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McKenna Darby Romance: an unromantic in paris
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Monday, May 3, 2010. An unromantic in paris. Everything they say about the romance of Paris is true. The city’s magic even works on the decidedly unromantic, including my husband. Now John is one of the best husbands a woman could ever hope to have. He’s intelligent, honest, ethical, fiercely protective, funny, sweet – my best friend for nearly thirty years and counting. But romantic? But even John, it seems, is not immune to the romance of Paris. The beautiful ballad t...
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McKenna Darby Romance: eating my words
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Tuesday, August 24, 2010. One of these days I just might learn never to say never. What might finally teach me this valuable lesson? Beyond being a lover of books, I'm an aspiring author. All my life I have dreamed of holding a book with my name on the cover, of seeing it in a bookstore, of autographing it for friends, of placing it in the most favored spot among those beloved books on my shelves. And then I purchased an iPad. I discovered that even after my husband tur...
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McKenna Darby Romance: Dad, me, and the OED
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Monday, May 31, 2010. Dad, me, and the OED. I get my love of reading from my parents. They're both voracious readers, and their books are stacked at least three deep on the bookshelves they've shoehorned into every available space in their home. As if it were solid gold, with the wish that. I would love it as much as he did (to this day,. In unison, marveling together at the power of words wrought by a master. Compact Oxford English Dictionary. Or so I thought. A few we...
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McKenna Darby Romance: February 2011
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Saturday, February 5, 2011. Of country songs and romance novels. I love all kinds of music, from opera to Celtic to rock. But in my humble opinion the best storytellers to be found anywhere on the airwaves are consistently on American Country music radio. Saturday, February 05, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on twitter. Went with me no matter where the caravan roamed. As he related the wonders of a girl with Eight Cousins. I still dream of sending my charac...
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McKenna Darby Romance: love alone
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Saturday, April 30, 2011. In the countless hours of media coverage devoted to the royal wedding of William and Kate, you would think that absolutely everything has been commented upon: the historic tradition, the dress, the tiara, the ceremony, the simplicity, the grandeur, the remarkable appearance of trees in Westminster Abbey, the adoring crowds and, of course, the outlandish hats. What I cannot imagine is that the Windsors, with their long and storied commitment to ...
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McKenna Darby Romance: January 2011
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Saturday, January 8, 2011. All we have to fear. And dont you come back! Its a new year, which means a renewed commitment to marketing my books. Since Im a professional marketer by day it should be easy. Next to crafting a novel into something that works, however, promoting myself is the toughest job Ive ever done. As I look at the black lump before me, however, Im reminded of the auditions portion of American Idol. Saturday, January 08, 2011. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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McKenna Darby Romance: a dandy comes to call
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Wednesday, June 9, 2010. A dandy comes to call. The book I'm currently shopping to editors and agents is nothing like the book I had in mind when I sat down to write it. In fact, about the only parts that have survived are the setting (my hometown of Wilmington, N.C.); the Civil War time period; and the names of three characters. When that comment popped up on my instant messenger screen, I was so shocked I nearly sprayed the coffee I was drinking across the room. I was...
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McKenna Darby Romance: March 2011
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Sunday, March 13, 2011. Drowning in a flock of classes. Yes, they look cute now. but just wait. It happens every year about this time, when all the chickens I adopted in January come home to roost. I invariably end up archiving the materials for at least half of them. The result: I have stacks of class materials Ive never even opened. Sunday, March 13, 2011. Romance Writers of America. Writing the Breakout Novel. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on twitter. I loved...
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McKenna Darby Romance: seven stages of editing grief
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Monday, September 6, 2010. Seven stages of editing grief. I learned a lot about how I process feedback on my manuscripts from a post on Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz's blog about editor and writer Karen McGrath's Seven Stages of Editing Grief. The stages, for anyone else who might benefit, are:. This feedback is stupid and useless. How could I have made such a mess of this? Who does this editor/crit partner think she is? Why did I ever think I could write? Just choose the N...
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McKenna Darby Romance: CONTEST RESULTS
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Bound by duty . unleashed by love. Many thanks to the generous people who volunteer their time to sponsor, organize, and judge the RWA's many wonderful chapter writing contests. I have learned so much from the experience and the feedback, and it is reflecting in my placements. A few of the results from recent contests include:. 2011 Daphne du Maurier Awards of Excellence in Mystery Suspense. 3rd Place, Historical, Traitor to Love. 2010 Golden Pen Contest, Golden Network. 1st Place, Guns and Gardenias.
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