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May 20, 2010
Three Thursday Things
1) 
HelenKay Dimon's short story, A PROPER SEDUCTION, is available now at Samhain Publishing!
"Tell me what you want," Justin said.
She stopped drawing doodles with her finger and stared him down. "You."
Did she… "Excuse me?"
"For three nights."
Without knowing the details, a voice screamed "yes" in his head. But he wasn't dumb enough to rush in without more information, so he let silence fill the room for a few seconds. When she started fidgeting, he spoke up again. "For what exactly?"
Her eyes...
May 19, 2010
May 18, 2010
The Icing on the Cake: A New Cover
So one day last week I opened my email program to find a note that said, "Check out your new cover!" I had no idea The Icing on the Cake was getting a new cover treatment, but after consultation with buyers, including Borders' Sue Grimshaw, it was decided the look needed to be heated up a bit, and apparently brides make for good sales. And this time instead of cookies, there are cupcakes!
What do you think? You can click for a larger version, and the original's still on the left sidebar and...
May 12, 2010
The newest family member
Charlie Grace, born at 7:57 AM 6 LBS 10 OZ, 18 inches long
May 10, 2010
Before You Hit Send: Self-Editing for Published and Unpublished Authors
Class held at Access Romance – http://www.accessromance.com/classes/
Date: May 10-24th, 2010
Price: $10
Join Angela James for a 2 week workshop as she shares some of the common pitfalls she's seen in submissions and contest entries. She'll give you ideas, tips and tricks for polishing and self-editing your manuscript. Discuss things such as dialogue tags, whether all forms of "to be" are really evil and just what you're doing to your life expectancy with your use of that exclamation point. The ...
May 3, 2010
Authors: Do you know what your Website looks like?
As a retired Website designer, I've always known to preview my designs in multiple browsers. What may work in a new version of Internet Explorer may not in an older one, may break in Firefox, and may not load at all in Safari. But there's a new kid on the block that authors need to consider. The iPhone, the iPod Touch, and the iPad.
Authors: You realize that users of these Apple devices can't see your site if it's designed in Flash, yes? What comes up on the screen is a black background with ...
May 2, 2010
April 21, 2010
The Sweetest Taboo as an ebook
If you'd like to see THE SWEETEST TABOO digitized by Harlequin, you can go and vote at this link.
April 20, 2010
I Know
Have been watching this daily for a week now thanks to Lauren Dane. Just sharing here as I'm doing my best to not spend time at the computer this week, letting my wrists, elbows, and shoulders rest a bit after my writing frenzy.
Oh, did I mention I'm done? THE ICING ON THE CAKE came in at 68,825 words before revisions (yet to come) and went into my editor before I turned in for the night Sunday. REALLY slept well, and slept a lot of Monday, too!
April 16, 2010
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