Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Sasha tagged me to answer some questions. Here we go:
Four jobs I’ve had in my life:
1. Swim Instructor (I was young and looked good in a bathing suit…as opposed to now)
2. Legislative Correspondent
3. Lawyer
4. Writer (my favorite)
Four movies I’ve watched more than once (and you all may think less of me after this…):
1. The [...]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Is it roundup or round-up? I honestly don’t know. Either way, I have some odds and ends to tie up today.
First, Dear Author, The Smart Bitches and some other sites are hosting a Romance Madness Tournament. This parallels the college basketball March Madness Tournament, but with books. The folks running the [...]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Had a bit of a computer mishap last evening. For my sanity, I’m going to leave the house and go hear author Christie Craig speak. It’s either that or sit and curse the keyboard. While that sounds like fun, it isn’t.
Here’s the book I plan to buy from Christie:
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW got a fabulous review at Romance Reviews Today. Huge thanks to review Patti Fischer. Here’s a taste:
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW is a tale of deceit, love, and all kinds of shenanigans. Oh, yeah, and two government factions working at odds with each other. The story opens with the break [...]
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Dianne Castell is a fellow Brava author. She also is a truly lovely lady. Whenever I’ve sent out the call to authors to donate for a cause, Dianne is one of the first to offer her help. So when I heard she was having a blog party at Laurie’s Laudanum blog today [...]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
One of my favorite romantic suspense authors, Pamela Clare, has a book coming out in April. The book is UNLAWFUL CONTACT. As a journalist, Pamela spent some time in jail. She used that experience when writing UNLAWFUL CONTACT. Pamela is talking about those jailhouse days on her blog. Check it [...]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I was reading through People magazine over the weekend and had to laugh. The magazine appears to be a bit behind…or I hope that’s the case since the editors gave a rave review to Margaret B. Jones’ Love and Consequences. This book is one of the memoirs discovered to be a fake over [...]
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
HARD AS NAILS (Brava, July ‘08) now is available for pre-order at Amazon and B&N online. If you need a reminder about what this one is about, here you go:
What’s better than a man who’s good with his hands? Try a trio of hard-bodied hunks who’ll be happy to flip your house, your heart…and [...]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
I just finished reading seven category romances and a novella for the preliminary round of the RITAs. A few didn’t work for me at all, but several were very good. Here are some general thoughts:
1. There are an extraordinary number of princes and related male royalty out there from countries you’ve never [...]
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW is out in bookstores…and you should go buy it The HARD AS NAILS final edits are done and turned in to my publisher. My RITA judging scores have been turned in. Yeah, this has been a busy week.
After you get back from buying your copy of RIGHT HERE, [...]
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