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December 24, 2015
Fangirl Friday – Merry Christmas Edition!!!
Today we’re having a modified/shortened version of Fangirl Friday as we celebrate with our families. Wishing you and yours the merriest and most joyous of holidays!
And if you’re unwrapping an ereader or tablet and you’re looking for a book to break it in, be sure to check out Laurie Kellogg’s Baby, I’m Back which is FREE today!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
December 22, 2015
The Stories We Tell
We’re all storytellers and in this holiday season, when events that will become family lore are taking place, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about the stories we tell and how they shape us. Not just the big stories – the books, the plotlines – but the little stories.
Spending time with the Hawaiian side of my family, our holidays always begin with a gathering and a meal, but quickly devolve into sitting on the lanai “talking story.” My family has “talked story” for so much of my life that i...
December 21, 2015
Friends by Choice. Writers by Committal.
I look at the clock now and wonder how it all went by so fast. It was spring of 1996 when I answered an on American Online—then the premier internet service–and met up with two writers who would define the concept of “writing partners.”
It started fairly typical: “I’ll look at your chapter if you look at mine.” The trouble with us, though, is after awhile the who did what of “keeping it even” disappeared.
We called ourselves SIN … Suspense and Intrigue Network.
Cee was the leader, the...
December 20, 2015
Downton Does DC
In just under two weeks, America will embark on the sixth and final season of everyone’s favorite period drama, Downton Abbey. Our friends across the pond have already seen it (well, except for the series finale, which they’ll be seeing on Christmas night), but us Yanks have to wait until 2016.
Except for some of us. Last week, I was privileged to attend a sneak peak fan event. I’d entered a contest on the PBS website and promptly forgot all about it until I got an email from “DowagerCountess...
December 17, 2015
Fangirl Friday – December 18th Edition
Welcome to another edition of Fangirl Friday! We’re here to talk new releases, freebies, discounts and whatever we’re fired up about reading this week. If you have new releases, discounts or freebies of your own, please share them in the comments – we’d love to hear about them!
And now… without further ado… this week’s books!
NEW RELEASES:
Bystander by Jacqui Jacoby
A man raised in the Hollywood lifestyle, Sean Branigan wanted to try something other than parties and high maintenance way of li...
December 15, 2015
Talk Amongst Yourselves
I used to love that Saturday Night Sketch from the 80s called “Coffee Talk with Linda Richman”. Just thinking about it gets me verklempt. Essentially it was a spoof on Mike Myer’s Jewish mother-in-law, and her infamous catch phrase“like butter” or rather “like buttah” was something I used often. If you’ve never seen it, you can find the clip here. (It’s only 25 seconds :))
Oh, if only all our careers could be like buttah, right?
Well, I know first handthere is many a slip between the cup and...
December 14, 2015
Crafts for Authors: Making a Tote Bag
This is the first in a series of blogs I hope to write about crafts for authors. This is not to be confused with writing craft, that’s an entirely different subject. So take your hands off the keyboard — this blog is about sewing a tote bag.
Author’s note: the tote I’ve used as an example in this blog is the one I’m giving away as part of my Merry Christmas Giveaway, which you can enter here. A winner will be announced on December 23, 2015.
This project requires a sewing machine and some basi...
The Thing About Electronics
Eleven computers, one tablet, three headsets and four phones.
That’s my tally since January2015. I crashed them, I burned them, I destroyed them. I had one that I swear hated my guts. I think that one was issuing a personal vendetta to cause my suffering.
The first computer to go, I gotta say, that laptop checked out with class. He told me ahead of time with a message that read something like “I’m sorry, honey. But I will be crashing every system very shortly. I suggest you commence an emerg...
December 10, 2015
Fangirl Friday – December 11th Edition
Welcome to another edition of Fangirl Friday, when we gush about new books, cheap books, free books and anything that we’re excited about this week. We have a LOT of news today, ladies and gents. Todayour own Laurie Kellogg & Diana Laynehave shiny new releasesand we alsohave some edible delights AND some lovely holiday & new releasediscounts.
As always feel free to share your own new releases or discounts in the comments (though we ask that you do not post about the same book in subsequent we...
December 8, 2015
Announcing the Sixth Annual Ruby Slippered Sisterhood Winter Writing Festival!!
If you’ve joined us for the Winter Writing Festival any time during the past five years, you know it can be a tremendously productive time, with lots of inspiring support and the magic of REGULAR WRITING SPRINTS held in our cozy Ruby Chat Room!!
It’s completely free, and all writers are welcome—the more the merrier!Thro...
