To the right of this post you will see a Tell A Friend Today is Tell it Tuesday and I'd love for you to do just that. Tell a friend about me and how much you enjoy my website Every Tuesday I'd like you to celebrate this tradition on my site and Tell A Friend. … Continue reading Readers: It’s Tell It Tuesday…Share Me!
Category: Deep Thoughts/Opinion
Sylvia Hubbard’s on Ebay
So today in my emails (the million I get) I see that google alerts tells me that I'm on ebay. One of my books is listed on Ebay. see more, by clicking through
What are Author notes on this site?
Google Definition of author's note on the Web: * when the author wants to create an aside to explain something. http://www.answers.com/topic/fan-fiction-terminology I've had a recent request to explain why some of the post are listed as author's notes. As a writer, I want to give my readers the experience of a great read, but the … Continue reading What are Author notes on this site?
Author’s Note: Killing, Murder & Mayhem…. How do I sleep?
Ok, i really have to respond to this reader's question: All the killing and mayhem going on in your brain, how do you sleep? You have me on tenterhooks! V. Someone asked me this a while ago when I initially published Stone's Revenge back in 2004. Matter of fact, the reader called me in the … Continue reading Author’s Note: Killing, Murder & Mayhem…. How do I sleep?
Hitting the big 50K
This weblog is officially two years old in January. I started this back in 2008, but really didn't start to utilize it until just recently of October 2009. I was still insistent on paying for a website, when it took a lot of studying and looking at others who utilized weblogs to see the potential … Continue reading Hitting the big 50K
Readers: Do me a favor…Share Me!
To the right of this post you will see a Tell A Friend Today is Tell it Tuesday and I'd love for you to do just that. Tell a friend about me and how much you enjoy my website Every Tuesday I'd like you to celebrate this tradition on my site and Tell A Friend. … Continue reading Readers: Do me a favor…Share Me!
It’s Snowing @ SylviaHubbard.com with a New Look!
Adding snow and more use of my weblog as my Author's website.
Momma, I have a story to tell you
I've spoken about my younger daughter having stories to tell. She knows fact from fiction because she has a mother as a writer, So her stories are stories from her imagination that she's thought of herself. Most people who take Jacque always say, Your daughter tells the most fascinating stories. I can't stop listening to her. Today's story was as follows:...(click title to follow thru)
This Is How I Do It- (How I Write and Focus As a Single Mother & Full Time Worker)
Jim Rohn: Hard Work Quote "You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour." And you wonder how i work... I wonder how I work... In order for me to have a good flow to my story, I (unlike other writers crave quietness) I need chaos. … Continue reading This Is How I Do It- (How I Write and Focus As a Single Mother & Full Time Worker)
All I want 4 Christmas
Getting ready for the Christmas 2009 holiday. Can you really believe this year passed so fast? I don't! Oh yeah, it's that time of year where I never get anything. Now I know that I'm suppose to focus on 'the reason for the season' but since hitting adulthood, i can count on one hand the … Continue reading All I want 4 Christmas
Mean is Sexy?…My male characters
READER QUESTION: why do you create these mean guys? and how do you get them to be so damn likable.
Changing A Character
this is a repost from http://www.behind-the-book.blogspot.com Dec 2006 Tomorrow is the day! The Big Day! No, I’m not talking about any wedding – especially for me. Nor am I referring to the first day of the year. I’m talking about Sin’s Iniquity, my personal live story blog that I do for a whole month. … Continue reading Changing A Character
Author’s Notes on The Mysterious Mr. Black
The readers have definitely gotten into the story. I'm getting excited myself trying to figure out what is going to happen. Oh kay, funny phone calls I received... me: Hello reader: Oh... um ... hi...um... I was ... um visiting Sylvia Hubbard's website and this is the contact number on there...um... I wanted to get … Continue reading Author’s Notes on The Mysterious Mr. Black
The Evolution Of Romance In The Book You’re Writing
this is a repost from http://www.behind-the-book.blogspot.com July 2007 I'm in the midst of writing my live story sexual intrigue romance called Sex Weed (http://sylviahubbard.blogspot.com/) I really understood the evolution of romance. The hook line in Sex Weed is "One taste and he can't get enough." It's about Dyson who decides to get revenge by sleeping … Continue reading The Evolution Of Romance In The Book You’re Writing
Figuring Out The Mysterious Mr. Black
(story spoiler... if you're reading the mysterious Mr. Black live story, you shouldn't read this until after part 20).
I was hacked
There are three times in my life when I felt I wasn't who I was...
Single Parenting: Balance Your Children, Work, Life and Dreams
No one can ever tell you how to be a good parent. I'm a work in progress, but I listen to God and I listen to my children and that shapes me to be the parent I am today. To request a workshop, please go to my contact page
Writers find God in their writing
Just in case you were wondering about The Mysterious Mr. Black... Things are going well in the story. Great feedback from readers and we've gotten past the bad stuff. ..... For now. I mean I've dragged the protagonist through some pretty horrible times and now it's time to move on to righting her world. (Yes, … Continue reading Writers find God in their writing
What the black woman won’t do…accept responsibility…WHAT?!!
This is a How To Love A black Woman update about leadership and responsibility. I usually try to post positivity on relationships on that site, so I must warn you sister got a little upset and my ancestors were rolling in their graves at the video I posted over there. click here to read the … Continue reading What the black woman won’t do…accept responsibility…WHAT?!!
Reader Update – What’s to come for Sylvia Hubbard:Please open and read
First and foremost, I'd like to thank each and everyone of you for staying, being and signing up for updates about me and my literary world. In case you're reading this and haven't signed up for my updates, please do so at this time by clicking here. I'd like you to participate in polls I'm … Continue reading Reader Update – What’s to come for Sylvia Hubbard:Please open and read
How to Love a Black Woman Update: Please don’t give a Joe Wilson Apology when you make a mistake
Please don't give a Joe Wilson Apology when you make a mistake Being sorry when you have done something majorly wrong is the worse feeling of all, but accepting the apology from someone who had done something majorly wrong is even harder. Last night GOP Rep Joe Wilson was "over emotional" and heckled President Obama … Continue reading How to Love a Black Woman Update: Please don’t give a Joe Wilson Apology when you make a mistake
Unsung Heroes – The Single Mother in The Frontpage Mag
Please take a moment and check out my feature in the FrontPage magazine about the hardest working person in the world - the single mother. http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1886s/MichiganFrontPageDig/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F58863%2FMichigan-FrontPage-Digital-Edition-05-29-09
When is Too Many; Too Much | Real Life Mistaken Identity
This week was my reality week when it came to relationships. As you know, I have a new take on life and with that new life, I've become much clearer in my wants and needs out of men. I really couldn't explain why it's gotten me a clearer explaination on everything, but I like it. … Continue reading When is Too Many; Too Much | Real Life Mistaken Identity
100 books downloaded in two days!
I was in search for another way to get my e-books in the hands of readers. With talk of so many readers on the market, Lulu.com limited me in making my work more widespread. I'm not bragging but I know my stories are like Pringle potato chips. You can't have just one. My stories … Continue reading 100 books downloaded in two days!
Five Updates from Your Author
Five Updates from Your Author: Hellow everyone! It's been quiet on the home front and I know you all would love to know what's going on. First off: Tanner's Devil I have signed a contract to publish with Red Rose Publishing (www.redrosepublishing) for electronic and print rights. I will rely on you to spread … Continue reading Five Updates from Your Author
THINGS I’M NOT GOING TO DO…for the New Year
I feel like the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland sometimes, cause I’m always late for something as I am today in my posting. Why wait until the end of the year to make goals and plans? I’ve always wondered about that. This year passed so fast, I don’t think I got anything on … Continue reading THINGS I’M NOT GOING TO DO…for the New Year
Killing Off Your Characters
(full post is located at: http://michiganmurdermayhem.blogspot.com/2008/09/killing-off-your-characters.html) How do you decide when it's time to kill off your characters? http://www.FictionAddiction.net had a great forum topic on this subject (Read More... ). I decided to use my blog today to address it. I'm a killer. I'll say it bravely and I let my readers know that I'll … Continue reading Killing Off Your Characters
Writing Actions Scenes
(this was an author's note from my musings during Emperor's Addiction on 08/21/08) Suspense involves a lot of elements. Killing scenes and love scenes I've mastered perfectly. (A little bit too good on the love scenes, huh, LOL.) But the action scenes have been a challenge for me for a while. The best … Continue reading Writing Actions Scenes
how i disovered i was a romance writer
i think i was eleven when it first happened... for a year i was board with life and i wanted something to get myself into. the only real excitement was every sunday when i go to church i got to see my good friend and cousin. the prior week she didn't talk much because she … Continue reading how i disovered i was a romance writer
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