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Sorry Editor: I Do Try #MFRWauthor

[image error]Every writer dreams of receiving a manuscript back from her editor without any changes needed or problems noted. It’s a pipe dream. Even those things a writer concentrates on removing from her work seem to pop up when she’s feeling most satisfied about whipping bad habits into shape.

I continue to struggle with three common writing mistakes. (Editor: Just three?) Okay. More than three. But for this post I’m doing the most common of my common writing mistakes.

Echoes/repetitions

This mistake t...

Quinton’s Crucible (Dominion Trust, #4) – Cailin’s Review

[image error]It’s taken me a while to write this review. I’m hard pressed to settle on a rating. Parts of this book I absolutely loved. Female domination of a man, submissive or not, is the kind of tasty read that makes me glad I own a Kindle. There were some incredibly hot scenes that rate a five.

The author’s tendency to detail every event the main character experiences is less bothersome in this book, than in Her Troika where Quinton’s back story is told. That’s probably because that novel involved pon...

Make Me Take It from You – Cailin’s Review

[image error]This little book is like a scattering of semi-precious stones mixed in with a handful of gravel. As you read, some of the pieces have the shine of a faceted amethyst or the spark of a fire opal. What appeals will depend on the reader. For me, the poetry at the beginning of the book was the best. The author is good at taking a moment in time and crystallizing the emotion, thoughts, and sensations of that instant. When he broadens his timeline he’s not as deft.

His subject matter is what you’d...

Shane & Maon Strutting Around the Interwebs

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Dirty Little Secrets is sharing Shane: Marshal of Tallav and Maon: Marshal of Tallav tonight, Jan. 23rd, at 10 & 11 pm. I’m blogging my first Tuesday Tease at Romance Writers Behaving Badly on Jan. 24th. This tease comes from Shane: Marshal of Tallav. On Jan. 27th, Emily Carrington is hosting a First Chapter Friday for Maon: Marshal of Tallav.

Boob Tube Transformations #MFRWauthor

When I was a kid, television became known as the boob tube, allowing little brothers to sidle up to older siblings and, with a salacious gleam in their eyes, say, “Watchin’ the boob tube again, huh?” The first definition Merriam Webster gives to the word boob is a stupid awkward person. You don’t get the definition, a sometimes-vulgar term used for breast, until the fourth entry.

For years, I was a devoted boob tuber, soap operas in college and prime time when my kids were young. Then I found...

***** Five Star Review for Maon: Marshal of Tallav

The first review for Maon: Marshal of Tallav from the Goodreads BDSM Group TPE Bar Term 25 is in and it’s a five-star review!

Kathryn had many nice things to say about the book including:

“This is the first time in a long time that a book has kept me up until five in the morning. This book was amazing. The editing was almost perfect. That is so rare these days. The story flowed and kept me intrigued. The action was nonstop and exciting. The details of the scenes and the characters was like th...

56 Romance Authors Show Readers Their Love

When 56 romanceauthors get together to showreaders their love, big things happen. Big like the chance to enter and win$1100 in Amazon Gift Cards!

One simple entry will subscribe you to 56 Romance Author Newsletters. You can unsubscribe any time, but please don’t label our newslettersas spam. Better still stick around and get to know us.

If you stay subscribed to my, Cailin Briste’s, newsletter, you won’t be flooded with emails. Mynewsletters go out when Ihas something important to tell myrea...

Hand a Child a Snack or Teach Him to Forage and He Will Feed Himself #MFRWauthor

Children should be taught the fine art of foraging. Many mothers make the mistake of managing their children’s diet. One simple step will keep hungry youngsters from raiding the cookie jar rather than eating a bowl of some gosh awful whole-grain cereal when their mother ignores cries that they’re starving. Do not buy cookies. Buy only healthy food. Yes, the tasty bits will be devoured first. I’m thinking cheese sticks, but when they run out, the remaining food will be eaten. Even shredded who...

You’ve Got a Whole Month to Fall In Love With Romance

I know, you’re already in love with romance. Me, too. But with all the fun and prizes planned for the next month, I’m going to pretend it’s allbrand new.

What’s in store for budding romance lovers?

Prizes, Prizes, Prizes

$100 Amazon Gift Card Amazon Kindle Fire Barnes & Noble Nook $50 Amazon Gift Card $50 Barnes & Noble Gift Card $25 Amazon Gift Card $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card Signed Paperback – Dominant Persuasions (12 author anthology) $10 Amazon Gift Card $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card

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Goodreads BDSM Group – 5 Copies of Maon TPE Bar Term 25

Five copies of Maon: Marshal of Tallav are available to Goodreads BDSM group readers in the January TPE BarTerm 25. Visit the discussion page for TPE Bar Rules.

I’ll also be offering review copies next week to my review crew. I expect more from my review crew, so I always include a chance to win a giveaway for all my review crew events. Join my Review Crew Facebook page for announcements and info. Submit the Review Crew application. Only those who have done so will receive review copies of Ma...