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Impromptu Review

» by Willsin Rowe August 22nd, 2010 at 6:56 am » Comments (2)

"Uncle Ed's Lap" by Parker Ford For a woman with only a few books under her belt, Parker Ford has shown great maturity in her handling of a potentially taboo subject: ...more »

Time and Family…

» by Willsin Rowe August 8th, 2010 at 9:11 am » Comments (8)

A month ago, I blogged about one of the variegated reasons why I don’t exactly churn out book after book. In that case, it was a discussion of trying to ...more »

Things That Go Bangin’ the Dark…

» by Willsin Rowe July 25th, 2010 at 8:27 am » Comments (3)

To slightly misquote a great Australian band from the 1970's..."Romance...is not a...dirty word!" I recognise that a lot of romance fiction is written by good, even excellent writers. I admire their ...more »

Words About Music.

» by Willsin Rowe July 11th, 2010 at 8:08 am » Comments (12)

I’m not a particularly prolific writer. Or, perhaps more correctly, I’m not a particularly persistent writer. I have dozens of stories, short and long, which require not too much more ...more »

Do You Prefer It Long Or Short?

» by Willsin Rowe June 27th, 2010 at 6:47 am » Comments (2)

Fiction, that is. Or to be more precise: do you prefer stories with flowing and poetic prose, or are you a fan of the clipped and economic? I tend to plump for ...more »

Comedy and Characters

» by Willsin Rowe June 13th, 2010 at 8:10 am » Comments (1)

Today, I was hanging clothes on the line, and I somehow got to thinking about my favourite TV comedies. At their peaks, my three favourites were pretty unbeatable. M*A*S*H Seinfeld The Simpsons There are ...more »

Time for a right good slapping…

» by Willsin Rowe May 30th, 2010 at 9:32 am » Comments (3)

For me, that is. And not in a good way. Now, I'm betting most of you parents out there have done this kind of thing before, where you let your kids ...more »

Favourite bits…

» by Willsin Rowe May 16th, 2010 at 10:29 am » Comments (2)

As some of you out there would know, along with being a writer, I'm also a cover artist. In that capacity, I get to look at a lot of very ...more »

Communication Skills

» by Willsin Rowe May 2nd, 2010 at 9:18 am » Comments (1)

Whether it’s advertising or even the news, lately I’ve noticed some real clankers happening in the media. Sometimes it’s a plain tautology. In a print ad for a prestige car ...more »

The Color of Insomnia

» by Willsin Rowe April 18th, 2010 at 8:52 am » Comments (1)

My brain is sweatin' so much it's makin' a pool inside a my head, and it's washin' through places I don't want cleaned. It keeps me 'wake all afternoon with ...more »

Stocking Up…

» by Willsin Rowe April 8th, 2010 at 7:01 am » Comments (4)

I'm not sure I like this so-called "WordPress" any more. Perhaps we should rename it "Word Suppress". Knowing I'd be off the grid for nearly a week, I set this ...more »

If This Happens, I Want Royalties!

» by Willsin Rowe March 21st, 2010 at 9:12 pm » Comments (1)

With the huge number of so-called reality shows out there, I’ve been wondering just how much further this genre can be milked. Let me first say that I’m no aficionado ...more »

Rock Chicks

» by Willsin Rowe March 7th, 2010 at 6:43 am » Comments (6)

Well, I’m still buzzing a little. Last night, Saturday 6th March 2010, I played the biggest gig of my miniscule musical career. I play bass in a swampy blues and roots ...more »

Love…exciting and new…

» by Willsin Rowe February 21st, 2010 at 8:57 am » Comments (5)

So...is it just me, or do you all keep falling in love all over the place? Maybe workmates, maybe friends, maybe someone you walk past every day or even just ...more »

Madness IS my method…

» by Willsin Rowe February 7th, 2010 at 8:00 am » Comments (6)

Lately I've been inspired to think about my method of writing (such as it is). This has come partly from our intriguing new friend here at eXcessica, Mia Natasha, and ...more »

Please XXplain…

» by Willsin Rowe January 24th, 2010 at 9:58 am » Comments (2)

Over the past few years I’ve seen many calls for submission for works of both erotica and erotic romance. What has caught my eye lately has been the apparent increase ...more »

Books to the rescue…

» by Willsin Rowe January 10th, 2010 at 10:34 pm » Comments (1)

I’ve mentioned before that I simply love words. Words as individual creatures, words strung together in sentences, words spat out like bullets, words rolling down a hill until they’ve gathered ...more »

EFFICIENCY

» by Willsin Rowe December 27th, 2009 at 2:07 am » Comments (2)

This modern world seems to be all about business. Whatever the business, the premier driving force is, apparently, efficiency. Fewer steps, greater output, faster travel. No-one is walking barefoot through ...more »

Gender Agenda

» by Willsin Rowe December 13th, 2009 at 6:31 am » Comments (1)

I’ve heard a term several times in recent years which has perplexed me. It’s mainly been said by women, and, in my experience, mostly younger, more earnest women. The term ...more »

I’ve “ad” it!

» by Willsin Rowe November 29th, 2009 at 10:53 pm » Comments (0)

Like many of you out there, I have a day job. My job is within the field of graphic design, though I’m more of a layout artist than anything. The ...more »

Cover me…

» by Willsin Rowe November 15th, 2009 at 8:45 am » Comments (2)

If you’re reading this, then that means you’re on the eXcessica blog page. If so, then I urge you to scroll down just that little bit and look at the ...more »

Born too late…

» by Willsin Rowe October 31st, 2009 at 5:28 pm » Comments (6)

As I’ve grown older, I’ve begun to see my birth as kind of a fulcrum, or a pinion point. My body has moved forward in time, but my tastes have ...more »

How do YOU pluralise “scrotum”?

» by Willsin Rowe October 18th, 2009 at 6:25 am » Comments (2)

I love the English language. It has its weaknesses, of course, and its detractors. As far as fluidity is concerned it probably sits halfway between Italian and German, and it’s ...more »

Guts, balls or…

» by Willsin Rowe October 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pm » Comments (4)

I once read a discussion of the comparative merits of “guts” and “balls”. My dictionary would have me believe that to be gutsy is to be courageous; to be strong and ...more »

Sex education? He doesn’t even feed himself!

» by Willsin Rowe September 20th, 2009 at 10:00 am » Comments (0)

If you think back, you’ll probably remember puberty as a difficult time, even if it went well. Sure, there were hygiene issues, but we learned how to take care of ...more »