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Thursday Challenge: Free For All (and some thoughts on money)
Live Once Juicy | December 31st 2009 by Shaunta Alburger
Thursday Challenge is having two weeks of free-for-all. Any favorite picture. Here is one of mine. It’s a picture of some stores in Tahoe taken through an Amtrak window. It represents my greatest adventure. Two summers ago, I sold my first fi read more
MUMBAI – GREEN INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION CONFERENCE 2010
Higher Education in India & Admission News | December 11th 2009 by Chalo Campus
Green Industrial Evolution – Mumbai Conference 2010 Introduction: Carbon credits are certificates issued to countries that reduce their emission of GHG which causes Climate Change. They are generated by enterprises in the developing world that read more
someday stuff
Snippets and Blabbery | December 10th 2009 by Abi Beaty
Here are some things I dream of: Sewing weekend with Heather Ross in Vermont. Improv workshop with Denyse Schmidt. Become an accomplished pastry chef, with someone besides me eating all my creations. Go to a SARK event. Attend the RWA National Confe read more
Red Garnier: Not a Shampoo!
Leah Braemel | December 10th 2009 by Leah Braemel
Back in 2007, I decided to get serious about my writing and joined the Toronto Romance Writers. While I was there, I met Wylie Kinson and started following her blog. One of the other regular commenters over there was today's guest, Red Garnier. read more
Guilty Pleasures Monday – Elvis Presley
Caridad Pineiro, author of paranormals, romantic suspense an… | December 7th 2009
I was watching TV (yes, I do that a lot) and a commercial came on which had Elvis at the start with a tag line “He Changed Music.” Well, yes, Elvis changed music and made many a heart go aflutter, but not just with his hips. He was such read more
DellArte Press aka Harlequin Horizons
DarkAngel's Book Stop | November 28th 2009 by Paula
In the wake of widespread criticism over its self-publishing imprint, Harlequin has changed the imprint’s name from Harlequin Horizons to DellArte Press. As Harlequin publisher and CEO Donna Hayes said it would, the company renamed the imprint to a read more
Harlequin Horizons Provokes Controversy
Maya Reynolds | November 19th 2009 by Maya Reynolds
On Tuesday I reported that Harlequin had announced it would be launching a "self-publishing partnership with Author Solutions, Inc."That announcement has provoked comment and reaction across the publishing industry. First, Romance Writers of America read more
Harlequin’s Response to RWA’s Decision
Tartitude | November 19th 2009 by hope101
For those of you who may not have access to the communication Harlequin sent to their authors earlier this evening, here is the e-mail: Harlequin was very surprised and dismayed to receive notice late yesterday that the RWA has decided that Harlequi read more
New Harlequin Venture Doesn't Pass Romance Writers of America Sme…
E-Reads | November 18th 2009 by Richard Curtis
If you felt the earth move under your feet today, you may have been experiencing the shock of a clash between two formidable forces in the romance field, Harlequin and Romance Writers of America. The stress in their longstanding and mutually benefici read more
New Harlequin Venture Doesn’t Pass Romance Writers of America S…
Anthony Damasco’s Tech Blog | November 18th 2009
If you felt the earth move under your feet today, you may have been experiencing the shock of a clash between two formidable forces in the romance field, Harlequin and Romance Writers of America. The stress in their longstanding and mutually benefici read more
Friends with Tractors
S.J. Day - Urban Fantasy Novelist | November 16th 2009
I’m writing this post from Nashville, where I’ve been since I left home in the wee hours of the morning on Friday. I’m here for the RWA Board of Directors’ meeting. Tomorrow will be Day 3 and another 10 hour day. Yes, I’ read more
How Do They Do It?
Avon Romance Blog | November 8th 2009 by Lucia
As a reader, I'm always fascinated to learn an author's writing method.Do they outline first, even whole series at a time (like JK Rowling famously did for HARRY POTTER)?Are they "pantsters," (writing by the seat of your pants), as one of the lovely read more
NJRW Conference – 2009
Stringing Beads | October 26th 2009 by Deb Maher
No matter how many RWA conferences I attend, National or Chapter, I’m always amazed at their organization and the energy they generate. This year’s NJRW Conference at the newly redesigned Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin, NJ was no ex read more
Elementary, My Dear Indy!
popculturedivas | October 16th 2009 by Joanna D'Angelo
by Kayla PerrinHello from Indianapolis!That's where I am right now for the 40th Bouchercon convention. That's right--40th. What is Bouchercon, you might be wondering. Well, it's the largest convention for lovers of mystery fiction. With over 1600 re read more
October Update from Deborah Cooke
ShapeShifter Romance | October 15th 2009 by Teresa D'Amario
What a busy month! But I’m making progress on my To Do list, one item at a time. First up this month was the opening reception at the Toronto Public Library. I’m the writer-in-residence there for this month and next month, the first time read more
Round Two
Of Werewolves And Other Strangers | October 8th 2009 by Roxanne Bland
Here's a second stab at writing a one-liner for The Underground. Fifty words. Twice as long as the panelist at the RWA conference recommended, but she also said that fifty is okay. Not great, but okay. I'll take it.This time I left out a whole bunch read more
Why New Release Day is Like Christmas
popculturedivas | September 29th 2009 by Joanna D'Angelo
by Kathryn SmithSo today is the day that my new book, When Seducing a Duke hits shelves. You'd think I'd be really excited, and I am -- to a point. You see (and this is where the title of this post comes into play) Release Day is a lot like Christmas read more
In Memory of Kate Duffy
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | September 28th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
I just read that Kate Duffy, editor at Kensington, has died. Such sad news and my thoughts go out to her family, friends, and all those who knew her well. I had the tremendous fortune to meet her at last year’s RWA conference. She was funny read more
Writing Organizations
Jill Kemerer | September 23rd 2009 by Jill Kemerer
Writing organizations: useful or useless?100% useful!Photo by muklukI love the organizations I belong to: Romance Writers of America and American Christian Fiction Writers. Both offer tremendous resources for any writer. Each has a website filled wit read more
Pitching Pointers
Prairie Chicks Write Romance | September 19th 2009
Nikki’s first romantic suspense, SOUNDS TO DIE BY, releases from Samhain Publishing on October 13th. She’s currently working on the second book in the Samhain series and has a project on deck that she will submit to agents as soon as it’s polis read more
Thank You to the Generous Sponsors of Clayton's
Sandie Hudson ~ Writing Romance | August 26th 2009 by Sandie Hudson
Yes, I know I was supposed to do this last week, but I’m a slack butt. Ask anyone they will tell you. Anyway, let’s move on. Last week I told you about the lovely women that donated their time to chat and run workshops for the Clayton’s Confere read more
RWA Literacy Signing
Books, movies, and Chinese Food | August 22nd 2009
So last month, the Romance Writers of America held their annual conference in Washington DC. As part of their conference, there is a huge 500+ author signing which benefits literacy charities. Since this is the first time I've happened to live in t read more
Conference Preparation:What is Your Goal?
Jill Kemerer | August 17th 2009 by Jill Kemerer
I know many of you will be in Colorado next month for ACFW's Annual Conference and some of you are signed up for other conferences this year or next. Congratulations!The week before you leave will be full of little details--packing, smoothing out fam read more
Canadian SASEs, an epic journey
Blather | August 11th 2009 by Cara Davies
Wow, boringest post ever. Unless, as I did a few weeks ago, you need to get ahold of Canadian postage for your reply postcard and SASE for a submission package and can't for the life of you figure out how. I'm going to dress it up with heroic analog read more
Protect the Work, Nurture Your Soul
Sisters In Sync -- Creative Chaos | August 7th 2009 by Sisters In Sync
On a personal SIS note... Today is our brother, Bob's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBY!!! And many, many, many more!Now, on to my featured post.A couple of weeks ago I posted a few phrases I’d heard in various workshops at the RWA Conference. I asked read more
August Topic: Believe in Yourself
Jill Kemerer | August 5th 2009 by Jill Kemerer
The last hurrah of summer--August! I know many of you will be attending ACFW's conference in September, and I wanted to encourage you as you prepare. After my experience at RWA National Conference, I can guess what many of you are feeling in the days read more
Why I blew off the RWA Conference
Denise Robbins Blog | July 29th 2009 by Denise
As some of you know, I had planned to attend the RWA National Conference in DC this year, but at the last minute changed my mind. Why? I had to finish writing book #4 Never Tempt Danger. Why... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website read more
Recap from the DC RWA Conference…
Happy Endings - The Romance Writer's Pursuit | July 27th 2009 by Jeannie Ruesch
It’s been over a week since I returned from DC and I am finally feeling somewhat normal again! I think the mark of a successful conference is when you come home completely exhausted and brain dead. So now that my brain is functioning again, I read more
American Christian Fiction Writers Finalists for Book of the Year
My Own Little Corner of the World | July 26th 2009 by Julie
Here are the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Book Of The Year Finalists! The winners will be announced at the ACFW conference in September!Debut AuthorA Passion Most Pure (Julie Lessman)Courting Miss Adelaide (Janet Dean)Every Good and Per read more
Romance Writers of America Conference
Sizzling Hot Romance from Kristie Leigh Maguire | July 23rd 2009 by Kristie Leigh Maguire
As Romance Booms, Authors and Publishers Invest in Face Time By Rose Fox -- Publishers Weekly, 7/22/2009 7:51:00 AMAround 2,000 members of the Romance Writers of America descended onWashington, D.C. this weekend for RWA's annual conference. Despite o read more
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