February 2010

Guest Blog by Rose Lerner

February 28, 2010

Follies and Monkeys The Oxford English Dictionary gives one of the definitions of “folly” as “a popular name for any costly structure considered to have shown folly in the builder.” A particular type of folly became popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries: small buildings on an estate in an attempt to mimic [...]

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Episode 7 – Rose Lerner, Author of “In For a Penny”

February 28, 2010

Today at Romantically Speaking, we were very happy to welcome Debut Author Rose Lerner!  In For A Penny is a Regency getting a lot of advanced review praise for its incredible attention to historical detail and being called a worthy successor to Georgette Heyer.    ~~~By the By, one thing we didn’t mention on the Podcast [...]

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Dear Heavens… The Rejection!

February 18, 2010

A few days ago, I received what I consider my first ‘real’ rejection for one of my stories.  (Yay, I popped my… nevermind…) So, after a few tears and some blubbering on the phone to family, I took a deep breath and a step back. My story was for an open call from Samhain, one [...]

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Episode 6 – Male Virgin and Taylor Lautner vs. The Cougar

February 14, 2010

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Today’s show was a discussing all things Romance show!  Joining me were my friends, Crista McHugh and Anna Alexander As usual when we get together, romance trumps all and weird topics get introduced Some of today topics include the Manwhore, and is the Male Virgin the next big thing? Taylor Lautner vs. [...]

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