Archive for September, 2007

Weekend Getaway

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Tomorrow is my birthday - yay to me! To celebrate, my hubby has planned an overnight trip to Los Angeles. Back in December 1998, we started our honeymoon in Marina del Rey before heading out to Fiji, so we kind of have a soft spot for the area. We’ll be staying at [...]

Last Call

Friday, September 28th, 2007

You still have time. If you want to write for Kensington Brava, are thinking about writing a romance, love writing contests or whatever - enter the Brava Novella Contest. It is not too late.
During the last contest Sylvia Day wrote her entry in a short time and sent it out. [...]

Oddities And Strange Stuff

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

You always hear about how wacky authors are…and they are. This article at CNN called Real Life Plot Twists Of Famous Authors sounds as if it might give some insight into all that wackiness. Actually, some of the info is pretty tame. Some is not. Still, if you’re one of those [...]

Avon Red Revisited

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

A few weeks back I asked for volunteers to red a few Avon Red books and give us their thoughts. Darlene and her hubby, Mr. Wonderful, did a he said/she said review of two Red titles here. Tammy G. took up the challenge as well.
Here are Tammy’s fabulous thoughts on Dahlia [...]

The Ward Addiction

Monday, September 24th, 2007

The first book I read post-deadline was J.R. Ward’s Lover Unbound. The review of it is up at PBR right now. After writing the review, I checked out what Dear Author and others had to say about J.R. Ward’s newest. Seems some folks think Ward lost some of her luster with this [...]

MySpace: The Bought It This Week Edition

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

After I hand in a book, I wander into bookstores, get a latte and look around. This week’s wandering resulted in purchases. No surprise there since post-writing is heavy reading time. A few of my book choices this time around came from seeing covers on MySpace and then seeing the books [...]

End Of The Sweat

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Today is the day. It’s the final day of the The Seventy Days of Sweat Writing Challenge. To all who participated - congratulations on your hard work! To those who followed along and are toying with the idea of giving the Sweat Challenge a try, it’s not too late because we’re doing [...]

Alive And Kicking

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Am I the only one who didn’t know the new Borders site is up and running? In case you wanted to do a search for my books (well, I did…), I saved you the trouble. You get this page of book covers and then click from there.
The more places to buy [...]

The Day After

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

I just turned in a single title. This one will be out in November ‘08. Sounds far away but it’s really not in publishing land. At this point, my brain is in that mushy swiss cheese state. Not attractive.
While I gather my six brain cells together to form a [...]

MySpace: The Wedding Edition

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Every now and then you want to read a book about a wedding. It can be a runaway bride romance or a former-boyfriend-steals-away-his-ex-before-she-can-get-married story or a matchmaking tale or something similar. To satisfy those cravings, I give you the following books I discovered through MySpace: