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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Georgette Heyer Recommendations
Is anyone out there a Heyer Virgin? I suspect many of you aren’t, but just in case you’ve always been told you need to read some Georgette Heyer, but had no idea where to start, here’s a quick list to … Continue reading
Posted in heyer, reading, recommendations, romance novels
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Visiting Star-Crossed Romance Today
I’m visiting at Star-Crossed Romance today, talking about Multi-Purpose Worldbuilding in Moonlight Mistress. Related posts: Why Werewolves? Werewolves in Moonlight Mistress. Of Wolves and Men. Tate Hallaway Guest Post, If You Built It…. Ann Aguirre Guest Post, On Worldbuilding.
Posted in guest, promo, sf/f, writing craft
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Leçons de plaisir – Happy Book Birthday to my French edition!
Leçons de plaisir Au moment de prendre la fuite, la duchesse Camille n’imaginait pas une seule seconde que ce voyage forcé jusqu’aux confins du royaume allait prendre une tournure si… excitante. Une seule chose comptait alors : fuir loin de … Continue reading
Posted in foreign editions, promo, the duchess
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Moonlight Mistress Excerpt – Weaponry
Moonlight Mistress is out December 2009 from Harlequin Spice. This scene depicts the first combat of World War One, as experienced by one of the secondary characters, Lieutenant Gabriel Meyer, who until this moment directed the regimental band. # Gabriel … Continue reading
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Louisa Edwards – Guest Post
Please welcome my guest, Louisa Edwards! # I’ve never considered myself a good researcher. In school, it took everything I had to cobble together enough sources and information to write a decent paper—and I freely admit that the exercise taught … Continue reading
Posted in guest, reading, research
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Werewolves All Over the World
I think that the werewolves currently depicted in paranormal romance are, gradually, creating a new idea of what a werewolf in fiction ought to be – in other words, reader expectation is being affected by what mythological details writers choose … Continue reading
Posted in paranormal, romance novels, werewolves
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Oral Tradition, Epithets, and J.D. Robb
In many romance novels, particularly those in series, the reader’s familiarity with the characters and setting can be reinforced by repeated use of the same descriptive phrases. I think this is similar to the technique of assigning epithets, often poetic, … Continue reading
Posted in genre, reading, romance novels, writing, writing craft
Tagged j.d. robb
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Not a Marriage of Convenience
Why, yes, I’m still thinking about marriage of convenience plots. I like them. I’m finding this pondering of sub-genre to be extremely intellectually pleasing. Also, it’s helping me whittle down my to-be-read pile. I recently read Come Fly With Me … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary, genre, romance novels
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NaNoWriMo – O – Rama
It’s a big question this month, all over the Internet: are you nano-ing? Yes, once again it’s National Novel Writing Month. I am not participating in NaNoWriMo, and never have, but I think it can be a useful tool for … Continue reading
Posted in business of writing, writing, writing process
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How to Make Money in Publishing (and other writing jokes)
How to Make Money in Publishing and other writing jokes Question: How do you make a small fortune in publishing? Answer: Start with a large fortune. Question: How many screenwriters does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: Ten.1st … Continue reading
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