by Ada Soto | Feb 25, 2016 | cooking, writing
Today is the day for And Everything Nice which is part of the Simmer anthology from Dreamspinner Press. Part Romance anthology part recipe book. Thirteen stories, with mine bringing up the rear, every story comes with its own recipe. And Everything Nice comes with an...
by Ada Soto | Feb 4, 2016 | writing
On January 11, 2008 Sir Edmond Hillary, known as Sir Ed to his fellow New Zealanders, the first person to make it to the top of Everest, passed away. I went to see him as he lay in state in the Holy Trinity Cathedral the night before his funeral. My father has always...
by Ada Soto | Dec 30, 2015 | writing
2015 has been a big year for me on a career level. I got my first two novels properly published and in the process ridded myself of the Unfinished Project of the Damned that has been sitting on my hard drive since 2010. Many people said some very nice things about it...
by Ada Soto | Nov 12, 2015 | writing
Give us ten tips for becoming a better writer. 1. Write. You can’t be a writer if you don’t write. I’d like to say something like write every day but I can’t manage that, so write whenever you can and when you’re not writing think about writing. 2. Read. If you’re...
by Ada Soto | Oct 28, 2015 | writing
I love television. I know that is heresy for an author to admit but I really do love it. I also love books, I’ve been reading obsessively since I was three, but along with that have a deep relationship with a lot of television. In fact I want to be a television...
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...
