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Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Winner of the VCP contest

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The first name out of the hat was Joanne Cleary. The answer was the windows!  The Spanish version also used the wrong picture and you can...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

How to read a synopsis for problems

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In my re-reading of Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies I was reminded of the importance of having an outline or a road map for the novel. ...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

To Marry A Matchmaker and creativity

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My editor emailed yesterday to say that they have titled Henri & Robert -- TO MARRY A MATCHMAKER.  It brilliantly reflects the story so ...
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Christina Philip's Upcoming Launch Party for Forbidden (plus contest)

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As Christina is an old friend of mine and I'm thoroughly excited about her book: To help celebrate the release of Forbidden, Christina...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Viking's Captive Princess UK cover and contest

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I finally got to see the UK paperback cover of the Viking's Captive Princess . I love and adore the new look of M&B Historical. Howe...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

New Voices Workshop Update

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I'm giving a workshop for the New Voices competition . My workshop will be held at Knaresborough Library on Wednesday 1 September from 7...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary

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For a very long time, I have actively desired a book that would tell me what a word meant in a given time period, rather than if it was simp...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Head of the Litter Box Santitation Department

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Heathcliff in a cake box My mother sent me a t-shirt Litter Box Sanitation Specialists local 429. There is also a black silhouette of a c...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

A Noble Captive on sale today and a sale

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Michelle Willingham let me know that A Noble Captive is on sale at eharlequin today. You will need to enter  the code YARD08N and they ca...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Bits and bobs

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First the Lymphoedema update -- the arm slowly deflates. It is getting better and does look like an arm. And I suppose as I don't have b...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Inspiration and character traps

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Hang around in Romancelandia a bit and you will see many authors use pictures of actors, models, polo players etc for inspiration for their ...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

RWA Workshop on Marketing for the Brave New World

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I was very surprised to see that this particular workshop was not well attended. Personally I had thought there would be people sitting on t...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

RWA -- The PAN workshops/retreat

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One very big reason to go to the RWA National conference is the Published Author Network retreat and workshops. These workshops are not re...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

RWA 10 workshops -- Fire into Fiction (Part 2)

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As long time readers of this blog will know, ever since Penny Jordan recommended Donald Maass's Writing the Break Out Novel about fi...
Monday, August 09, 2010

RWA workshops -- SEP's 6 Magic Words

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I will admit to never having read Susan Elizabeth Phillips. This is a failing of mine that I intend to remedy. SEP's workshop really im...
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Sunday, August 08, 2010

Workshops I attended at the RWA -- Unusual Historical

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One of my fave workshops was the panel on Unusual Historical organised by my friend Carrie Lofty. Carrie has been a big moving factor behind...
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Friday, August 06, 2010

Top tips from the RWA conference

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I learnt many things at the RWA conference in Orlando. 1. Always carry your business cards, even when you think you won't need them any...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Typing with cats

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Heathcliff has decided that he is an edit-cat today. I am forgiven for having dared to go away. Apparently while I was gone, he went and sat...
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Back from the RWA

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I am back! My updates etc are on the Pink Heart Society. I had a marvellous time. For me, conference was all about meeting people. I loved m...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Off to Orlando

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Drum roll please! My revisions are done and hopefully my editor will now love the book. I now have to pack. My daughter has been going over ...
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