Writing

***Winner Announced*** Win a Mary Buckham Online ‘Pacing’ Class and Amazon Giftcard!

February 26, 2011

EDITED TO ADD: And the WINNER IS:  Kim Bowman! Congrats Kim!  I’ll be getting in touch with you to get everything set up. For everyone else, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate the nice messages.  I had so much fun, this won’t be the last contest I hold, so stay tuned  If you didn’t [...]

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Get Your 2011 Goals Here!

January 1, 2011

Goals are Dreams with Deadlines I’m not sure exactly where I heard the above, so I don’t know where to give credit, but it is one of my most favorite ‘kick your butt into gear’ quotes – and a perfect way to begin the New Year. I prefer goals to resolutions or dreams.  Just dreaming/ [...]

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Virginity, Love, and Romance

October 4, 2010

I do have to start with a *SPOILER WARNING* here.  I need to discuss a book (series) in this post to try to sort out my feelings on a particular subject (see title of blog post if you want a hint of where this blog may be going).  If you are a fan of G.A [...]

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Guest Blog by Laura Bickle

April 18, 2010

Old myths have a way of creeping into new stories. Myths began to wiggle into mine through a chain of happy accidents that built upon each other. When I began EMBERS, I had the idea of a fire salamander familiar in mind for the heroine, Anya. Sparky the salamander is rooted in the ideas that [...]

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Why I’ll Never Be a Hater

April 6, 2010

Anyone here remember the movie Exit To Eden? Come back with me to the mid-nineties.  It was a time where films like Basic Instinct, The Last Seduction, and others full of dark, sexual, and complicated themes were hits both financially and critically.  Producers were scrambling like mad to come up with others in the same [...]

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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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Guest Blog by Amber Scott

January 31, 2010

Five Lessons Indie Press Taught Me: 1. Write For Yourself. I sit at my laptop, hands on the keyboard, frozen by the thought, Have I gone too far? What would an editor think of that? Or, worst of all, What would Uncle Bill think? Editors, agents and a few family members are predominantly who make [...]

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Guest Blog by Ann Charles

January 24, 2010

When the Going Gets Tough… (and other “tried and true” phrases) A while ago I spent some time on a podcast with our lovely host, Danielle Monsch, talking about a multitude of things, most of which had to do with writing. When all was said and done, we’d had plenty of laughs, but she brought [...]

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