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Promantica: April 2012
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Thursday, April 19, 2012. Has a three-book deal with Avon. Has a three-book deal with HarperTeen. Who won Harlequin's SYTYCW contest) and Ami Weaver. Have series titles coming soon from Harlequin. They're all fellow Golden Heart finalists for 2012, and I'm proud of their accomplishments, just as I'm very happy for the many finalists who've gotten agents since the announcement, and all those who already have agents. (Another finalist, Moriah Densley. So you can see all the names I've left out.). This effo...
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Promantica: January 2013
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013. What to Read When You're Writing. I got a delightful email today from Heather Ashby. She's reading Love in Reality. And enjoying it. "It's a lovely oasis between writing/tweaking/polishing my own manuscripts.". The best thing about Heather's compliment is that I know exactly what she means- not all books "work" as relief when you're knee-deep in your own stories. When you find something that provides that added bit of relaxation, well, it's a good thing. Because she specializes...
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Promantica: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. Last year, I blogged about not being a finalist for the Golden Heart. What a difference a year makes. Jeanne Pickering Adams, the Region One representative to RWA. Phoned me this morning to announce that Blackjack and Moonlight is a Golden Heart. Finalist in this year's contest. Two things have popped into my head since this morning. Like I say, I hope I'm ready. That brings me to the other thing that popped into my head this morning. Had you given up? When I answered her, though,...
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Promantica: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012. I love (LOVE) free samples. No, not those titchy little plastic spoons at the supermarket. I'm talking about the free samples of books that you get to download at Amazon. You get ten percent of the book. If, at the end of the sample, you want to read the rest, you buy the book. If not, delete the sample. And this is the answer, I think, to that old canard about self- or indie-publishing. Afraid you'll get someone's slush pile reject? The way I figure it, a writer who can set up a g...
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Promantica: December 2012
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Saturday, December 29, 2012. I need two three-minute bits to read aloud for school. One's for open mike night. That's tough because three minutes isn't long enough to read much of a novel to any purpose. So I just steal from the funnier of my posts here. Last summer, I modified this post on Deciphering Romance Novel Blurbs and Reviews. Seemed to go over well enough. Possibly just for the thrill of saying "fuck" in front of my classmates. I've selected two really short bits from Love in Reality. Even the ...
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Promantica: What to Read When You're Writing
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013. What to Read When You're Writing. I got a delightful email today from Heather Ashby. She's reading Love in Reality. And enjoying it. "It's a lovely oasis between writing/tweaking/polishing my own manuscripts.". The best thing about Heather's compliment is that I know exactly what she means- not all books "work" as relief when you're knee-deep in your own stories. When you find something that provides that added bit of relaxation, well, it's a good thing. Because she specializes...
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Promantica: The Two-Minute Orgasm in Romance Novels
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012. The Two-Minute Orgasm in Romance Novels. The numbers vary, but it's widely agreed that women need upwards of 20 minutes to achieve orgasm. In a sexual encounter with a man. (Masturbating to orgasm can be much more efficient, taking on average just a few minutes.). I'm reading Ava Young's confection of a Victorian romance novel, An Inconvenient Seduction. My question is this: Okay, so WE are all in the top 1 percentile on this chart, and maybe all our friends are too, but aren't...
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Promantica: Ta-Da!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Just like that, this is now officially an AUTHOR BLOG! Okay, I'm not an author yet- Love in Reality. Will be on sale early next week- but I have a laundry list of stuff to do that's a mile long and includes school work AND writing the next book in the series, so forgive me if I'm jumping the gun. For example, I made a modest effort to learn about how a reality TV show like Big Brother. But if one of my law professors writes to say, "Did I teach you nothing? Because at least ...
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Promantica: From Where I'm Sitting
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Friday, August 31, 2012. From Where I'm Sitting. I haven't blogged here in months. Shame, really. I like this blog. I like writing about romance. But from where I'm sitting, there are so many topics I can't write about safely. Here's a partial list:. Social media and the kerfuffles therein. Used to write about that, but those halcyon days are past. I don't think I even want to say why. ;-). Traditional vs. independent publishing. Katherine Feeney is just wrong. Here's why: Porn shuts people out. It's...
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Promantica: My Summer Holidays
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Friday, September 7, 2012. Regular readers Barb and JoDee have asked for that perennial September favorite: the essay on "What I Did Over the Summer." Specifically, how the RWA National conference went. The answer: I dunno, I was sort of invisible. Seems unhelpful, so let me parse it out. When I was an associate at a Philadelphia law firm, I started quilting as a hobby. I'm not a very good or prolific quilter. There because we're all different. Sure, we're all writers, but writing is a solitary vocat...
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