Category Archives: guest

Cecilia Tan Guest Post – "Why Writing Romance and Erotica Is Like Being Good in Bed"

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Cecilia Tan! # Why Writing Romance and Erotica Is Like Being Good in Bedby Cecilia Tan I was debating with a friend recently on what the “real” difference is between “literary” fiction and “commercial” fiction. What’s … Continue reading →

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Tate Hallaway Guest Post – "If You Built It…"

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Tate Hallaway! If You Built It… When Victoria asked me to write about world-building, I was stymied. What world-building? I didn’t invent Madison, Wisconsin, after all. It’s just this place, you know? I was particularly baffled … Continue reading →

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Guestblogging at Fiction That Defies Boundaries.

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Today I am guestblogging for Michelle Lauren’s Fiction That Defies Boundaries Blog. I wrote about some plot-generating worldbuilding techniques I’m using for my novel-in-progress, tentatively titled The Duke and The Pirate Queen. Hope to see you there! I’m at Readercon … Continue reading →

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Jackie Barbosa Guest Post – Confessions of a Sub-Genre Slut

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Jackie Barbosa! # Confessions of a Sub-Genre Slut Before I get started, I’d like to thank Victoria for giving me a chance to blab about myself on her blog. Of course, the downside of guest blogging … Continue reading →

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Minx Malone Guest Post – Inspiration

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Thanks, Victoria, for allowing me to hang out with you today. I wanted to talk about something that is equally relevant for writers and readers alike: inspiration. I used to be inspired mainly by dreams. I would wake up one … Continue reading →

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Andrea Barra Guest Post: Romance, Academia, and Me

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest Andrea Barra, PhD candidate in Sociology. # Romance, Academia, and Me by Andrea Barra I would be lying if I said I went into graduate school with any sort of idea of what I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Jeannie Lin Guest Post: Feminism in the Tang Dynasty

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest Jeannie Lin, Golden Heart finalist for her historical romance novel Butterfly Swords, which has, as of 7/15/09, sold to Harlequin Mills and Boon! My muses — four extraordinary women of the Tang dynasty. The characters at … Continue reading →

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Ann Aguirre Guest Post – On Worldbuilding

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest Ann Aguirre, author of futuristic romance and urban fantasy. # Some people make exhaustive lists before they start writing. They chart things and color code them and write them on cards. I’m not one of them. … Continue reading →

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Kate Pearce Guest Post: The Regency versus The Victorian

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

The Regency versus The Victorian Every so often I get mail or reviews that comment on what my characters get up to in my Regency-set erotic romances. Usually the comments suggest that no one in the Regency period would know … Continue reading →

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Guest post tomorrow! And Wolverine….

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Stop by tomorrow for a guest post on mores in the Regency period versus the Victorian period from historical erotica author Kate Pearce. http://www.katepearce.com/ Me, I’ll be reading Kate’s post and then running off to see the new Wolverine movie.

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