed

Earlier in the year I wrote this post after I had found out that a couple of extremely popular m/m romance and erotica authors writing as gay men were actually women. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I … Continue reading

Posted in authors, glbtq, m/m, serious randomness, serious shit | 79 Comments

kris’ ramblings: beware the slippery slope*

*Or stuff-that-I’ve-been-thinking-about-which-needs-to-come-out-of-my-head-and-will-probably-make-no-sense-to-anyone-else-but-me-and-is-also-likely-to-cause-offense-to-people-oh-well-I’m-closing-my-blog-so-fuck-it One of the main issues which gets raised in the m/m romance community from time to time – and inevitably causes a wankfest whenever it does – is the fact there are a heck of a lot of heterosexual women … Continue reading

Posted in f/f, glbtq, m/m, me, serious randomness, serious shit | 23 Comments

dear publisher and/or author

Dear Publisher/s and/or Author/s Two thumbs up for recently producing and creating m/m romances set in the Land of Oz.  That’s pretty awesome. What’s not so great is the whole use of American idioms and language in what is meant … Continue reading

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story of my life: lb gregg and kris see dead people

I have been sharing some of the truly weird shit which seems to happen constantly with me on my tumblr blog and it reminded me of a co-incident that occurred last year when I was chatting with L B Gregg … Continue reading

Posted in awesomeness, L B Gregg, Lisabea, me, serious randomness, story of my life, true shit | 11 Comments

ratings and… what the hell are you thinking?!

Dear Impatient Arse Reader Maybe you missed the post that Mandi of Smexy Books did earlier in the week about the shenaniganing at goodreads? No? Well, perhaps you had difficulty understanding the shit load of comments which said unless you … Continue reading

Posted in good reads, mandi, ratings, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit | 23 Comments

ratings: the who’s who

And… finally… maybe… 😛 I’m curious to know who your ‘go to’ reviewer/rater is if you happen to be umming and arring about purchasing a book? Is there an individual or site or whatever you always check out whenever you’re … Continue reading

Posted in Jenre, kassa, ratings, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit | 32 Comments

ratings and the picky reader

In the interests of continuing to throughly thrash the topic of ratings – oh, yes, it’s possible – I wanted to follow up on the comment a number of people made about their average goodreads ratings tending to be high … Continue reading

Posted in ratings, reading, reviews, reviews-not mine, serious randomness, serious shit | 31 Comments

ratings and the moody reader

Yes, I have more to say ask about ratings.  Yes, my ability to thrash a topic to death knows no bounds.Yes, it is Teh Awesome and not anything to do with laziness.Yes, I’m reasonably sure about that.Moving on…The question:Once you’ve … Continue reading

Posted in not a review, ratings, reading, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit | 30 Comments

random, but bloody important, awesomeness

I’ve already posted this on my tumblr, but wanted to share it here as well. This is an extremely powerful, not to mention awesome, ad I saw for the first time during the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras last … Continue reading

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ratings and the swing voters

One of the points raised as a result of my post about ratings was that lament often heard from readers:“Why, oh why, can’t goodreads have 1/2 stars?!”If I had a dollar, blah, blah.  Bunch of drama queens.  At the risk … Continue reading

Posted in not a review, ratings, reading, reviews, serious randomness, serious shit, Wave | 34 Comments