Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Happily Ever After

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Folks: The previous two posts here tackled the problem of the villain and the happy ending. Before I get to my ConDor panel schedule, I'...
Monday, February 26, 2007

Chasing the HEA, again

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All this talk of bad guys and good guys and killing off characters has made me think of the romance staple--the HEA--again. HEA = Happily Ev...
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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Death and the Villain

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Yesterday, Cindy blogged about how she feels when the hero dies. As a reader, I don't like it when that happens, either. I know that if...
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Saturday, February 24, 2007

I can't believe they did that!

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I recently watched the movie Ladder 49. The story begins with a fireman falling after saving someone and becoming trapped. Then it's a...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

More on Genre

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My interest was sparked by the discussion of genre on this blog and a comment I read in a LOCUS interview a few weeks ago. The earlier pos...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Blog Hell

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As many of you know, blogging is not an easy thing for me. This year I had to change my email addy and the resultant whammy of changing th...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Shen and Shid, it's Tuesday!

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Folks: Excuse my Simelan invective! Translations: it doesn't translate, but these two words refer to the psychological and physical dam...
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Monday, February 19, 2007

Oh, Lord, is it Monday?

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Half hour to tomorrow and I realize I missed my blog day. Apologies. Saturday night shortly before 8PM as my husband and I were on our way t...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Insufficient Mating Material... Excerpt

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I encourage anyone thinking of buying one of my books to read a free sample chapter from my website or barnes and noble.com, or just stand i...
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My Favorite Earthling (instalment 5)

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Excerpted from MY FAVORITE EARTHLING by SUSAN GRANT copyright Susan Grant 2006 ...
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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Lovecraftian Romance Promo

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Greetings! I'm back after almost 48 hours of no electricity, entailing no heat and no running water either. I'm happy to announce th...
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Insufficient Mating Material --survivorman with sex... food allergies, assassins

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When a Royal shotgun wedding goes wrong, When the bride blasts the reluctant groom onto his butt... What's a god-Prince to do? Maroon t...

Insufficient Mating Material--Hidden Image contest

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There's an image hidden on the covers (either the front, back or spine) of Insufficient Mating Material. Find it, enter at www.rowenache...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Wild in the Sci-fi aisle, and well-stacked in romance

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For this weekend only, we're not going to be subtle about promoting ourselves and our projects. Between us and our best friends, we...

Celebrate Romance

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Celebrate Romance If you are a big fan of Romance please consider going to Celebrate Romance in Kansas City this March 2-4. This is a great ...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

So what then does an Author have to hide?

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Folks: Linnea brought up a very classic writing lesson with her own unique twist on it -- every character has something to hide and that mak...
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Monday, February 12, 2007

Everyone Has Something To Hide

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This almost sounds like something from my previous career. For ten odd years—and dang, was they odd!—I worked as a private detective. But as...
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Sunday, February 11, 2007

It's all about the Horny Berries

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"What's it about?" the potential Reader asks at a book-signing. I panic. I know I'm not good at this. More often than not,...
Friday, February 09, 2007

Spike

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Spike is a classic example of a hero’s journey. Spike first appeared on Buffy as a bad guy who would eventually be killed off but instead t...
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Worldbuilding and Art

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Folks: Lots of things going on this week! Here's a sample. I'll probably be on a couple of program items at ConDor in San Diego in ...
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Monday, February 05, 2007

Whose World Is This Anyway?

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I just found out that along with RITA winning author Robin D "HeartMate" Owens, I’ll be teaching a world building workshop at RWA ...
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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Insufficient Mating Material

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For details of how to enter the "Hidden Image" (on the covers of Insufficient Mating Material) contest visit http://www.rowenache...