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Chantal Boudreau Chantal Boudreau's blog:
A review is an opinion, and everyone who has read something is entitled to their own personal viewpoint. Every writer should be willing to acknowledge that there will be people out there who won’t enjoy their work, or who will take issue with their style or approach to a certain topic. When someon... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 17:10 • 11 views
Sarah M. Glover Sarah M. Glover's blog:
Ticking off a ghost always leads to trouble. Of course, Andrew doesn't listen. Not good for him, but makes for a great read.

Also, some results from the twisted fairy tale ending question: The 3 Little Pigs and I like Bacon. Rumplestiltskin gets the baby and a reality TV program. Cinderella gets ath... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 11:43 • 7 views
Joya Fields Joya Fields's blog:
I'm excited to share the 5 Heart review of Beneath the Surface at Sizzling Hot Book ReviewsBeneath the Surface by Joya Fields
A mysterious metal box with what looks like red hair, red human hair, floating out from the seams, lies Beneath the Surface of the ocean, off the Florida coast. Brooke Richard... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 13:06 • 4 views
Zach Sweets Zach Sweets's blog:

I've decided to start a Friday Kilt. Who can resist men in kilts?! :D I'll try my best to keep it SFW. :D The first man in kilt is SFW.



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Published on February 03, 2012 16:00 • 4 views
Evie Kiels Evie Kiels's blog:

Digital to Analog by Evie KielsFab news, guys! Digital to Analog is out! This is a short, smooshy Valentine's Day story. It's available from Less Than Three Press as a stand alone or as part of the first Kiss Me Quick pack.


Blurb: College is not proving to be exactly all it's cracked up to be for Seth. His only relief from cl...

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Published on February 01, 2012 19:52 • 1 view
Melissa Pearl Melissa Pearl's blog:
I don't know what it is, but there is something so ultra cool about a girl who can kick some butt. I love watching movies or reading a book where the girl is physically very capable and doesn't need a guy to rescue her.

I guess that's why I wrote Gemma the way I did... and man, was it fun! I love the... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 09:40 • 1 view
Michael Popek Michael Popek's blog:
Taken just before I started this post:


Yes, this will be the 1,000th post here on Forgotten Bookmarks. Hard to believe it all started way back in June of 2007 with this bookmark, "Cassie's Coming Back." (Still no comments?) Since then, there have been bookmarks of all kinds, more than 500 b... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 07:59 • 4 views
Charlotte E. English Charlotte E. English's blog:

I've a suspicion that there's no set of people in the world more anxious to give each other advice than writers. Oddly enough, there's also no set of people more anxious to slavishly follow other people's advice.


Now, before anyone readies the rotten tomatoes, let me add that I'm convinced most ...

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Published on February 03, 2012 07:32 • 2 views
RaShelle Workman RaShelle Workman's blog:
TGIF!! which means, of course, Thank Goodness It's FREE. Exiled, that is! Through midnight tonight (Friday, Feb 3rd) on amazon.com. Click HERE to download.

EXILED IS part of the FREE PAR-TAY! and let me tell you there are some AMAZING books!! Whether you'd like to read something fun to the kiddos - P... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 08:49 • 5 views
Heather Huffman Heather Huffman's blog:

Today's guest blogger made my day the first time I met him. John Seita emailed me after reading Throwaway to share his story as an alumni of the foster care system. I was moved to hear John's story, and thrilled to hear what's being done at Western Michigan University to help children aging out of t...

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Published on February 03, 2012 05:52 • 7 views
Logan Rutherford Logan Rutherford's blog:

Just dropping in to give you a quick update on Eden.

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RIght now, I am currently writing the scene where Adam and Eve meet up with Brutus. And, well, some pretty crazy stuff is about to go down. However, for some odd reasons, Eden is tough for me to write. I feel like I've set the bar pretty high, and ...

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Published on February 03, 2012 14:21 • 4 views
Shelly Crane Shelly Crane's blog:


My First Kiss… 
Well, I'm not going to tell you about my first kiss. Honestly, it was so strange and unforgettable that I can't even remember the exact details. But! I met my husband, who've I've been married to for almost 11 years now, when I was a senior in high school. We went to different schools... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 07:15 • 9 views
Michelle Hughes Michelle Hughes's blog:


I wonder if Rafe has any idea how hard it's been to get his and Cara's story out.  Outside of the dreams I'm plagued with every night, which most of the time I don't mind, this formatting thing has been for the bats.  If anyone tells you that self-publishing is easy, seriously thwap them on th... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 12:57 • 1 view
Ann Mayburn Ann Mayburn's blog:
Ok, so you know how earlier I said Daughter of Lust was free only for Kindle Prime Members? Whopps! It's FREE for everyone for the next 5 days! So if you love paranormal romance, hop on over to Amazon and download Daughter of Lust for Free. Like free free, 0 dollars and cents free. :D

PS-... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 13:43 • 9 views
Abbi Glines Abbi Glines's blog:
She was defending me. Intelligent, honest, talented, and compassionate. No one had ever defended me. The silly blond in my arms let out a trill of giggles unappealingly similar to the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard. This isn't where I wanted to be. I'd stayed because of Pagan. Being near her, ... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 06:57 • 20 views
Roni Loren Roni Loren's blog:

Normally Fridays are reserved for my Fill-Me-In Friday links roundup. But today I wanted to talk about a big change I've decided on. After almost three years, 575 posts, and gaining about 2000 followers through Google Friend Connect and email subscriptions, I've decided that it's time for me to clos... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 09:03 • 2 views
Daniele Cavagna Daniele Cavagna's blog:

Il B&B Casa Dolce Casa sotto la neve


Mancava da tempo un allarme neve. E se ne sentiva pure la mancanza. Pare che un deputato, di cui non possiamo fare il nome per motivi di riservatezza, abbia lanciato ai colleghi la sconsiderata proposta di scendere per le strade di Roma armati di badili e sac...

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Published on February 03, 2012 10:01 • 4 views
Karlene Blakemore-Mowle Karlene Blakemore-Mowle's blog:
It's finally here!!! Operation Willow Quest is up and live on Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/Operation-Willow-Q...
If you've already read Operation Summer Storm- then the next book is ready and waiting! Enjoy! read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 12:05 • 28 views
Melanie Clegg Melanie Clegg's blog:


Is it too soon to be thinking about Valentine's Day? I'm vaguely thinking about it at the moment because I am chronically disorganised and need a good fortnight's advance notice if I am going to be required to produce presents and a card for an occasion. I like to think of myself as being spont...

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Published on February 03, 2012 04:09 • 1 view
Connie Cox Connie Cox's blog:

 Check out the title of this post.  Yes, I love alliteration. The four people Goodreads choose to receive copies of The Baby Who Saved Dr. Cynical are Randy in the U.S.; Suzette in the Phillipines; Gail in Canada; Marcelle in the U.S I'm popping those copies in the mail today. I made up a Goodreads ... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 07:19 • 4 views
Mike Mullin Mike Mullin's blog:
A year and a half ago I had a long-dormant Goodreads account. I'd never tried LibraryThing or Shelfari. But with the contract in hand for my debut novel, ASHFALL, I knew I wanted to get more involved in these excellent social media sites for readers. So I revived my Goodreads account and joined Libr... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 11:41 • 98 views
Alecia Stone Alecia Stone's blog:

3D Book Good Choice Reading Reviews Talisman Of El



It's hard enough being a 14-year-old boy nowadays!  For Charlie, that is an understatement.  The problems he has faced so far in his life: the death of his mother, witnessing the death of his father, being placed into a orphanage, and almost being adopted by an insane serial robber won't c... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 02:23 • 5 views
Mira Kolar-Brown Mira Kolar-Brown's blog:

Do you remember this?


1935 The first 'League of Ovaltineys' created by the manufacturer of the drink Ovaltine. It became a children's 'secret society', promoting high morals and consideration towards others. At the height of its popularity, there were over five million members.


  


 


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Published on February 03, 2012 07:02 • 8 views
Xara X. Xanakas Xara X. Xanakas's blog:
If you know me, then you know I love to make the bizarre feasible and appealing. Getting the strangest prompt and turning it into something interesting and fun just gets Spunky excited. So, when Poppy ran across this prompt, she couldn't help but double-dog dare me.


The Challenge: This is an epic abo... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 06:11 • 8 views
Lindsay Buroker Lindsay Buroker's blog:

I've been wanting to have maps for the Emperor's Edge books for a while now, but my artistic abilities are…well, they just aren't actually. You don't want to see how badly I can mangle a stick figure… Fortunately, EE reader and fellow indie author Jenna Elizabeth Johnson agreed to help me out. She l...

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Published on February 03, 2012 09:46 • 6 views
Lauren Hammond Lauren Hammond's blog:
TGIF! TGIF! TGIF!



Good morning everyone!



I hope everyone has had a fantastic week! YaY!



Today I'm excited to celebrate the release of my steamy, YA Romance - IF I Can't Have You...



Yay!



So I'm going to be sharing another snippet with you :)

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Published on February 03, 2012 07:21 • 4 views
Robin Renee Ray Robin Renee Ray's blog:


 Keira Kroft is far from being just an amazing novelist. She doesn't set, creating world's of tantalizing tales day after day, sipping coffee and having her shoulders messaged by the strong hands of her lover. No, there is more than meets the eye to this wordsmith, even if she does seem to live in a... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 02:00 • 4 views
Erin Lange Erin Lange's blog:
every friday, i'm retelling a different fairy tale the way it would be told on your nightly news.

today's fairy tale may be the fairest of them all, but if it happened in real life, you can bet the story would be downright ugly!

A woman is behind bars tonight, accused of hiring a hit man to kill her o... read more »
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Published on February 02, 2012 21:01 • 5 views
Delaney Diamond Delaney Diamond's blog:
It's the official release day for the second book in my Hawthorne Family series, A Hard Man to Love! I say "official" because within hours of uploading the file to Amazon, the book was released. They're getting faster over there. Imagine my surprise when I arrived home to see the confirmat... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 08:00 • 1 view
Lydia Sharp Lydia Sharp's blog:
If you would like to offer your query for public critique, send it to lydiasharp4sff (at) yahoo (dot) com and put "query critique" somewhere in the subject line.



You may email your query at any time and I will send you a confirmation of receipt.



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Published on February 03, 2012 03:00 • 2 views
Garth vonBuchholz Garth vonBuchholz's blog:
Many new publications to update. Interviews on the set of The Tell-Tale Heart: http://t.co/4by3tWPA Email this to a friend? Email this via Gmail Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Post this to MySpace Add this to Google Bookmarks Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Beb... read more »
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Published on February 02, 2012 22:37 • 4 views
Jon Stewart Jon Stewart's blog:
Aasif Mandvi heads to Florida to find out why Luis Lebron, a Navy veteran and public assistance recipient, won't submit to welfare drug testing. read more »
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Published on February 02, 2012 00:00 • 4 views
Sibel Hodge Sibel Hodge's blog:


I'm honoured this week to receive the Liebster Blog Award! Yay!

The lovely Aris Whittier kindly passed on this award to me by choosing my blog as one of five that she loves. A big thanks, Aris!

For those of you who don't know, 'Liebster' means 'favourite' or 'dearest' in German, and the Liebster Blog ... read more »
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Published on February 02, 2012 20:35 • 1 view
Alex Beecroft Alex Beecroft's blog:

I know I shouldn't, because nothing ever goes away on the internet, and it's up to us to be professional all the time, blah blah blah. But for crying out loud, [certain authors on Facebook], cut down on the rabid promotion, already!


I am not, here, talking about any of my colleagues and friends ...

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Published on February 03, 2012 09:21 • 13 views
S. Reesa Herberth S. Reesa Herberth's blog:

Someone doesn't like your story.


Lots of people do, I'm sure.  But there's someone out there, someone who falls firmly into your target demographic, even, who doesn't.  And they just posted about it on the internet, where it will never go away.  Where carefully trained Googlebots have already fo...

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Published on February 02, 2012 22:01 • 8 views
Brenda Pandos Brenda Pandos's blog:
Drum roll..... Tada! What do you think?


A kingdom on the brink of war. A king on the fringes of insanity.A family running for their lives.
Ash and Fin's only desire is to be together anddive into their happily ever after, though their conflicting worlds work topull them apart. Neither is ready to conv... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 05:00 • 9 views
Judy Nichols Judy Nichols's blog:
Tomorrow will be the Second Annual Cape Fear Crime Festival 2, held at the New Hanover Public Library. I thought I'd share my take on what it was like getting this popular writers' conference up and running again. I'll let you know how the second one goes later.

I'd like to say it all sta... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 09:22 • 30 views
David Soares David Soares's blog:

Ainda não me tinha pronunciado em público sobre o novo acordo ortográfico, mas anuncio que sou contra, evidentemente.

Mais do que declarar em seguida as razões pelas quais sou contra, prefiro transcrever um texto inédito da autoria do cineasta e escritor António de Macedo que não só encerra a opinião... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 16:08 • 4 views
Peter V. Brett Peter V. Brett's blog:



What better way to keep away the demons of 2012 with your very own warded calendar! Margherita, winner of the Cosplay Contest, and entrant in the most recent Fan Art Contest, sent her creation to Peat. It happened to arrive while I was at his office, so I had the privilege of flipping thro...

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Published on February 03, 2012 13:00 • 7 views
Patrick Rothfuss Patrick Rothfuss's blog:
Simply said: If you win the Golden Ticket, I'll do my level best to fulfill any reasonable favor you ask of me. read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 08:12 • 131 views
Joy Preble Joy Preble's blog:


Welcome to Day 5 of Texas Bloggers are Rockstars! Today we'll finish up the series with three bloggers made of awesome: Maria Cari Soto, Sarah Evans, and Christin Baker. Maria, who not only works at MD Anderson and blogs and travels to every book event she can but also works as Blue Willow Bookshop... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 00:00 • 2 views
Chelsea Campbell Chelsea Campbell's blog:

Loud honking announcements that will chase you around the lake and beak you to death for a crust of bread!


Er… probably not.  These are actually very lovely announcements that don't resemble geese in any way.  But gaggle is a cool word.  It's right up there with gusset.


Anyway, onto the anno...

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Published on February 03, 2012 07:24 • 5 views
Jill Shalvis Jill Shalvis's blog:


Doing some very important research on rock climbing …



…and thought I'd share. I'm a giver like that.



You are welcome.




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Published on February 03, 2012 03:00 • 14 views
M.L. Tyndall M.L. Tyndall's blog:
So, I've been checking my sales numbers on Amazon recently and something rather odd has occurred. For the first time since e-books appeared on the scene, the number of Kindle copies of my books has outsold the number of printed copies. By almost double. For each one of my books!

I was amazed. I keep... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 00:30 • 10 views
Charles Stross Charles Stross's blog:

I think every writer has a genre or subgenre that they admire, but find baffling. Like a snake charmer watching a trapeze artist. Yeah, yeah, the snakes are poisonous, but you've been handling them for years. But that flip? Those heights? That drop? That's scary.



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Published on February 03, 2012 02:00 • 6 views
Pat Bertram Pat Bertram's blog:

On January second, I planted a few black pine seeds as a symbol of starting my life from scratch. I would not have chosen black pines as they are notoriously hard to grow, but they came with a bonsai kit I got as a gift. Oddly, considering what a ungreen thumb I have, all the seeds have sprouted. No...

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Published on February 02, 2012 20:23 • 3 views
Ilona Andrews Ilona Andrews's blog:

The images in the post are from Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.


Kid 1, tearing into the house: What's for dinner?


Me: Broiled chicken breasts, marinated in Italian dressing, salad, and ravioli.


Kid 1:


 


 


Me: Grrrr.


Kid 1: Are you going to actually like make some spag...

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Published on February 03, 2012 06:30 • 145 views
Lorelei James Lorelei James's blog:






Farm kids have a different perspective :)


A farmer drove to a neighbor's farmhouse and knocked at the door.

A boy, about nine, opened it.

"Is your dad or mom home?" asked the farmer.

"Nope, they went to town."

"How about your b...

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Published on February 03, 2012 05:54 • 20 views
Marta Querol Benech Marta Querol Benech's blog:
La entrada de esta semana de mi blog puede resultar un tanto polémica, aunque lo cierto es que los lectores a los que me refiero no los he encontrado precisamente aquí y por fortuna como digo son una minoría. Espero por tanto que nadie se dé por aludido.
Aprovecho para informar que ya no es nec... read more »
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Published on February 03, 2012 07:09 • 7 views
Jim C. Hines Jim C. Hines's blog:

Looks like it's official: "Fandom Fest Proudly Announces Author Guest of Honor Jim C. Hines!"


The event takes place in Louisville, Kentucky the weekend of June 29 - July 1. Last year, Fandom Fest drew more than 7000 people, and they're expecting an even bigger turnout for 2012. Other g...

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Published on February 03, 2012 06:30 • 12 views
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