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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Maggie May...
..I'll leave you all to finish that title once you've read the post!
We're talking about some hot potato books today! I read MISTRESS BY MISTAKE in manuscript and had to have a cold shower halfway through, it's that tsssss hot!
I've known Maggie what feels like forever. Maggie, I think we first touched base way back with Avon FanLit in 2006. This was a great writing contest that Avon ran and so many published authors are graduates (and wonderful Bandita Buddies like our very own contest queen, Louisa). Maggie is a hoot - funny, smart and witty. And all of those qualities translate to her writing.
You can find out more about Maggie and her alter ego Margaret Rowe at her website: http://www.maggierobinson.net/
Welcome to the lair, Maggie, and congratulations on the release of your debut historical romance MISTRESS BY MISTAKE. Can you tell us about the story?
Thanks so much for inviting me! And special thanks to Anna, who gave me a lovely cover quote for MISTRESS BY MISTAKE. I even have it framed.
MBM begins with a state of very mistaken identity. Sir Michael Bayard expects to find his brand-new mistress in his bed. Instead, it's Charlotte Fallon, a straight-laced, lace-making spinster who is supposed to making excuses for her infamous sister's absence. She goes a little beyond that.
I notice it's part of a series called the COURTESAN COURT TRILOGY. That warms my heart, being an old courtesan fancier myself!
I've set the series on Jane Street, a fictional enclave of London's most exclusive courtesans. My heroines find themselves there against their will, but they soon master their masters. MISTRESS BY MIDNIGHT (Dec 28, 2010) is Heathcliff and Cathy without the crazy and with a secret baby. MISTRESS BY MARRIAGE (out Spring 2011) features an icy hero and a firecracker heroine—a classic opposites attract story. You know who melts. Two novellas I've written also use the Jane Street setting. NOT QUITE A COURTESAN will appear in the anthology LORDS OF PASSION on November 30, 2010.
Ooh, sound delicious! Why do you think there's been an upsurge in popularity in stories featuring courtesans?
If I'm going to be honest—and I do try to be—my courtesans are more or less accidental. But I think most of us would like to be experts at something, and there is a certain mystique about women who possess the charm to drive men mad. Well, except for Tiger Wood's skanky mistresses.
Snork! In the lair, we LOVE call stories. Can you tell us yours?
It was for Margaret Rowe's TEMPTING EDEN (more of her below). I worked in a high school library where I ran the after-school library program, and I knew from my agent something was happening after seven long months on submission. I had my cell phone with me all day as I shelved books. When it rang, it was late afternoon and just a few girls were still at school using the computers. I wanted to scream, but I was in the library and the signs I had printed myself told me not to. So I whispered and shook. And cried a little when I hung up. One of the girls was worried.
Great story, Maggie. You also write erotic historical romance as Margaret Rowe (which makes me giggle – MISTRESS BY MISTAKE is one of the hottest historicals I've ever read!). TEMPTING EDEN comes out this month from Berkley Heat. Can you tell us about this story?
TEMPTING EDEN is much darker—I've tortured my poor heroine quite thoroughly. Eden has to overcome Hell to find Heaven in her hero's arms. This book is edgier and riskier than THE COURTESAN COURT books, and I fully expect people will have a visceral reaction to it. I'm polishing my body armor even as we speak. I may call on the Banditas for back-up.
Girding on gladiator sword as we speak! Do you find any major differences when you're writing as Margaret Rowe and as Maggie Robinson?
Margaret writes about things that Maggie has never done, or at least won't admit to. Margaret can be as bad and hot as Maggie will let her. Maggie is funnier and lighter, but still hot, of course. I feel fortunate I have two avenues to express my demented duality. It's better than therapy and I get paid too!
Do you have any advice for aspiring writers out there?
Don't give up. Try to write every day, even if you're only tweaking what you wrote yesterday. It took five years for me to get an agent, six to sell, seven to publish. I have a totally supportive family, which is a huge help. Most of all, I was lucky to come across wonderful writing friends online who share my dream and keep me motivated and laughing.
Thanks, Maggie! Is there anything you'd like to ask the Bandits and Bandita Buddies?
Twirling black Bandita mustache* Who do you like to see tortured by the evil romance writer—the hero or the heroine? Who's your favourite tortured h/h?
Hey, who left the mustache cupboard unlocked? I'll see you when I get home, Mr. Sven!
Maggie has very kindly offered one commenter today a signed copy of MISTRESS BY MISTAKE along with some promo goodies. Good luck, everyone!
97 comments:
- limecello said...
Hi Maggie!!! Congratulations on your new Margaret release :D
- June 2, 2010 at 12:02 AM
- limecello said...
Um, for sure I love seeing the hero tortured. He generally seems to get off too easy. (ALthough I recently read a book where the heroine was so clueless/jerkish I felt the hero really should've just dropped her :X But that's the first time I ever felt that.)
Ummm favorite tortured hero? Gosh. Too many. I love the forbidden romance - Devil in Winter is good with their bet ;) The way Bobby Tom goes nuts in Heaven, Texas and has to tackle Gracie... Min and Cal, where she calls him the devil in Bet Me :D
I'm soo looking forward to the rest of your courtesans trilogy, Maggie! I really enjoyed book one and I *cannot wait* to get my hands on Tempting Eden!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:06 AM
- Lady_Graeye said...
Hi Maggie! Congrats on your new release. I like seeing the heroine tortured by the evil mustuched villian then my wonderful hero can rescue her; that is, if she worthy of being rescued!! LOL
- June 2, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- barb said...
Hi Maggie
Congratulations These books both look hot ... I like heroes that start torturing and then the heroines turn it round on them and they will do what the heroine wants them too....
- June 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Lime, thought you were giving the rooster a break? Good intentions and all that! Snort!
Lime, Devil in winter definitely gets a mention. And I love Bobby Tom in Heaven, Texas. I love the way SEP gives you the impression of everything right on the surface whereas it's not right at all! Ooh, love Bet Me!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:34 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Ah, Lady Graeye, how old school and delicious! Yes, absolutely! In Claiming the Courtesan, the hero's mother is seriously off her rocker - loved it when Kylemore rescued her!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:34 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Snort, Barbara - and you're more new school! LOL! Actually in My Reckless Surrender, the heroine definitely does the torturing! Hero definitely earns his happy ending!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:35 AM
- Deanna Jewel said...
Hi Maggie! Congrats on your new release. The cover looks enticing and pulls the reader in; love it. It'll definitely be on my TBR list for sure. I hope after the long wait to publish, the sales gods will be good to you and reward you with skyrocketing sales!
We hope your second novel isn't far behind!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:42 AM
- Helen said...
Again lime he does love being at your place enjoy your day with him
Ladies I loved the interview and I have heard so much about this book I really need to get it I have added it to my must have list.
My favourite tortured hero has to be Gideon from Captive Of Sin I have read many but he is tops at the moment and I don't mind whether it is the hero or heroine that is tortured as long as there is a HEA I am most happy with the story,
Anna would you like me to start singing Rod Stewart's Maggie May love that song LOL.
Congrats on the release Maggie
Have Fun
- June 2, 2010 at 12:52 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Deanna, great to see you here! Yes, Maggie's cover is seriously sexy, isn't it?
- June 2, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Helen, what a giggle. I DID think of you as I put in Rod's old hit! And thanks so much for mentioning Gid!
- June 2, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- Laurie said...
Hi, Maggie, I remember you from the Avon contest. Congratulations on your release! I've heard great things about this book.
I love tortured characters period. Dark and angsty (is that a word?) is my favorite story mood which is why I love Anna's books so much.
Wishing you all the best and many sales!
Fun interview, Maggie and Anna!
- June 2, 2010 at 1:40 AM
- Elyssa Papa said...
Yay, Maggie! And hi, Anna!!! Love you both. :-)
I love Maggie's books---I'm lucky to read them super early b/c I beg her to (which, alas, does not work on Anna Campbell *g)---and I love everything I read of Maggie (and Anna's too!).
I love when both h/h are tortured equally. I think one of my favorite tortured heroes and heroines is Grace and Matthew from AC's UNTOUCHED. Both were literally imprisoned!
- June 2, 2010 at 1:40 AM
- limecello said...
Annnaaaaaaa noooooooo I was giving up the GR through February. Was supposed to sleep and be adultish and all that. :P As of March the GR was mine all mine. (If I was so lucky. Unlucky?)
But... :\ as of yesterday my time, I'm 100% unemployed :( Soo... looks like I have all the time in the world to stalk the GR for now. :|
- June 2, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Laurie, wasn't Fanlit fun? I wish they'd do it again! So much talent came out of that contest. And thanks for the mention of my books! Tortured heroes live! Well, sometimes they nearly die, but in the long term, they live!
- June 2, 2010 at 2:01 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Ooh, Ely, Grace and Matthew sure did suffer, didn't they? Was so happy they got a nice ending! Thanks for the mention! Hey, have you tried offering Anna Campbell large amounts of cash? It MIGHT work! LOL!
- June 2, 2010 at 2:02 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Oh, Lime, sorry to hear the work's dried up for the moment. Fingers crossed for you!
- June 2, 2010 at 2:03 AM
- Elyssa Papa said...
Anna, you mean you didn't receive my check in the mail?! Hmmm. I guess I'll have to resend the Richard Armitage care package. ;)
- June 2, 2010 at 3:02 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Um, yanno, if you knocked 'care' off that sentence and you were just sending the Richard Armitage package, I think we'd have something to talk about!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:13 AM
- Elyssa Papa said...
LOL! Well, of course! Anything for you.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:30 AM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Well, good morning Bandits! I see you started the party early. I wanted to add that just in case anyone has already read Mistress by Mistake, I'd be happy to offer Tempting Eden (which released yesterday) as a substitute. You might have to wear oven mitts to read it though. ;)
Lime, I'm usually on the tortured hero side too. Just finished bashing a delicious guy for my fourth Maggie book to follow the mistress trilogy(tentatively titled Master of Sin).
Lady Greye, you might like Tempting Eden, then. I made up a hideous villain. Ooh, he still gives me the shivers.
Barb, there's nothing like the love of a good woman!
- June 2, 2010 at 5:13 AM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Lime and Anna, I adored Devil in Winter. First video trailer of a book I ever saw and I still get chills.
Deanna, I sure got incredibly lucky with my covers. I just got Mistress by Midnight's cover on Friday (it's on my blog...I call it Blue Heaven because it is!).
Helen, now I've got the earworm too. Damn Anna, LOL.
- June 2, 2010 at 5:16 AM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Hi Laurie! A FanLit survivor! I'll always be grateful for Patience and Damien and that darned cat.I had no idea what I was doing then but I met people who did.
Like Elyssa, my one of my fabulous critique partners! I've saved every scrap of advice she's written to me---once I carried around her letter in my pocketbook so I could take it out and read it when I felt discouraged.XXOO, Ely!
- June 2, 2010 at 5:20 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Maggie, a good (well, bad!) villain can do that, can't he? Lord John in Untouched really gave me shivers!
- June 2, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Wow, Maggie, just checked out that cover. Blue heaven indeed. I'll have what she's having ;-) Gorgeous!
- June 2, 2010 at 8:06 AM
- Anna Campbell said...
Maggie, Ely's an absolute treasure, isn't she? I met such wonderful people in FanLit. I'm still in touch with a lot of them, as you know!
- June 2, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Laurie said...
I'm currently reading Meredith Duran's Wicked Becomes You. I just finished Nora Robert's Vision in White. I loved Mac and Carter's story! Yes I am behind on this series but I will catch up soon.
- June 2, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Anna, we all debated exactly what it is she's having, LOL. Even my husband, whose vision is pretty impaired without his reading glasses, did a double-take there.;)
- June 2, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- Laurie said...
I prefer tortured heroes. They're more likeable, reformable. They bring out a woman's caring instincts.
BAD Attitude's J. D. Steele By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Anne Stuart's Taka in Icce Blue
Lisa Kleypas's Derek Craven
- June 2, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- MsHellion said...
Hello Maggie! Wonderful debut, and awesome debut with Tempting Eden as well!!
Who do I prefer to see tortured? Oooh, that's a hard choice. I usually love the hero to be tortured--I certainly gravitate toward those books--but I've seen the tortured heroine extremely well done and I've loved those as well. I LOVE emotional turmoil!
Both! I prefer BOTH to be as tortured as possible!
- June 2, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Janga said...
I haven't read Tempting Eden yet, but just based on the snippets I have read, I know Maggie's villain is among the creepiest I've encountered in romance fiction. (Shiver)
Maggie, you and Anna both know I could never name favorite tortured h/h. I could write a chapter--or even a book--on favorites. Some writers have a gift for creating tortured characters. Anna, you are high on that list. Laura Kinsale and Anne Stuart are others. What does surprise me is to realize how many tortured heroes and heroines exist even in books by authors who are best known for lighter romance novels. Think about Simon in Julia Quinn's The Duke and I or Gabe Bonner and Rachel Stone in SEP's Dream a Little Dream. Hmm. I bet I could get a paper out of that topic. :)
An email conversation yesterday led me to pull out Mary Jo Putney's The Spiral Path for a reread. Kenzie Scott definitely qualifies as one of my favorite tortured heroes.
- June 2, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Janga, you SHOULD write a book and then it can be used in colleges now that romance has become a "respectable" genre to study!
Hellion, I'm with you---make everybody suffer! ;)
Laurie, I think Derek Craven's always high on anyone's list. I'm also fond of Dare in JoBev's To Rescue a Rogue.
- June 2, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- peggy said...
Hi Maggie,the hero tortured
- June 2, 2010 at 11:03 AM
- s7anna said...
I seriously doubt I can choose between one of these books which means that I need to get BOTH! Tempting Eden sounds awesome...I happen to love a good tortured hero/heroine as long as a HEA is in the horizon...which it is so ya know I want to read this BAD.
I think one of the lures behind reading Courtesan themed stories is the sheer empowerment factor...I mean they were really the only women in society who could demand their price and actually get it. I don't just mean monetarily but also in their way of life...I'm not saying it was glamourous or awesome but I think that at least for the most part...highly paid or in demand courtesans could set their terms and that was a definite unusual role for women in those times.
- June 2, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Karyn Gerrard said...
Hi Anna and Maggie!
Maggie, again, love the sounds of BOTH your books, wow. And I loved your call story, and thanks so much for the advice, as an aspiring writer, I need to hear that, 'never give up' *snort* it keeps me going!
And for the reminder that this doesn't happen over night! Seven to publish. Got it!
As for H/H, I am re-reading Anna's 'Tempt the Devil' and you're right, there is something vastly interesting about a courtesan's expertise, and her manipulation skills, makes for a fascinating read! (or re-read!)
All the best for your release, Maggie!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- Elyssa Papa said...
Aw, Anna, now I do have to send you that check and Richard Armitage. ;)
And Maggie is the one I always go to when I need sense knocked into me. Which is very, very often.
- June 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- Beth said...
Welcome to the lair, Maggie! Congrats on your release - Mistress By Mistake looks absolutely fabulous *g*
I love both a tortured hero and heroine, although not necessarily in the same book *g* One of my favorite tortured heroes is Ethan from Nora Roberts' Rising Tides.
Thanks for hosting Maggie, Anna!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Virginia said...
Great post Maggie! Congrats on your new release! I haven't read that many books where the heroine is tortured, its mostly the heros, so maybe for me I like the tortured heros the best!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse) said...
Hey Lime! You snagged him again!
Hi Maggie!!! Welcome to the Lair! Grins. It's a fun, fun place to be and we're glad you're here.
Anna, what a fun post! And what delicious sounding books, you have Maggie.
As to torture, for some reason, I like to torture the hero more. My Fav tortured hero has to be Sir Percy in The Scarlett Pimpernell - "That demmed elusive pimpernell!" - and Matthew in Untouched. Grins. You knew I'd work HIM in, Anna. He's my fav-o-rite.
- June 2, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Sarah Simas said...
Hey Maggie and Anna!
Congrats again on your new release, Maggie! :) (and Anna lol)
I'm kind of drawn. I love how tortured Kylemore is in Claiming The Courtesan, but I like to see the heroine sweat some bullets, too. Maybe that's why I love Gone WIth The Wind as much as I do. Scarlet gets everything but the kitchen sink thrown at her. LOL
Great topic and lots of fun, too! Best wishes, ladies! :)
- June 2, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Kim in Hawaii said...
Aloha, Maggie! If Anna thought your manuscript was hot ... we all might as well buy new A/C units!
My brain is mush after flying Honolulu-Vegas. Go ahead and torture them all - angst makes great conflict.
- June 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Tiffany Clare said...
So excited to see you over here, Maggie!
All Maggie's books are brilliant. She's jut got that flare to her writing that keeps you reading because you don't want to miss any of her brilliant phrasing/words/scenes those witty takes that happen throughout her stories that have you chuckling along. I heart Maggie's books!
I love torturing my heroines, but love reading tortured heroes a lot, too. :)
- June 2, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Deb said...
Congrats on your release, Maggie!
I like a tortured hero because then the heroine and her love can set him on the course to true happiness. :)
- June 2, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- runner10 said...
Love the cover of Mistress By Mistake. It is red hot.
I love the tortured heroine. I think I can imagine myself being in the same spot. What fun!!
- June 2, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- gamistress66 said...
I tend to prefer the hero to be torured. Being female myself, I tend to relate more to the heroine and I certainly don't want to be tortured any way or how ;) Well, maybe if the hero is doing torturing in a certain way (wink wink), that's ok ;) And it's always okay for me, er, the heroine to do the torturing as the hero most likely deserves it :D
Congrats on the new releases.
- June 2, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- jo robertson said...
Hi, Maggie, welcome to the Lair. What a great interview, Anna. Thanks so much for bring "both" writers here today.
Your books sound delicious and I think I'll have to have one of each, please.
I love reading and writing about tortured heroes, maybe because I've never been tortured myself and it lets my creative mind loose. I'm very intrigued about a seriously tortured heroine, however, and how she'd be perceived by readers. Is she a victim or a bad girl? Interesting.
- June 2, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Sarah, Anna is the Queen of Tortured Heroes. I thought a lot about her writing when I was writing Tempting Eden (not that I'm putting myself in her category, but I'm sitting across the Regency Noir room from her *g*)
Ely, anytime. XXOO.
Jeanne, I rescued a copy of the Scarlet Pimpernel when I was discarding books in the library. Must read it!
Virginia, Mary Balogh does some good tortured heroines. Heroes, too. Good all the way around. :)
Beth, thanks so much!
Peggy, I tend to go for the wounded hero myself.
s7anna, double your pleasure. Music to my ears, LOL.
Karyn, 7 years seems like a long time, but I freely admit I did not know what I was doing for at least half of them. ;)
- June 2, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- Nancy said...
Limecello, congrats on the rooster!
Maggie, congratulations on your wonderful books! They sound very appealing.
The more the hero and the heroine are tortured in the story, the greater the emotional stakes, the punch at the dark moment, and the lift of HEA. So I'll go with both. :-)
- June 2, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Laurie, I've heard such great things about Meredith. She's in my TBR pile!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Maggie, giggled at that cover attracting your husband's attention. I'm not at all surprised!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Laurie, great list of tortured heroes! I think Anne Stuart does some of the best - she really isn't afraid to dig deep into the darkness.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hellion, you were born to cause mayhem on the high seas! BOTH??!!! LOL!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Janga, I would read that paper! I think one of the reasons I keep coming back to SEP is that for all the humor and wit, there is always a deep emotional underpinning going to essentials like home and acceptance and family in her books. I think that's why the humor is so rich - there's this layer of pain under a lot of it. Hey, thanks for listing me in your fave tortured heroes! I so agree about Laura Kinsale!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Peggy, sounds like you've got definite ideas on this issue ;-)
- June 2, 2010 at 3:05 PM
- Barbara E. said...
I like seeing the hero tortured, they're tough and can take it, LOL. Congrats on both of your releases, they sound delicious.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Anna, I agree with you about courtesans being fascinating. Well, obviously, I do! Options for women were soooo limited in the Regency. I'm so glad I don't live then - although I'd love to get in a time machine and go back for a peek, as long as I could come back when I wanted an aspirin or some dental work or you know, the vote!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Drew, how cool you're re-reading TTD! Olivia was such an interesting character to write - manipulative and outwardly cold but with these great reservoirs of emotion and suffering inside.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Ely, I'm so glad you and Maggie have this wonderful friendship!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Beth, I adore those Chesapeake books by Nora - I still think they're my favorites of hers.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Actually, Beth, one of my favorite tortured heroes is Dylan in your wonderful RITA-nominated A Not-So-Perfect Past. He's just delicious and he's a man who's suffered because he's so honorable which always cuts to my heart too. Yum! If you guys haven't read ANSPP, pick it up now. You won't put it down until you finish it!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- catslady said...
I probably would vote for the hero being tortured the most but once in a while I would like to mix it up. As to a favorite I can't think of any in particular - I'm usually totally involved with the one I'm currently reading lol.
- June 2, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Virginia, I actually like to see a twist now and again and get a tortured heroine. Hey, I go with the flow! Definitely the hero is the more common species!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Jeanne, that's some heavy guns you've got Matthew shooting with when you mention the gorgeous Sir Percy. Haven't read the book in years but I've recently seen the Anthony Andrews version. That bit where he thinks Marguerite has betrayed him and he loves her so much - oh, gets me every time!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Sarah, yeah, Scarlett sure suffers! Well, endures is perhaps a better word! Hey, cool on the Kylemore mention. I'm loving all my tortured guys coming here for a party. Snork!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Kim, I've never looked at raspberries the same way after reading Maggie's book! LOL! Seriously, it's sizzlin'!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Tiffany, oh, man, you DO love to torture heroines! And you write sizzlin' hot too. Can't wait till the rest of the world gets to read THE SURRENDER OF A LADY. It's fantastic!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Deb, I think you're right about tortured heroes - there's that whole redemption thing going on and people LOVE a redemption story!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Runner, I think we definitely empathize with a tortured heroine. You're right!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Gamistress, had to giggle on the hero probably deserving the torture!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Jo, isn't that an interesting dichotomy, the victim/bad girl mix? I love those sort of complexities in a story. Thanks for saying you enjoyed the interview!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Maggie, what a lovely compliment. Thank you! And you're being too honest, m'dear!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Nancy, what an interesting take. And I agree with you about emotional stakes. I must say, though, that I almost always pick ONE person to be more tortured (the other person can be tortured but not quite so much). I think you need one person who has the tougher journey. In my books, it's Kylemore, then Matthew, then Olivia, then Gideon and now Diana. In the one I'm writing now, I'd say it's the heroine again. So I'm half and half! Who knew?
- June 2, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Barbara, lol! Actually I think that's one of the reasons we love our tortured heroes - it means we can see his courage and love and strength of character in action!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Catslady, now I've got LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH running through my head to start the day! ;-)
- June 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Anastasia St. James said...
Hello, Maggie! I also remember you from the Avon Fanlit. Congratulations!
I heard from Bev how great Mistress By Mistake was and could not resist ordering it from Amazon Germany. I LOVED IT! it was really fabulous. I'm very much looking forward to the next one in the series, and now that I've had a taste of Maggie I'm definitely going to try Margaret.
Best of luck with your career, it's really looking pretty from where I'm standing.
Happy mega sales!!!
Hi, Anna! MRS just came in the mail today, gotta love Amazon. :)
Can't wait to read it! See ya Friday at WRT!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Ana, so looking forward to the visit to the Romance Roundtable on Friday. I'm talking about the unkindest cut of all, snicker! Thanks for swinging by - and how cool that MRS has turned up! Yay!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- Susan Sey said...
Hello, Maggie & Anna!
I love your call story, Maggie--way to go, obeying your own QUIET signs in the library. :-)
Mistress by Mistake sounds wonderful! I'll look forward to picking up a copy soon. As for tortured heros/heroines, I prefer a tortured hero. Something about a flinty exterior & a sweet, melty interior just does it for me. But I'm not opposed to a good tortured heroine, either. Just make me love them, root for them and I'm yours. I'm easy like that.
- June 2, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Sorry to be AWOL today---have been fighting with my Internet provider in the new house---who knew how limited Hughesnet is? Now I do. Grr. Anyway, if I disappear again it will not be voluntary. Thanks for all the good wishes and compliments! My heart is full! Bandits, thanks so much for having me today (see, I'm nervous about getting cut off again, so this can be a formal farewell---but I do hope I get back later! We had to invoke our 1-time extension so I could come on now. Grr again.).
- June 2, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Susan, I think you spoke a whole lotta wisdom in that short piece! So glad you enjoyed the interview!
- June 2, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Oh, Maggie, what an utter pain! Hang in there! We want to see more of you! As your hero said to your heroine, snort!
- June 2, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- etirv said...
Wow, Anna and Maggie -- two my most favorite authors and people! You're both genuine and awesome! You can both torture anyone, especially the heroes in your novels. Unforgettable tortured heroes that come to mind are Duke of Kylemore in Claiming the Courtesan (one of my all-time favorites) and also Sir Alistair Munroe (reclusive, torrtured and scarred!) in Elizabeth Hoyt's To Beguile a Beast.
No need to enter me! Excited about your new releases!
- June 2, 2010 at 5:04 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Etirv, lovely to see you! And hey, you're a Maggie fan too! How cool. Thanks for mentioning Kylemore in such great company. He really was TORRRRRTURED! Snort!
- June 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- chey said...
It depends on the story who needs to be tortured.
My favourite tortured hero is Jamie Fraser from the Outlander series.
- June 2, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Chey, another vote for Jamie! He's a popular boy! I really must read that book one day... ;-)
- June 2, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- Pat Cochran said...
Welcome, Ms. Maggie,
I have to say that I like seeing
the hero tortured! (Tee Hee!) Even
though I know that if you torture
either, you end up torturing both!
My favorite tortured couple is
usually the one I am reading at
the time. Today I am reading My
Reckless Surrender written by Ms.
Anna Campbell. So my favorites are
Tarquin and Diana. ( I didn't get
the book finished last evening,
Pat Cochran
- June 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Pat, fab on enjoying My Reckless Surrender. My first non-tortured hero, at least until Diana gets at him, LOL! Thank you!
- June 2, 2010 at 7:15 PM
- Louisa Cornell said...
Lime! Are you going to be the torturer or the torturee when it comes to the GR??
Hello, Maggie !!! Wasn't FanLit a blast!
La Campbell is just being nice. My friends call me the Contest Slut, although the Brits and Aussies call me the Contest Tart which sounds SO much nicer!
Congrats on both of your books coming out! I cannot WAIT to read them!
Some of my favorite tortured heroes include ALL of La Campbell's heroes. She does torture SO WELL !!
And of course Sebastian St. Vincent in The Devil in Winter. Delicious!
Christian in Flowers from the Storm.
Dain in Lord of Scoundrels
Ivan / John in Rexanne Bechnel's Dangerous to Love
And hey, Sebastian St. Cyr in C.S. Harris's series gets SERIOUSLY tortured. I mean, your mistress is your sister? OUCH !!
And I recently read a wonderfully tortured heroine. Julia in Mary Jo Putney's Never Less Than a Lady is horribly tortured and the story of her journey to love and forever is wonderful!
- June 2, 2010 at 7:20 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
No, Louisa, we call you La Divina! (And contest slut but we try and hide that from you, snort!). Hey, thanks for saying you love my tortured heroes (that's why I went for LD rather than CS - I'm easily swayed!). That's a great list of the tortured - oh, you're so right about the C.S. Harris. I heard a horrible rumor that the next one is the last in the series. I have no idea how she's going to tie up all these bleeding stumps of plot points in just one book! I want more. I adore Sebastian!!!!
- June 2, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- limecello said...
lol Louisa- considering the way this day is going ... :( sadly I think I'm the torturee
- June 2, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Oh, Lime, is he playing up? He's been in a strange mood since all the launches last month!
- June 2, 2010 at 9:04 PM
- Christine Wells said...
Hi Maggie, a belated welcome to the lair! Thanks for having Maggie among us, Anna. What a treat!
Congratulation on your multiple ahem! releases Maggie. Wonderful to see fresh new voices in historical romance.
I love the idea of you expressing your duality. I think a lot of authors would like to experiment with different subgenres. I only wish I wrote fast enough to do that! What is your process like?
As for tortured characters, I love me a tortured hero. Laura Kinsale's Jervaulx. Yum!
Congrats on the rooster, Lime!
- June 2, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Hey, Christine! Lovely to see you! Yeah, wouldn't it be fun to play with alter egos. I don't write fast enough either. More power to Maggie's right arm that she does!
By the way, looks like she's run into computer troubles. What a pity!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:02 PM
- Anna Campbell said...
Thanks, Maggie and everyone who came over to play today! And don't forget to check to see who won the signed book!
- June 3, 2010 at 12:10 AM
- Christine Wells said...
Oh, I just read that about the computer troubles. Sorry, I hadn't looked through the comments. What a shame, Maggie, we missed you!
- June 3, 2010 at 3:03 AM
- Maggie Robinson/Margaret Rowe said...
Christine, I'm back today for my limited amount of bandwidth---and now I cannot type fast enough when it really counts, LOL. Everytime I visit a site, it's like they subtract accessibility from the day. Definitely doing something about it. *Disgruntled consumer*. Anyway, I do write fastish, or did when I had my full-time job. Got up every morning between 4-5 and wrote until I got ready to go into work at 10:30. I've left my day job, and haven't written as much at all, but I've had some other stuff going on (more challenging than the computer problems---my husband had surgery and is recovering slowly, and we moved too. Where is the box I put my sanity in?). But Tempting Eden was 2 years in the making w/revisions. The Courtesan Court Trilogy was much faster, a year for all of them. I feel myself slowing down though---like my Internet connection.;)
Thanks so much for having me!Loved all the comments, and now I have new tortured people to read about!
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Today, your challenge is to take some time out of your day and take stock of what you're grateful for. Dedicate a blog post to it. If you don't have a blog write them down and email me a picture. Tell someone who's having a bad day that you appreciate them. Say Thank You to someone you love for loving you back. Say something nice to everyone you encounter today. BE GRATEFUL. I want to hear how it changed your day, made someone smile, gave you butterflies in your belly....I want all the warm fuzzies people...don't leave out the good parts....I promise it will change the way you think...
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A Signed Hard Cover Copy of GOOD ENOUGH by Paula Yoo (pictured here from last August at the SCBWI Conference)
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Sweet! Thank you! I'll email my info.... :)
- 12/14/2008
- Paula Yoo said...
Congratulations Shari! Thanks again Tina and Paddy and everyone at YA Fresh for your support and kindness. It is much appreciated. PS. The photo is me trying to do my best America's Next Top Model pose. I shouldn't quit my day job, huh? :) LOL! xo Paula
- 12/15/2008
- TinaFerraro said...
You're welcome, Shari. And yeah, Paula, I do remember that you were spoofing at the time I took that picture...but I just thought it was super cute.
- 12/15/2008
- Kelly Parra said...
Congrats to Shari!!
Great giveaway, Tina and Paula!!
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text: World Cup: Unfancied Germans destroy woeful Aussies TSS June 14, 2010 Leeds United 6 Comments Day three of the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw the introduction of a German side that many pundits were once again writing off. Do they never learn? No matter how bad the German side appear to be, they usually come good just in time for the World Cup. It's their most irritating quality, and this year was to be no exception. An Australian team that were so far out of their depth you have to wonder why they bothered to turn up, were pulled apart with ease by a fluent German side. The Aussies were outplayed across the pitch. Although they had a couple of notable chances, the Germans dominated and passed the ball around them with ease. Two goals either side of half-time for the Germans fails to tell the whole story. 4-0 may sound like a hammering, but it was no less than the Aussies deserved. If anything, it probably should have been more. Whether this gives us an accurate read of how good the Germans are is debatable. The standard of opposition was clearly below that of your average World Cup team, and most of the 32 teams competing would have given Australia a similar hammering last night. Elsewhere, Ghana beat Serbia 1-0 and in England's group Slovenia got lucky against Algeria in what was a truly dismal display of football. Algeria had been the better team for much of the game, but after receiving a soft red card, Slovenia got lucky with a tame effort from range that ultimately decided the outcome of the game. Judging by the standard of football on display, England should have no problems advancing from this group. 2010 WC predictions update Yesterday saw the final game in round one of TSS' World Cup prediction league and the first 'yellow cap' which is awarded to the player who wins an individual round goes to MadFerret who finishes round one with 9 points. Madferret narrowly beat Matt BB who finished second on 8.75 followed by TinyEight in third on 7.25 points. A better day for yours truly, but I'm still way down the pecking order in 15th. I picked up points for both the Germany and Ghana victory, but had Algeria down to beat Slovenia so scored nothing for that match. TinyEight is the only Australian in our pool, but even he didn't fancy his nations chances predicting a 2-1 defeat against the Germans. Don't forget that round two of the TSS World Cup prediction league starts today so members need to get their predictions in before the first game kicks off. Anyone wishing to join TSS' World Cup prediction league can sign-up at SportGuru.co.uk now. During registration, the form asks for a Pool ID; Here you should enter 'harmboxy' to join TSS' league. 6 Responses TinyEight June 14, 2010 Loving the blog updates – the WC tipping also! Bad (early morning) for the Aussies. More embarrasing than I've felt in a long time. Offside trap ffs! Silly selections and too many dead weights in the squad. Lucky my dad's from Yorkshire gives me claim to cheer on England! Reply TinyEight June 14, 2010 Spewing. I'd not lodged my picks in time for the Dutch game. Horrible effort by me Reply pete June 14, 2010 I've got German family, so I was pretty happy with the display. That Ozil for Germany looks like a very good player, the aussies didn't pick him up for the 70 minutes he was on the pitch. Soft red card against Cahill kind of killed the game though. Did anyone else have 2-0 Holland in the picks? I want that whole bonus point…. Reply richard June 14, 2010 They were very good, unfortunately my son had 2 aussies in his fantasy league and got battered. Reply Tyler June 15, 2010 Didn't get Dutch pick as previous comment. Best pleased with my 1-1 Italy pick though, I think others may have had that though. Reply Matt BB June 15, 2010 i really felt for the australians, i thought they played some good football in bits and pieces, but the germans as ussual were professional and put their chances away, i think they deliberately got cahill sent off and for me that spells the end of australias involvement. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Name* Email* Website Comment


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Spent a day in Santa Cruz walking around the boardwalk. One day I'll ride in the overhead cart things. Tried chocolate covered bacon. Had a hot dog on a stick. Got partially pooped on by a stupid seagull (Sister-in-law Allie got the bulk of it).
All in all it was a fun day. Gotta love some good ol' Vitamin D.
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It's Atty's 4th birthday! I posted about it here. :)
Happy birthday love!!
More updates to come, and I might post a video of how far we have come after I am done working on it. In May he will be on the diet for a year and I am planning a big celebration, so the video is for that.
I have come up with a few more recipes as well that I want to post, in hopes that someone who needs them will stumble upon my blog. :) Today I will be making special birthday pancakes from almond flour, as well as a cake that he can have. Something I would not be able to do with out that blessed almond flour, and of course stevia to sweeten it up and make it yummy!
I think I will do a tips post as well about things we have done to make his diet successful.
I always mean to post more on this blog, keep it updated and record this journey better, but I get so busy and then it just doesn't happen. Got to work on that! That being said, I've got lots to do including celebrating my sons birth, his life and how far he has come!!! It's going to be a great day...
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VICTORIA - It's time for a new way of resolving public sector labour disputes, especially in the health sector.
Premier Gordon Campbell doesn't seem keen on the idea, making no commitment for action. Labour Minister Graham Bruce says he's explored ideas a little with an informal "blue-ribbon panel" of advisors.
But the way we do things now doesn't work. And there are alternatives.
Most labour negotiations are resolved at the bargaining table. That's partly because union and company can usually agree pretty much on what a reasonable settlement would look like and find their way there, with some posturing along the way.
But negotiations also work because both sides are strongly motivated to avoid the worst case outcome - a strike or a lockout.
It's the labour version of the Cold War doctrine of mutually assured destruction. That theory held that as long as the U.S. and Russia each had enough atomic bombs to reduce each other to rubble, neither would be crazy enough to use them.
The strike/lockout threat is a small-scale version of the same principle. Companies know that a strike could inflict big economic damage, perhaps so great that the business would never recover and owners would lose everything. Employees know that they could be giving up wages for an indefinite period, and that if the company goes broke everything will be lost.
Asa result both sides are extremely motivated to make a deal. Both are aware of the dangers.
The balance actually works pretty well. (And to their credit the Liberals have done nothing to tilt the scale in favour of employers, despite pressure from some business groups.)
But the process breaks down in many public sector negotiations. Both sides know that the right to strike or lockout employees is an illusion. The public will get crabby; the politicians will step in and order a return to work; and a deal will be imposed or brokered in the backrooms.
Under the NDP those deals tended to favour the unions. The Hospital Employee Union's members work a 36-hour week because that's part of the deal former health minister Elizabeth Cull agreed to in 1993 to end a strike.
Under the Liberals, the deals favour the employers. The government moved the union back to a 37.5-hour week in the current dispute. (The change matters. The increase to 37.5 hours means about 1,700 fewer employees will be required; an increase to 40 hours would push the job loss to more than 4,000.)
And meanwhile the public suffers through the disruptions and pendulum swings.
It's time for a better system.
John Fryer has just chaired a federal committee looking at the same issues. Fryer has seen disputes from both sides, as a former BCGEU leader and a senior B.C. government bureaucrat.
The committee proposed an independent public interest disputes commission, with members experienced in employer and union sectors. If a dispute was looming, they would investigate and present a "framework for a settlement in the public interest." The commission would also have the chance to recommend mediation or other ways of resolving the dispute.
Nothing would be binding. But it would be tougher for both sides to cling to unreasonable positions in the face of an independent review. (Ottawa acted on the recommendation.)
There are other options. Both parties could be required to submit their final offers to an arbitrator who would pick one or the other in its entirety. Since trying for too much would mean you get nothing, a reasonable approach and moderation would be encouraged.
B.C. needs a better way of resolving these kinds of disputes. The current system serves both sides badly and makes the public tthe victim of destructive and unnecessary confrontations.
The government should start a search for a better way now, involving labour and employer representatives, and with a pledge to have some system of dispute resolution as part of next years' election platform.
Footnote: The Liberals have one big problem on this issue. Any solution relies on mutual trust that commitments will be honoured. But the Liberals have agreed to arbitration and then reneged when they didn't like the results. They have signed contracts, and then broken them when they proved inconvenient. A solution that imposes discipline on only one side in a dispute is doomed.
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2 comments:
- Francheska said...
haha well I have not done my xmas shopping yet either... should get started too..what would you like for xmas from me? (I´ll send you a virtual gift) :D
love this outfit on mk. love the layering going on! x
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she's holding kombucha! i drink the stuff too. hopefully it makes me as awesome as her...hahaha kidding. (ok, only half-kidding)
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Mark 1:15, "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
My friend, the greatest theological battles of this generation are over the inspiration of the Bible and the meaning of one single word — "REPENTANCE." Tragically, America's churches effectively are LOSING THE BATTLE. I say "losing" because MOST Baptist and evangelical churches today are using modern corrupt Bibles and; therefore, have a false understanding of what it means to repent. What good is a belief in an inspired Bible if you're not using an inspired Bible?
The beauty of the situation is that if you research all the plethora of Bibles being sold on the market today—ONLY ONE STANDS ALONE—THE INSPIRED KING JAMES BIBLE!!! This comparison chart speaks volumes (smaller chart). The truth is plain to see for those who desire it.
"Repentance" unto salvation in Mark 1:15 is the Greek word metanoeo, which simply means "a change of mind," no more. Notice that believing the Gospel is the object of true repentance; not ridding one's life of sin, which is what heretics like Ray Comfort, Creation Science Evangelism (CSE), Jack Chick and John MacArthur teach. Mark 1:15 plainly teaches that the Gospel is the object of repentance. Men repent and believe the Gospel. That is salvation.
Repentance and believing are not two separate steps to salvation; but rather,
repentance is a change of mind that prompts a man to believe the Gospel. They
are two parts of one step. The man who has repented has believed, and the man
who believes has repented. This is why the Gospel of John mentions the word
"believe" and "believed" 85-times, but the word "repent" is never mentioned, not
even once. Repentance unto salvation is very simple—you turn to Jesus to be
forgiven of your sins; not turning from your sins as a prerequisite to trusting
Christ. The former is salvation; but the latter is the heresy of Lordship
Salvation, which leads to Hell.
The Real Issue Is Over The MEANING Of Repentance
Read what the Creation Science Evangelism (CSE) website teaches...
This means that you must turn completely away from your sin. It is more than just saying sorry; it is a complete change of direction as you endeavor, by God's power, to go His way, instead of the way of sin.
Second, repent of your sin.
SOURCE: http://www.creationtoday.org/about/how-to-be-saved
Instead of the object of repentance being believing the Gospel; the object of repentance here is "a complete change of direction as you endeavor, by God's power, to go His way, instead of the way of sin." They're mandating a change of personal priorities to be saved. CSE says you can't just acknowledge that you're a sinner and believe the Gospel to be saved. Oh no, they require you to go much further and ENDEAVOUR a complete change to go God's way instead of sin.
Ladies and gentleman, this is a pure works-based salvation heresy! It's not just a matter of semantics. Some fool will say, "We'll everyone looks at salvation a little differently." That's true, which is why they're all going to the Lake of Fire in self-righteousness. There is only one Gospel, that is, Christ died, was buried and resurrected three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).
Salvation is by grace through faith PLUS NOTHING! I'm tired of Baptists claiming to believe that statement while simultaneously saying that a person must endeavor to make a complete change with God's help to be saved. Jack Chick has recently defended himself, writing an entire webpage about why repentance is necessary for salvation. Either Jack Chick is sincerely ignorant of what's wrong with his plan of salvation, or else he's deliberately side-stepping the issue to save face. No one ever said that repentance wasn't necessary for salvation. That's not the issue at all. Repentance is absolutely 100% required for salvation. No one debates that.
THE ISSUE is that Jack Chick, Ray Comfort, Paul Washer, John MacArthur, CSE and other false teachers have REDEFINED what repentance means and are; therefore, all teaching a false concept of what repentance is. John MacArthur's false concept of repentance for salvation matches that of Mormonism. Every one of these men I've mentioned pervert the simple meaning of repentance, which is a change of mind.
On page 1513 of THE EVIDENCE BIBLE, under the section "Questions & Objections," Ray Comfort addresses the statement: "Because Jesus died on the cross we are forgiven of every sin." Here's Ray Comfort's reply to this statement…
"The forgiveness that is in Jesus Christ is conditional upon 'repentance towards God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ' (Acts 20:21). It is a gift that God offers to everyone, but individuals must receive it by repenting and trusting in Christ, or they will remain dead in their sins. No one has Biblical grounds to continue in sin, assuming that they are safe just because Jesus died on the cross. See 1 John 3:4-6." [Emphasis added]
SOURCE: THE EVIDENCE BIBLE, by Ray Comfort, pg. 1513; 2003, Bridge-Logos Publishers, Orlando, Florida
Those are some very dangerous words at the end, "…assuming that they are safe just because Jesus died on the cross." Are not all believers "safe" in Jesus Christ? Yes, they certainly are safe (Ephesians 1:13; Isaiah 28:16; Romans 10:11); but Ray Comfort teaches they are not. Ray Comfort is teaching heresy to say that believers who fail to forsake their sins are not safe in their salvation. Such reasoning places a heavy burden upon the sinner, requiring one to depart from sinful bad habits as a prerequisite to be saved.
Since the Bible is clear that even the best of Christians are still sinners (Romans 7:14-25), then how much sin is allowable before reaching the danger zone of not being saved? Ray Comfort says you're not safe just because Jesus died for your sins; but that you MUST also forsake the world, cease from dirty thoughts and telling fibs. On page 1197 of THE EVIDENCE BIBLE, Ray Comfort comments on Matthew 7:22,23...
"These are perhaps the most frightening verses in the Bible. Vast multitudes of professing Christians fit into the category spoken of here. They call Jesus 'Lord,' but they practice lawlessness. They profess faith in Jesus, but have no regard for the divine law. They tell 'fibs' or 'white' lies, take things that belong to others, have a roaming eye for the opposite sex, etc. They are liars, thieves, and adulterers at heart, who will be cast from the gates of heaven into the jaws of hell."
SOURCE: THE EVIDENCE BIBLE, by Ray Comfort, pg. 1197; 2003, Bridge-Logos Publishers, Orlando, Florida
In sharp contrast, read what Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) has to say Scripturally about worldly believers. Mr. Comfort places emphasis upon holy living as to whether or not a person will make it into Heaven. But is this what the Bible really teaches? As I showed you earlier from the Bible in Mark 1:15, men repent and believe the Gospel. That is salvation. "Repentance" unto salvation in Mark 1:15 is the Greek word metanoeo, which simply means "a change of mind," no more. Whatever that change of mind is leads a person to receive the Gospel as payment for their sins to be saved.
Notice that the change of mind doesn't lead a person to forsake personal sins, give up partying and the world, surrender all to Christ, et cetera. These things are not salvation. So you ask, "Well then, do you think a believer can go out and live like the Devil and still be saved?" The answer is yes; but to clarify, if a person has experienced genuine repentance unto salvation, then Christ has now entered into them and they become a new creature as 2nd Corinthians 5:17 says. The Holy Spirit is going to convict that believer about sins. God chastises His children (Hebrews 12:6-8).
When I first got saved at age 13, the Holy Spirit started convicting me about some things. As a young teen, I remember one of the first things I was convicted about was how I spoke to my mother. My dad would have rearranged my face if I disrespected him, but mom was more easy going. It's unbelievable the way some kids talk to their parents and boss them around. It is sinful. I wasn't that bad, but up until I got saved I was starting to sass my mom. When I believed the Gospel and became a Christian—a still, small, voice (Holy Spirit) inside my heart said, "I want you to be careful how you speak to your mother." I began to read my Bible daily and fall asleep reading it. My mom would turn my little nightlight off. I remember my mother one day saying, "You've changed." In hindsight that means a lot to me. The change was Jesus Christ!
That is how salvation works. You repent (change your mind) to believe the Gospel (Christ's death, burial and resurrection), and then the Holy Spirit (Christ's Spirit, Romans 8:9) comes to indwell you and speaks to your heart as you read the Bible. 1st Peter 2:2, "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." A changed life is the result (FRUIT) of salvation. A man's faith in Christ is the ROOT of salvation. The day I got saved was like a light switch was turned on and the Holy Spirit began to open my eyes to spiritual things. What a glorious salvation!
Picture a tree as representing a Christian. The roots are salvation; but the
fruit on the branches is the result of what the roots have grown into. Hence, it
is our faith in Christ's death, burial and resurrection that saves us by
Christ's blood and blossoms over time into a fruitful life of pleasing God. The
changes are impossible without the tree's roots. This well illustrates the
foolishness and impossibility of the heresy of Lordship Salvation, which teaches
that a tree must first grow limbs and bear fruit before there are even any
roots. That's not possible in reality. The roots (faith) must come first.
Obeying God Rather Than Men
I feel bad exposing people. God knows my heart. I used to love passing out Chick Tracts. I was one of Jack Chick's biggest fans. I loved the pictures in the tracts that I had seen since childhood. But then one day I realized that he taught a false Gospel. It took me 8-long-months of prayer and heart searching. God convicted me through His Spirit and said, "Are you right in what you're saying?" The answer was a resounding, "yes, yes and yes." As much as it hurts me to expose Jack Chick, I KNOW that I'm doing the right thing because the truth is THE TRUTH.
The same thing can be said of Ray Comfort and many others whom I expose as false prophets. It really hurts me in my heart. Sometimes the good guy has to be the perceived villain for the benefit of those he's trying to help. I'm continually asking God, "Am I doing the right thing here?" It's not like I arrogantly just pick and choose who I like or don't like and then have it in for them. God forbid! No, rather, I go by the truth and principle.
Dr. Jack Hyles (1926-2001) has taught me more than any man alive through his
books and sermons. I heard Brother Hyles recently say in a sermon that he allows
principles to make his decisions for him, so he doesn't have to go by emotions
and personal bias. He said that a family in the church was upset and threatening
to leave because he expelled their daughter from the Christian high school. She
broke certain rules that required expulsion. Dr. Hyles said he followed policy,
not his personal feelings or bias. A rule is a rule and cannot be broken for
anybody, not even a longstanding family in the church. I love people, but I will
expose anyone who corrupts the Gospel (as we all should, Titus 1:10-13).
Satan Always Tries To Move The Ancient Landmark
Who am I? Absolutely nothing! A worm! A stick in the mud! You're enjoying this aren't you? Ladies and gentleman, the world is going to Hell. The Devil is trying to blind people from the truth. Since he cannot outright get us to betray our convictions and faith, he subtly tries to redefine what repentance and faith are! The Devil is always trying to move the landmark. Did you hear what I said? The Devil is always trying to move the landmark. What does that mean?
Proverb 22:28 says, "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." When a man died in the Old Testament, sometimes dishonest neighbors would take advantage of a widow and her children by moving the property landmark which divided the land (showing who owns what). Today you'd hire a land surveyor to define a property's landmarks. By moving the landmark at night when no one was looking, a little bit at a time, they could steal a large portion of land over time and no one would know it. God hated this kind of evil and that's why Proverbs 22:28 warns against moving the ancient landmark which their ancestral fathers had set.
Likewise, this is how Satan is corrupting America, our churches and the Word of God, that is, by moving the landmark a little at a time. Incrementally Satan takes over. If you give the Devil and inch, he'll become a ruler. Most Christians today are so choked by the cares, riches and pleasures of this world (Luke 8:14) that they couldn't care less where the landmark's at. Other believers prioritize big screen projectors, entertainment and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) more than they do clothing standards, having a pure Bible and sound Biblical doctrine in the church. How can you have pure doctrines if you don't have a pure Bible? You cannot!
The landmarks have been moved, and will continue to be moved in our nation and churches until Christians put them back where they belong. The King James Bible is our Final Authority (the only true Landmark). If the U.S. Supreme Court is the landmark, then we're in serious trouble (and we are in America). If the Southern Baptist Convention's new Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) is the landmark, then we're in serious trouble because it has a crooked and faulty foundation (Westcott and Hort). What a sick joke to even call the HCSB a Bible! It a perversion, like homosexuality! The HCSB is to the Bible what homosexuality is to the human body, vile perversion and filth.
The NIV 2011 is shocking, much worse than the NIV 1984 (which is horrible in
itself). Satan keeps moving the landmark. I shudder to think what the next
generation of churchgoers will fall for and accept. Faithful Christians must get
angry and say, "Stop! Hold it right there buster, you're not going to move that
landmark. You put it back where it belongs and get out of here you rascal!"
Would to God that Christians had done that in 1963 when a sick-minded group of
liberals on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to remove the Bible from all the public
schools. The schools became Satan's that very day. We said as a nation, "Here
Devil, take my children and indoctrinate them." The landmark is gone. The lines
of morality are gone. Every Christian ought to be like a pitbull toward sin and
heresy creeping into the home, marriage and church.
Corrupt Modern Bible Versions Can Only Yield Corrupt Doctrines
Remember, "repentance" unto salvation in Mark 1:15 is the Greek word metanoeo, which simply means "a change of mind," no more. Anyone who ADDS to this definition or alters it to mean something different is corrupting the Gospel. The corrupt NIV, HCSB and other perversions of the Bible are fueling corrupt doctrines in our churches.
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has sold-out to the Devil. Granted, I like to hear every once in a while that the SBC takes a stand against same-sex marriage, et cetera. Unfortunately, once a group starts tampering with the Words of God their days are numbered. The group may continue, but the Lord won't be with them. Even as I type they have forsaken the pure, inspired and preserved Words of God. It's so sad. God gives us His Words, preserved unto every generation just as He PROMISED in Psalm 12:6-8; but then the SBC and many like them reject those Words for something more hip to our times.
And to no surprise, the HCSB version butchers Romans 10:9, teaching the heresy of Lordship Salvation...
Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
HCSB - 9 If you confess with your mouth, "
KJB - Romans 10:9, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouththe Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
Do you see the drastic difference in meaning? This is why 75% of all evangelical churches today have a wrong understanding of what it Biblically means to repent. Mark 1:15, "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
"Repentance" unto salvation in Mark 1:15 is the Greek word metanoeo, which simply means "a change of mind," no more. Notice that believing the Gospel is the object of true repentance; not ridding one's life of sin, which is what heretics like Ray Comfort, Creation Science Evangelism (CSE), Jack Chick and John MacArthur teach. Mark 1:15 plainly teaches that the Gospel is the object of repentance. Men repent and believe the Gospel. That is salvation.
Lordship Salvation
Lordship Salvation Exposed
The Curse of Lordship Salvation
The Hypocrisy of Lordship Salvation
The Foolish Doctrine of Lordship Salvation
Scriptural Proof that Lordship Salvation is a Lie
Lordship Salvation Ignores Babes
in Christ and the Backslidden
Lordship Salvation-An Enemy of Soul Winning
The Core of the Lordship Salvation Issue
Dr. John R. Rice Refutes Lordship Salvation
Dr. Harry Ironside DIDN'T Teach Lordship Salvation
Lordship Salvationists Agree With Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses & Creation Science Evangelism Agree
Catholics Teach the Exact Same Meaning of
"Born Again" as Lordship Salvationists!
Lordship Salvation Heresy
— Ecumenical Bridge to Catholicism
Are There 2 Gospels?
Who's The Biggest Sinner?
Do I Have to Give Up My Sins to be Saved?
Men Who Opposed Lordship Salvation
Opponents of Lordship Salvation
Repent! Repent! Repent!
What Is Biblical Repentance?
The Unbiblical REPENTANCE Heresy!
Repentance: What Does the Bible Teach?
Dr. Curtis Hutson is 100% Correct on Repentance!
Stop Lying About Charles Spurgeon!
The Raging Battle Over "Repentance"
What Does "do works meet for repentance"
Mean in Acts 26:20?
A Dangerous Teaching in Fundamentalism
Has the Doctrine of "Repentance" Changed
in the Last 50 Years?
Biblically Refuting David Cloud's False Plan of Salvation
and Unjust Attack Against Soul Winners
Ye Must Be Born Again! | You Need HIS Righteousness!


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In The Language of Paradox Cleanth Brooks takes on the language of poetry, stating that at its core poetry is the language of paradox. Brooks bases his position on the contradictions that are inherent in poetry and his feelings that if those contradictions didn't exist then neither would some of the best poetry we have today Using works from Wordsworth to Shakespeare Brooks shows how the only way some ideas can be expressed is through paradox. His best example of this idea is from Coleridge's description of imagination: "Reveals itself in the balance or reconcilement of opposite discordant qualities: of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete;"
Wordsworth himself, Brooks points out, let the intention of paradox be read in his poetry, when he admitted that his purpose was "to choose incidents and situations from common life", but to handle them in such a way that "ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect". Wordsworth, who is entirely simple and pure as a poet, is also a paradoxical poet in his typical poems such as "It is a Beauteous Evening" where evening is compared to a nun:
"It is a beauteous evening calm and free
The holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with adoration."
Brooks says, if paradox was the basis of romanticism, it was amply used by the neo—classicists in their poetry. The romantics used it to arouse wonder and to awaken the mind to the new beauties which were ignored as commonplace and trivial but the new classical poets used it in ironical way. We find such irony throughout in Pope's Essay on Man:
"Created half to rise, and half to fall
Great lord of things, yet a pray to all
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurdled,
The glory, the jest and riddle of the world."
However paradoxes, which arouse both wonder and irony are more clearly mixed in the poetry of Blake, Coleridge and Gray. Paradox is a fusion or the union if the opposites and the discordant. This fusion is brought about by the imagination of the poet. This imagination is creative and it creates ever new combinations of discordant and the unconceivable. Donne had this quality in abundance. Here are some examples quoted and illustrated by Brooks in essay:
"Or the King's real, or his stamped face."
"What merchant ships have my sigh drowned?"
"We can die by it, if not live by love."
Every poem has to be in The Language of Paradox, using the word in the sense that Cleanth Brooks uses it. It is all right for a critic to draw attention to this, but there is no need to take p so many pages doing it. The Language of Paradox lays out Brooks' argument for the centrality of paradox by demonstrating that paradox is: "the language appropriate and inevitable to poetry." The argument is based on the contention that referential language is too vague for the specific message a poet expresses; he must "make up his language as he goes."
R.S. Crane, in his essay "The Critical Monism of Cleanth Brooks," argues strongly against Brooks' centrality of paradox. For one, Brooks believes that the very structure of poetry is paradox, and ignores the other subtleties of imagination and power that poets bring to their poems. Brooks simply believed: "'Imagination' reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities."
Brooks, in leaning on the crutch of paradox, only discusses the truth which poetry can reveal, and speaks nothing about the pleasure it can give. (231) Also, by defining poetry as uniquely having a structure of paradox, Brooks ignores the power of paradox in everyday conversation and discourse, including scientific discourse, which Brooks claimed was opposed to poetry. Crane claims that, using Brooks' definition of poetry, the most powerful paradoxical poem in modern history is Einstein's formula E = mc2, which is a profound paradox in that matter and energy are the same thing. The argument for the centrality of paradox (and irony) becomes a reduction as absurdum and is therefore void (or at least ineffective) for literary analysis.
In The Language of Paradox Brooks proposed a New Critical concept of "paradox" as the distinguishing feature of literary language, though this concept is not much different from the concept of "tension" by Allen Tate, or even the idea of "defamiliarization" of the Russian Formalists.


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Whereabouts is/are
Via Fred at headsup, this gem from the folks at AP Stylebook (larger version here, proving which page it was on).
So, "his whereabouts is unknown" but "their whereabouts are unknown". Because, as Fred says, "his house is large but our house are large".
And yes, you can use either "is" or "are" with "whereabouts", but pretending it has anything to do with the number of people or things whose whereabouts you're discussing proves you don't actually know anything about the word or, probably, the language.
Then again, this is the AP Stylebook.


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The European Commission has fined Intel 1.06 billion Euros—about $1.45 billion—for alleged anticompetitive actions against longtime rival AMD and enjoined any future such actions, report Reuters and the NY Times. The fine, a record, is more than double the one imposed on Microsoft in 2004, and 25% larger than a 2008 penalty against a glass maker for price fixing. Intel had no immediate comment, but is expected to appeal. Other tech companies facing EU antitrust scrutiny include Google, Cisco, Microsoft and IBM, with the latter two having actually been charged.
The size of the fine underscores the dominant role European regulators have adopted in antitrust, an area of law that somewhat faded from the


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We have since expanded and currently have offices in Orlando as well as Miami. We distinguish ourselves by providing safe, reliable, punctual, and professional bus transportation in state of the art motorcoach buses at an extraordinary value.


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"How did you survive that?"
It's hard to see yourself through someone else's eyes, especially someone you trust the opinion of.
My therapist wrote me a letter, it outlined the few things I had confided in her about my childhood and my life, it summarised the patterns of behaviour I am now stuck in and it expressed clear connections between them. It also had a smattering of personal opinion. This directly resulted in two weeks of hell.
This letter had made connections that I couldn't, connections that seem so apparent to me now but in my haze of very little self-worth and being the martyr, I couldn't ever have expected to understand. These connections had a domino effect, sparking new connections all over the place, filling in gaps with plenty to spare. I now understood a little more about why I was, who I was and I did not like the answer.
There was one line in this letter that upon reading at any point would cause me to break in to heaving sobs of monumental heartache.
"It's so sad to think of you as a little girl carrying dead animals around with you, hoping your love would bring them back to life."
It touched me so profoundly because I have a niece, something I never thought I would care about but it actually completely changed me as a person. In having absolute compassion for her, I began to have compassion for myself as a child and subsequently as an adult. I adopted the mantra 'If I wouldn't say it to my niece, I'm not allowed to say it to myself!' for the times I'm waging a war on myself, for the times I call myself a failure. To think of her carrying around dead birds in a discarded cup, hoping that if she just loved them enough, they would come back to life and then she would be worth something to the world, kills me. There is something so haunting about that picture.
This letter eviscerated me because in my head, my memories play one at a time, like short films. They come one by one, bite-size, cleaned up and dubbed so they are romantic or poetic. I haven't deleted any scenes, I can't delete any scenes, the unused ones are locked away in my mind somewhere but these memories are easy to watch. The letter wove them together in a badly hashed timeline, full of continuity errors from the omitted scenes. It stitched together the things I was willing to admit and formed a big-picture that was so painful that I couldn't even talk about it.
"How did you survive that?" she asks me, with what I can only describe as disbelief.
The funny thing about survival is that you don't know how you're doing it or even that you are doing it. I remember how many times I have said that I am going to commit suicide, how many times I have tried, and how many times I have genuinely thought I was close to giving up.
Yet, here I am.
I survive.
I don't know how and I don't know why...but I do.


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I have asked myself this kind of questions too! honestly what's wrong with using the sub-domain? Does it change the way i blog? Does it make me a better blogger? Does it attract more readers and subscriber?
How many times you read this? "If your serious about blogging then you should get your own domain and self host your blog" i also read some response from other bloggers where they cannot understand why other bloggers are pushing you to buy your own domain and self host your site instead of sticking to Dot blogspot or Dot wordpress; There's one commenter wondering and ask why, What's wrong with the sub domain?...some really did not understand at all.
Still using sub domain but recognized and Popular?
Yes! you heard me right, there are bloggers that are still using Dot blogspot, Dot Wordpress, Dot Typepad etc... and become one of the world's 50 most popular blogs. I will give some example below, this are the sites that are "Powerful" and yet still using dot blogspot sub domain.
- thesartorialist.blogspot.com - Hey! look blogspot user, number 20 form the list.
- girlwithaonetrackmind.blogspot.com - Girl with a one track mind, interesting and yet another blogspot user. Number 24 from the list, even made it above mashable.com
- bean-sprouts.blogspot.com - Happy Meal, Happy blogger. Sitting in the 34 from the list.
- angryblackbitch.blogspot.com - Bitchitude!? number 47 from the list.
If your main reason for blogging though is to make money then the subject is going to be really different because their are advertisers who hired bloggers to promote their sites where they want a site with much higher PR, they don't care if you are using sub domain from free hosting, but some are very strict and want their site to be seen only from sites or blogs that have their own domain, with PR, lower Alexa ranking including technorati and most of all subscribers.
I understand that when you buy your own domain and have your own hosting, you get the full control over your blog, you get much more credibility (does it?) your site looks more professional and more but....you still can, with free hosting and sub domain.
My Conclusion:
This is my point of view and my bottom line: You don't need to listen to what other blogger have said like "If your serious or not" it's all up to you, domain name cannot change anything, the way you blog or anything at all. Just look at the site above, they are happy with what they got and recognized as one of the most popular blog, some have written there own books and even spent much time on bestseller lists; Listen to your self instead, make some effort of creating a great content.
What's wrong with sub-domain?
For me here is nothing wrong at all, i don't see the difference. But to those that can pin point why not share it. I am an open minded blogger.
So what do you think?
You might have other view about sub domain...why not share that, it helps a lot for those who don't understand, start the discussion.


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Have had a number of conversations about 3D Printers and what I would recommend lately so I thought that I would capture some of the thoughts from those chats.
First, if you are really in a hurry, and you have a lot of free cash, and want to get out there and buy something right away, I would recommend the Ultimaker 2+. I have the Ultimaker 2 with part of the upgrade, the interchangeable nozzle system, that comes with the + and it is a great printer. It is also an expensive printer. It is also better tuned, IMHO, to printing materials other than ABS unless you either have a cover for it, or have it in a warm and climate controlled room.
So, if you want a less expensive printer than the Ultimaker 2+ then I would recommend one of the Makerbot Clones of which there are at least three and probably many more! The one that I had was the Wanhao Duplicator 4S and it did a masterful job of printing ABS once I added a ducted fan to it (see here in this blog for details).
Finally, if you want to spend the least amount of money possible, while still getting a capable printer, then go for a Prusa kit. Select one with a steel frame as that will serve you well for precision in the future and then learn a LOT while you construct the bloody thing. Not for the faint hearted but easily doable by someone with a modicum of assembly skills.
There is also a Prusa I3 that you can get assembled from Wanhao for $399. I do not have experience with this particular printer but Wanhao did a nice job on the Makerbot Clone that I mentioned above and this printer looks similar in terms of quality.
Lastly, which is even more finally than finally, there are some low cost entry level products like the M3D that would probably offer the easiest way to start printing. They are only a little cheaper than the Prusa I3 from Wanhao but should be easier to run. The downside is that the printer will have a smaller build volume, be slower, and less versatile assuming you stick with printing!
The above are my recommendations based on what I know...or in fact...based on what I did. Here are what I would look for if I were researching printers from scratch:
Open is really good - First on my list of open would be to discount any printer that insists on its own filament supply! You want to be able to buy filament on the open market and not be restricted to what is available in your specific cartridge. You may still end up preferring an expensive supplier over a cheap commodity but at least you have that choice. Second on my list of open would be the firmware that drives the printer. The open choices are going to have the largest community to draw on and that can be important when and if you have a problem.
Rigid frames are really good - The more rigid the frame that supports and encloses your printer the better as this is important for accuracy and long term dependability. If you build a Prusa get one with a steel frame!
Heated build plates are good - Not essential but definitely handy even for PLA as it does help with platform adhesion and subsequent release!
Being able to print ABS can be good - I think that PLA is a great material to print with for a number of reasons. It is a lot easier, faster, and in my experience better for detailed work, that ABS. It is also bio-degradable and does not smell when printing. It does not require the high heat of ABS. My problems with PLA are that it will degrade and it is sensitive to heat so some things are not right for it! My other issue with it revolves around prints that need support. I find PLA support to be much harder to remove than ABS support.
Enclosed can be good - If you plan on printing with ABS then you will need an enclosed printer unless your work area has a very controlled environment. Mine certainly did not and since the Ultimaker is partially open I had to buy second party add-on covers. More about this here. The bottom line of this point combines with the point above...do you really need to be able to print ABS? If not then I do not think that you need an enclosed printer. This opens up a lot of options.
Two extruders are not needed - I don't know this for a fact but I would be willing to bet that 98% of the printers sold with two extruders never use the capability of having those two extruders. It is bloody difficult to get one extruder working perfectly and to get two of them singing together is that much harder. In addition to the cost, it also adds weight to the extruder assembly and I just don't see the need for it...and I really tried with my Wanhao. Now there are some really good two extruder printers out there and I would 'def buy one...but I would not have two extruders as a requirement.
Active cooling is very good - The first Wanhao Duplicator 4S printers shipped with a mother board that did not support active cooling. This has been rectified now but I had to wire my own manual power supply and switch to be able to install the cooling solution that I mention above. Active cooling is not needed for all kinds of printing but can be essential for some.
Wireless is not essential - Wireless is a nice to have not something that should be high on the list to steer you from a printer that other wise meets your requirements. If you really want wireless you can get an SD card that enables that capability. Even with wireless you still need to visit the printer as few of them have arms. BTW, if you are going to do short prints across USB fine, but for long prints, do them from the SD card!
Manual leveling of a build plate is not hard - once you get used to it anyway! This is one of those requirements that I would put as more nice to have than essential. Automatic leveling may become the standard but it is not now and making this a requirement will exclude a lot of good printers.
Strong user community is really good - It is amazing how much support you can get from the user community. The stronger the community around a printer the better. If not around the printer, then around the type of printer. For example a Prusa user can go to the Rep Rap forum and find a lot of other Prusa users. A Makerbot clone user can go to a Makerbot forum and find help. Etc.
Noise is the nature of the game - You put four servos to work and you are going to make some noise. The Ultimakers have a reputation of being quiet...but they are still noisy. I don't really see this as a requirement. Your spouse is still going to complain.
Easily interchangeable nozzles are epic - Game changing, even life altering! But I am not sure that you can really make this a requirement as not many printers make this easy. Possible maybe but not easy. Hence I put it last. On the other hand if you do have the capability you will wonder how you ever got by with out it! Read more here.
I think the above sums up the most important points that come to mind.
For the best reviews of 3D Printers that you will find anywhere check out those on 3D Hubs. These are reviews by people that are serious enough about printers to be selling their printing services.
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A Forest City, SC pastor is charged with sexual battery after he harassed a woman at a Super 8 motel who he believed was a prostitute.
According to WSOC-TV Channel 9, Harriett Memorial Freewill Baptist Church's Pastor Robert Harris said that the bizarre incident at the motel happened because "I allowed the devil to motivate my mind."
Harris told Channel 9 that he intends to ask forgiveness from his congregation after explaining to them that he asked a woman for sex at the motel in Gastonia.
Ten years ago, Harris said, he counseled a couple at the Super 8. On Tuesday night, he went back and knocked on the door of a woman guest who has asked not to be identified.
"He asked me if I wanted to have some fun," the woman told WSOC.
She told him to go away, then called 911, placing her 12-month old baby on the room's bed.
Moments later, Harris was back, trying to push in the door. He threw a $20 bill at the woman and told her there was "more where that came from" if she would just let him into the room "for a few minutes."
The 911 dispatcher said in the police report that he overheard Harris making lewd suggestions to the woman and naming specific sexual acts which he wanted her to perform. Harris also reportedly said that he'd come to the hotel before for sex.
"I should never have been in that place, period," Harris said to Channel 9 by phone.
He admitted that he had never seen the woman he attacked before but that "I beg for her forgiveness that I was wrong. I asked God to forgive me."
"I have ruined my life. I have ruined my ministry. I have ruined my family," he said. "I allowed the devil to motivate my mind."
The victim expressed astonishment when she was informed that Harris is a clergyman. She said that because of his hypocrisy, Harris should be punished more than an ordinary person.
"He is abusing the people" who depend on him for spiritual guidance, she said, "not just me."
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