Cindy Procter-King's Blog

Tomorrow erotic romance author Bonnie Edwards drops by as my last guest blogger of the year. Thank you, Bonnie! Bonnie's blogging about from where writers get their ideas and is giving away a copy of her December 2009 Kensington Aphrodisia novella anthology, BREATHLESS. Yes, she is. Would I lie?

About BREATHLESS:

"Let go. Let go for me…" It was a house of sizzling seduction, and satisfaction guaranteed. Now the notorious bordello Perdition House bares all its secrets—and ignites your wildest...

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I had so much fun with this give-away last year that I'm doing it again this year. I'm a little late, so if you enter I can't guarantee you'll receive the books before Christmas, but, depending where you live, you should receive them before the end of December. Got that? Ready? Go!

The holiday season is upon us—what better time to tame my TBR pile and give away a Box 'O Books?

The books I'm giving away to one lucky winner are comprised of free copies I've received at writing conferences and...

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An innocent posting (of mine) to Facebook last weekend sparked a bit of debate, so I thought I'd bring it here. Not the debate necessarily. Just the questions. You see, I've been harboring a bit of Christmas-decorating guilt. Because I haven't done any yet. And I probably wouldn't think of doing any if not for My Liege and Youngest Son doing it for me. Doing the outside decorating, that is. The blow-up Santa on the motorcycle is on the carport roof, the lights are on the house. But I'm not...

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While my American readers were enjoying Thanksgiving feasts last Thursday night, I was having conniptions (and doing a great job of not showing it, I might add). I lost Allie McBeagle! And it was all my fault.

Any hound owner knows not to leave their beagle, foxhound, walker hound, bloodhound, basset hound, whatever-else-sort-of hound or partial hound, unattended in the great outdoors. Beagles have been described as a "nose on legs," and that pretty much describes my Allie. She's motivated by ...

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ROMANCING THE LIBRARIAN

Cindy, thanks so much for inviting me to visit Muse Interrupted.

Recently I attended a great workshop presented by Susan Wiggs, one of my favorite authors. She illustrated her presentation with examples from her current release, Lakeshore Christmas (which I highly recommend). I'd just finished the book and had noticed a similarity between her heroine, Maureen the librarian, and the heroine of my December release, SEX DRIVE, Theresa the sociology professor.

I knew exactly ...

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Tomorrow Kensington Aphrodisia author Susan Lyons visits the blog. Susan's blogging about Romancing the Librarian and will give away a copy of SEX DRIVE (December '09), the first book in her new Wild Ride To Love series.

About SEX DRIVE:

Prof. Theresa Fallon's ex-husband gave her good reason to swear off men. But when, on the flight from Sydney to Vancouver, she's seated beside one of Australia's ten sexiest bachelors, she has reason to question that decision. It's a long flight, but thriller...

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I've installed a (supposedly) cool Twitter plug-in for WordPress called Tweetmeme that (supposedly) allows me or a blog reader to easily tweet my blog posts. You can see the icon at the bottom of each blog (it says "tweet" on a green background that magically matches my color scheme—honest, I didn't adjust it! It came that way).

The problem? I can't get the plug-in to work. Whenever I try to tweet a post, I get the error, "Failed to resolve URL for tweet." In my usual ignoramus way, I have no ...

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Harlequin Horizons is now known as DellArte Press. While I haven't had time to fully explore either the DellArte website or eHarlequin for evidence, apparently there is no longer any mention of Harlequin on the DellArte website, and there is no mention of DellArte on the Harlequin website. Excellent!

I haven't heard any news about whether Harlequin form rejection letters will still steer rejected writers to DellArte, as was the original intention with Horizons… Let's hope not.

How did the...

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Hah, tricked you with the title change, didn't I? Usually it's Tell ME Tuesday.

You can go ahead and tell me, anyway. How's the writing going? Life? Any good news/bad news to report?

After the blogging kerfuffle of last week, I needed a little break. Pretty much waiting to hear what's next from Horizons Vs. RWA. Plus, I had the H1N1 shot yesterday. It wasn't a bad experience, but it did make me feel slightly lethargic. I took advantage of my brain-deadness to do something that makes me feel...

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Wow, a lot happened yesterday. Not only did Romance Writers of America inform Harlequin/Silhouette that they were no longer on RWA's list of eligible publishers (which get perks like meeting space for Spotlights and book signings and for offering editor appointments) as a result of opening a vanity publishing division and putting the Harlequin name on it, but Mystery Writers of America and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America stepped in, too. Author Jackie Kessler provided a...

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