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This is a response to a comment I received in my blog about the Harlequin Horizons vanity press venture. I won't post her comment here (you can read it here if you want to), but basically, the commentor in question was refuting the fact that Harl Ho was vanity press, saying it was 'assisted publishing' instead. I did respond to her comments there, but I thought it worth putting up here on the main blog page, because given some of the comments I've read elsewhere online, she's not alone in...

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Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. So today I went there and posted in the latest book, just for the fun of seeing what words I overuse. And, as expected, the ones I shouldn't overuse are the ones that popped up the biggest. Like like and just ! lol. Lots of editing ahead.

here's the pic (if you want to see it larger, just click the pic):

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Anyone who has any involvement in romance writing will be aware of the current uproar over Harlequin's decision this week to announce the arrival of Harlequin Horizons–a vanity press they're opening up in partnership with Author Solutions. Please note that I said vanity press, not self publishing. Harlequin is might be trying to sell this venture as a self publishing option for authors, but the two are very different.

In self publishing, the author does it all– they not only write the book...

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Diana McCabe over at the Paranormal Romance blog has just posted a Q & A with me, so head on over there if you're interested in reading some answers about Riley's series.

In other news….there's not a whole lot. My lovely agent sent me some beautiful roses in a vase for hitting the Times list, but I wasn't quick enough to take a photo and now I'm afraid they're looking a bit sad, thanks to the heat of the last few days. At least I'll have the vase as a momento. 

Writing wise, the going has...

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Anne (my editor) asked if I wanted to use the same old author shot or send a new one. Given I hate the old one, I jumped at the chance. After dragging my daughter off her Mac (no easy task, let me tell you), we headed out to the garden to grab some shots. In the process, we took some shots of me with my dogs. I'd love to use the first one as my author shot. It's so me….

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thanks to my lovely editor and most awesome agent, I learned today that Bound to Shadows is #6 on the NYT list in its debut week! How absolutely brilliant is that? So, a huge thanks to everyone who preordered the book, or who went out and purchased it ASAP–I'm only on the list thanks to you guys and gals!

In other news, Deadly Desire went back for reprint, which is also totally awesome (and it means it's still selling well, which is always good news for an author–and it keeps the...

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Finally got my rear into gear and drew the winner of my latest website contest. So, without further delay (and with an imaginary drumroll playing in the background) it's my pleasure to announce the new owner of Victor the vampire Beanie Bear is….Shelly! Congrats.

In other news…well, there isn't a whole lot when it comes to writing. It was basically a long weekend here in Melbourne (technically it wasn't, but most Victorians take the Monday off before the Melbourne Cup, thereby giving...

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ScifiGuy has posted a fab review of Bound to Shadows, and is also hosting a giveaway of the book. Head on over there to check both of them out.

In other news, it was Lulu crit meeting day yesterday, so a lot of chocolate and cake was consumed, gossip was had, and we even managed to do some critting. Overall, a most excellent day. The two chapters of Risa I'd submitted were given the thumbs up, although my fellow lulus did point out something dumb I'd done in one section (while this isn't

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If you want to go into the draw to win a signed copy of Bound to Shadows, head on over to Deadline Dames and make a comment at the end of my post (aka blatant plug) 

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Bound to Shadows is now out and available in the US! hope you enjoy it

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