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November 13, 2012
October 30, 2012
Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | Shelf Awareness
“It is in the ballroom that Jane Austen shows most clearly the excitements and satisfactions of sexual attraction. Dances in her novels provide enticing opportunities for men and women to touch and move together, away from chaperones. Dances involved exciting glimpses of ankles and cleavages, arms pressed around a waist, eyes gazing into eyes–not as explicit as bedroom scenes of today, but far more memorable and fascinating.”
via Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | Shelf Awareness.
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October 29, 2012
Growing up with a ghost is like living w
Growing up with a ghost is like living with an eccentric aunt who comes and goes whenever she pleases. http://ow.ly/eR2rr
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October 2012 Readers Choice Awards: Vote here! | GraveTells
This morning I was nominated for Favorite Author of October 2012! I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it.
Yes, I really just typed that!
Please vote by clicking the following link:
October 2012 Readers Choice Awards: Vote here! | GraveTells.
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October 22, 2012
Mrs. Mommy Booknerd’s Book Reviews: Blog Tour: Lost in the Light by Mary Castillo
“My seven year-old son started first grade at a new school last month. As I’ve befriended the parents, the question always comes up: what do you do? As an author there are many smart-aleck replies: oh, I kill people with chains. Travel back to Prohibition. Have sex with hot sexy men who aren’t my husband.”
via Mrs. Mommy Booknerd’s Book Reviews: Blog Tour: Lost in the Light by Mary Castillo.
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eBook Addict: Mary Castillo: On Negative Reviews
“We have to be crazy to publish our writing for the world to see. Readers dont see the years of work, sacrifice, revisions, queries and rejections that a writer undertakes to complete and publish a book. What they know is that they paid some hard-earned cash for the book and it had better be good when they read it during their lunch hour. (I can say this because I’m a reader, too!)”
via eBook Addict: Mary Castillo: On Negative Reviews.
Filed under: Lost in the Light
October 19, 2012
Hurts So Good: Why I Love Tragic Romances
“Tragic romances play with our expectations that at any moment, some knowledge will be revealed or someone will start running after the other and we’ll sigh that they will be together till death do they part.”
Lost in the Light Blog Tour: guest post and excerpt.
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October 18, 2012
Things That Should Never Stop You from Writing Your Story – Oprah.com
7. The Mount Everest of Laundry
Speaking of dust bunnies…there are 50 million more urgent things you should be doing right now than writing. But the socks will get paired somehow eventually; the writing won’t happen unless you make it. Focusing on telling this story might just be the most important thing you can do today.
via Things That Should Never Stop You from Writing Your Story – Oprah.com.
Filed under: Inspiration
October 17, 2012
In which stuff happens
When I’m asked how I write novels, the only answer is I stick around long enough to see what happen next. Often the really good stuff comes to light well into the fourth, fifth or even the final draft of the book. For example, my outline for a new series set in Carmel has the following note:
She asks if she blew it. They have a very honest conversation.
Compelling, yes? Even I have no idea what this conversation will be about! The only way I’ll find out is going back day after day. Finishing a book requires discipline, faith and patience. From a few random lines, a book can grow and take on a life of its own.
By the way, here’s a line from The Ballad of Aracely Calderon, which I’m editing while simultaneously outlining new books that made me laugh:
“Her mother frantically shook the urn. The sniffling and quiet sobs in the church abruptly cut off, replaced by horrified and delighted whispers that Lario was such a macho, even in death, that women couldn’t stop fondling him.”
Filed under: Between the Pages, Inspiration, Mary's Books, The Ballad of Aracely Calderon
October 16, 2012
Book Blog Tour: Lost in the Light by Mary Castillo (Review) | whoopeeyoo! :D
“I was pretty much glued to this book and I am so happy to have joined the blog tour for this for the chance to read and review this book.”
via Book Blog Tour: Lost in the Light by Mary Castillo (Review) | whoopeeyoo! 
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Filed under: Lost in the Light, Mary's Books
