Category: Musing Musers

Best Dressed Covers of 2012
This year we’ve seen some not so great covers that have caused us to quiver with fear. And then there are the truly amazing and creative covers that make you say, “Hell yeah, I’d hang that in my living room.” So, who brought their A game in 2012? Today, we are revealing a few of our favorite covers of the year, along with the help of special guest, Christina from Reader of Fictions!

5 Products they need to make for Book Bloggers
Sometimes things are invented with such a limited use and small fanbase, that you wonder how even one person could conceive and invest in it, let alone several. These crazy things somehow exist out there, but I could easily think of five products that bloggers desperately need right now. Why haven’t they been invented? Why hasn’t some enterprising entrepreneur begun mass marketing a new invention to make book blogger’s lives useful?

Five Tips for Seducing Book Bloggers
Ever struggled to generate interest in your book and hook book bloggers into reviewing it? Looking desperately at the magical 50 reviews on Amazon and wondering how best to make it happen? Kat Kennedy lays down some tips and advice based on the many, many review requests that Cuddlebuggery receives and the experience we have with the requests we approve. What’s the difference between acceptance and rejection for us at Cuddlebuggery? Read on to find out!

5 of the Worst Breakups in YA Part 2
Warning: This post may contain spoilers for the novels listed. All the books mentioned are published and available to the public. Advance with care.
Last time, we discussed worst breakups in the sense that the were done prickishly with horrible intent by the breaker-uppers. This time, we’re looking at the most heart breaking, tragic, saddening breakups written in YA. Breakups suck. They rip your heart out and tear your to pieces and leave you a quivering mess for the conceivable future without the benefit of a quick death to look forward to.
Come read 5 of the worst breakups YA has to offer!

Blogging Anonymously Part 3 – Covering your internet footprint
Kat Kennedy finished up her three part Blogging Anonymously series with a technical post about internet habits that may expose your identity. Read and find out what you can do to keep your personal information secure while using the internet.

Blogging Anonymously Part 1
It’s a sad fact that bloggers have to protect themselves and their identities. This is one in a series of posts helping bloggers to protect their identities, protect their anonymity and be able to blog without fear that they will be stalked and harassed in their real life.

Kat Kennedy’s Autobiography
Kat Kennedy, in response to a desperate, public plea for more information about herself indulges – sharing a few personal tidbits and making some small, factual corrections for the wealth of people out there invested in knowing as much about her as possible. And are stalking her for that information.

5 of the Worst Breakups in YA
Kat Kennedy ruminates on five of the worst, most horrible break ups in YA involving: zombie dumping, let’s just be friends lines and some of the most evil, diabolic pain dished out in the name of, “It’s for your own good. You’re better off without me.” Read more to find out which couples rate and which are better off seeing other people.

Three ARCs I’d sacrifice my children for
Kat Kennedy lists three ARCs. Just three. These three ARCs she would do unspeakable things for. Read to see what books have Kat Kennedy waiting on tenterhooks and what unspeakable things she’d do for them. Stick around and tell her which three ARCs would make your list.