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June 7, 2015
Whedon’s Wisdom
On May 4, 2015, the Monday following the wildly successful opening weekend of Avengers: Age of Ultron, writer/director/producer Joss Whedon deactivated his Twitter account.
And the Twitterverse went WILD, attributing his departure to everything from him receiving death threats, to militant feminists’ anger over his depiction of the Black Widow character in Avengers: Age Of Ultron. But several days later, Whedon gave an interview at Buzzfeed denying those reasons.
His real reason?
“I ju...
June 4, 2015
Fan Girl Friday – June 5
It’s that time again, Fan Girl Friday where we talk about books! I am your June Hostess, Elizabeth Bemis! And I’m thrilled to report that I’m headed out shortly to join other Ruby favorites, Darynda Jones, Autumn Jordon, Jacie Floyd and Rita Henuber at Lori Foster’s Reader Author Get Together. (#RAGT2015) It was great catching up with these girls Wednesday night and I can’t wait to see them at the get together today!
Ruby New Release L.L. Kellogg releases SIN CITY SEDUCTION at AmazonJilted a...
June 3, 2015
This or that – critique groups?
Do you critique with someone or do you go it alone?
When it comes to writing, I’m a loner and always have been. No critique groups or partners. I use RWA contests for feedback, though. I like the anonymity of it. Some judges are mean, but usually the judges give comments that are genuinely trying to help me.
The first person (besides me) who ever read my Ruby GH all the way through was my agent–while I was querying her. (Insane but true.) Now that I’m writing books under contract, my daughter...
June 2, 2015
Broadway Bound (Part 1)
What does Broadway have to do with this blog? Glad you asked.
As you are probably aware, RWA Nationals is being held in NYC this July, so in keeping with our theme of preparing for your trip to the Big Apple (see: Jamie Michele’s awesome blogs on Priceline bidding strategyand advance strategy), I’m hear today to encourage you tofind some time one night to escape the hotel and go see a Broadway show. (Come now, I write a YA series set at a performing arts boarding school — of course I’m going...
June 1, 2015
Meet Golden Heart Finalist Mia Sosa!
Although she’ll never give up her “resting New Yorker face,” Mia now calls Maryland her home. For more years than she’d like to admit, she practiced law in the nation’s capital, representing broadcasters, television production companies and newspapers in a variety of media matters. Now that Mia no longer braves the treacherous commute to...
May 31, 2015
Meet Golden Heart Finalist Kimberly Buckner!
Kimberly writes contemporary loves stories set in the South. She’s active in RWA as a PRO member, and has used what she learned to teach at local writers’ meetings and conferences. In addition to the Golden Heart final, Kimberly won the 2014 Maggie for Single Title Romance, and the 2015 Emily for Contemporary Long Romance. Afterfourteen fabulous years below...
May 28, 2015
Fangirl Friday: 5.29.2015
Welcome everyone to another Fangirl Friday! The day where we gab about books…books we’ve read, books we’ve just released, books that are on sale, books that are free!
I’m at Awesome Con today, our local Comic Con. I know…Amanda at a Comic Con? So not my scene. But let’s just say it’s research for a book, and leave it at that.
May 27, 2015
This or that – Chronological order?
Today’s “this or that” question is: Do you write a book in chronological order or do you jump around?
I’m in the latter group. I write scenes as they come to me. The first scene is usually first, but I nearly always write the last scene next.
This process may go back to a conversation I had with my trigonometry teacher in high school. I was complaining to him that I could never draw a straight line. He told me to draw both endpoints, then put the pencil on the point A, lock my gaze on point B...
May 26, 2015
Show and Tell Wednesday: Cake Wrecks
Note: The four lucky winners have been chosen for the This Wedding is Doomed “Let Them Eat Cake” contest. I’ll be busy making the tiramisus in a jar to ship out.
I received a lot of compliments about the giveaway, so I thought I’d give you a peek of how the idea came about. First I thought…weddings….cake…I’ll make wedding cakes as giveaways!
Hmmmm….but cakes are big and hard to ship. I know! Mini wedding cakes. There are molds for mini wedding cakes. You just pour in the batter, pop them out,...
May 25, 2015
Meet Golden Heart Finalist Tracy Poole!
Tracy Poole was born in Ohio but moved to North Carolina at the impressionable age of 16 – y...