Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Fun

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Sometimes I don't feel like writing. Especially the day I finally finish a book. Yippee!! So when Jimmy Thomas, the model on my Solar...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

March Convention

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So in February we've talked about where to go to get some "crazy ideas" to make a Romance into SFR or even AR. And we've t...
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Monday, March 03, 2008

Celebrate Romance, Celebrating Wins!

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A mish-mash of a blog today. No writing tips. Lots of BSP (blatant self promotion). If you wonder where Colby Hodge disappeared to, she was ...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Animal Genius

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Last week, coincidentally, the latest NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC arrived with a cover story on animal intelligence, and NOVA aired a show on “Ape G...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

what to do with ARCs

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All right readers, I want to tap into your creativity. Tor just sent me lots of advanced reading copies for Dancing With Fire my July roman...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Alien Romance

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I'm prepending a comment on the "Great First Lines" discussion, then my own post on the definition of Alien Romance, or maybe ...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

More Great First Lines

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Continuing the previous blog... I happen to teach workshops in writing great and grabber opening paragraphs and scenes. So I much enjoyed CI...
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Friday, February 22, 2008

Craft/First Lines

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A good opening line is an essential part of story telling. It's also something that I don't think I'm particulary good at. Occ...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Craft -- Editorial Revisions

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Since I always enjoy reading about how other writers work, I’m happy to write and talk about the writing craft. This week, my limited writin...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Win a Susan Kearney book

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Susan Kearney "THE QUEST" Contest! Enter Today! Between Your Sheets is excited to announce that USA Today Bestselling Author, Susa...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Audience Response

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Is our world turning "alien?" Or maybe it always has been? The generation gap. The religious gaps. The cultural gaps. Romance...
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Monday, February 18, 2008

Craft of Writing: Vividness outrank Brevity

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Eons ago, when I was studying for my private pilot's license, I used to read Flying magazine and a column called I Learned About Flying...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Rocking the white house

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I'm in one of those deadline crises that seems to require me to get up in the small hours to write certain scenes (in my next alien roma...
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Insufficient Mating Material

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Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Craft of Writing

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It was with much interest that I read Susan's post from Wednesday. I too am a forgetful blogger and I especially find it hard to come u...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Elections

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With the Maryland presidential primaries this week, the predictions and analyses of the political experts and pollsters reminded me of a...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

What do you want from our blog?

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I'm a sometimes forgetful blogger. I tend to blog when I have a book out. And yes, Solar heat hit the stores this week. But what I...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Well...??? So why DO you write!!!

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I'm experimenting inserting this in the HTML mode and can only hope it'll look OK. Please forgive the formatting gliches. In severa...
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Monday, February 11, 2008

Reinventing Linnea

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Bantam will reissue my backlist this summer with all new covers, and, I'm told, shelve my books in the romance section. To that end, the...
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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Crime and Punishment

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The Maryland General Assembly's legislative session is at its height now, accompanied by reintroduction of various hardy perennial propo...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Solar Heat Chat

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Hi Everyone, It's that time again. My new book Solar Heat should be hitting the stores this week. And while it is a sequel to Island h...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Crazy in Love

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If it is the first Tuesday of the month, it must be "Crazy Tuesday" Today, between 10.00 am Eastern Time and noon, Rowena Cherry ...