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Furiously Happy:
My brain hungered for humor. Was absolutely famished for fun.

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Kelli Jae BaeliSeptember 11, 2020

I am very picky about the books I read, and it’s hard to find anything that doesn’t either piss me off or bore me. That might just be a product of having been an Indie Author, honing her craft for 30 years, or maybe it’s just me being too damn critical. But I never had problems in my younger years. Like say, my twenties and before. But then, I didn’t write my first book until I was 26. So maybe it really is that being an author affects my ability to enjoy reading other authors that aren’t top-notch. Garbage in, … Continue reading →

Posted in depression, stress, WRITING CRAFT, distraction, happiness, desperation, Social anxiety, writer, harsh realities, mental illness, self-awareness, novelist, BOOKS, WRITING LIFE, anxiety, despair, Depressive Realism, sensitivity, Social Psychology, ENTERTAINMENT, reality, memoir genre, CURRENT AFFAIRS, coping skills, Humor genre, Book review, Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy, Lets Pretend This Never Happened, reading | Leave a reply

Rocking the Boat

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Kelli Jae BaeliSeptember 26, 2017

Don’t say anything. Don’t make a comment. It will make you look bad. That’s the usual advice in the publishing industry when someone posts a caustic review of your book, under the assumption that this is about some type of insecurity on the part of a writer. This is not insecurity. It is frustration, and in this case, it’s also outrage. In fact, historically, authors are expected to keep their mouth shut about these things, but I am a proponent of the adage Silence equals Death. This advice to stay mum strikes me as the same mentality that got that Orange Nightmare in the Oval … Continue reading →

Posted in frustration, aggravation, WRITING CRAFT, sex, lesbians, Human Nature, truth, orgasm, angst, PSYCHOLOGY, annoying people, anger, society, Kelli Jae Baeli, harsh realities, liars, BOOKS, Book Reviews, WRITING LIFE, sensitivity, WRITING, mystery genre, reading, SEXUALITY, Armchair Detective, Lesbian fiction genre, lesfic genre, adventure genre, Book review | 4 Replies

Is it Goodreads or Badreaders?

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Kelli Jae BaeliSeptember 25, 2017

I’ve always believed that every ill in our society falls under one or more of three categories: Greed, Ignorance or Zealotry. I was faced with an example of one or more of these while updating my author page on Goodreads. I came across a negative review, quite by accident, of one of my earlier books. Against my better judgment, I read it, and was horrified. The reviewer, obviously, did not like my book, and that’s fine, in and of itself, but this reviewer made statements that were patently false. She claimed the character in my book was “helping a pedophile.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, frustration, aggravation, rudeness, Behavior, Human Nature, truth, annoying people, lies, responsibility, disillusionment, abuse, anger, Kelli Jae Baeli, honesty, harsh realities, liars, BOOKS, Book Reviews, WRITING LIFE, independent author, Sensory Processing Sensitivity, HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON (HSP), Social Psychology, critics, Sociology, Giving it Away, reviews, Book review | 4 Replies

Mistress of Mogador by T.T. Thomas

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 29, 2017

I have never been a fan of historical romance, perhaps because most of my experience with them has been of the insipid, cheesy variety. Mistress of Mogador is not that. No ridiculous fragile women seeking validation from some musclebound man, poisoned by testosterone; no need to be saved by such a man, and no absurd, quixotic ruminations about love in the vein of puerile cupidity. No, the females of Mistress of Mogador carry the modern I’m-a-Nasty-Woman sensibility, in the most attractive and honorable ways. The characters here are also sufficiently flawed to burst from the page into personhood in the … Continue reading →

Posted in mainstream fiction genre, indie publisher, romance-genre, history, PUBLISHING, Lesbian fiction genre, lesfic genre, historical, fiction, T.T. Thomas, Mistress of Mogador, Book review | Leave a reply

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