by Ada Soto | Jul 19, 2017 | geekness, writing
There are authors out there who are brimming with so many ideas they are able to write every single one of their books in the exact same genre. I actually heard one author of my acquaintance say ‘I’ve got a great idea but it’s not in my genre’. I’m not one of those...
by Ada Soto | Oct 7, 2015 | geekness
Notice, this will contain spoilers for the last few seasons of Doctor Who, though if you haven’t been watching Doctor Who you probably don’t care about this in the slightest. In the past couple of weeks I’ve gotten the impression that I am possibly one of the only...
by Ada Soto | Sep 4, 2015 | geekness, writing
Let’s start with stating that this is all my personal opinion. M’kay? I recently attended my first writing conference. It was put on by the Romance Writers of New Zealand and it was absolutely lovely. Everyone was nice and supportive and there were lots of...
by Ada Soto | Aug 13, 2015 | geekness, writing
Yesterday I watched an episode of Friends all the way through. This is something worth mentioning because despite being on air for a solid decade I never saw it. I wasn’t actively avoiding it. I have nothing against the show or the actors on it. I’ve seen...
by Ada Soto | Feb 28, 2015 | geekness, parenting
I was woken up at seven this morning by a text from my mother informing me that Leonard Nimoy had died and that she was crying in her office. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen my mother cry and I don’t have to use all my fingers. Star...
by Ada Soto | Jul 16, 2013 | geekness, parenting
(I know this is meant to be a blog about writing but if you follow my twitter, @adamariasoto, you’ll know the reason for the extended brain fade. This is the first attempt at putting fingers to keyboard in months and will probably be a little rambley and disjointed.)...
