So, we’re off for a few days of fun in California pre-RWA conference.  I’ll pick up with some conference thoughts - to the extent I have to anything worth saying and to the extent the internet service at the Reno Hilton works. 

Until then, how’s this for innovation:  put writers together in an anthology, tell them they can write anything they want and drop the bylines so the authors can have complete anonymity.  I gotta say that I love the idea.  And, so did someone at Random House.  In The Secret Society Of Demolition Writers, 12 famous folks (think Sebastian Junger, Michael Connelly, Aimee Bender and others) got together and wrote without any restrictions on content.  The result is an interesting writing experiment and an unusual mix of topics.  The game now is to pick up a copy and see if you can match each story to its author.

A romance publisher should give this idea a try.  Think how much fun that could be.

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