So yeah. It's the era of the "kick-ass heroine" in Romancelandia. From twenty years ago, when I started reading my mom's...
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Buckling Down
After reading the title of Skylar's previous post, I just couldn't resist playing on the words. Because while she's going up an...
Un-con-ventional
Since I missed last week's theme thanks to ol' sparky giving up the ghost (my beloved laptop. I'm on my kids' computer righ...
Workspace - The Final Frontier
Yeah, yeah, I know we've moved on from the "what's my writing space look like" theme, but I'm not quite ready to let i...
Clean Desk = Sick Mind
Virginia Woolf extolled the virtues of "a room of one's own." Dorothy Parker simply needed room enough "to lay a hat and...
There Are No Lunar Calendars In Space
I was thinking about Easter this weekend (duh!) and pondering the nature of the festival and how it would change in a different environment....
The Right Blend
And no, I'm not talking about coffee beans. I wish I were. I love coffee. What I'm talking about is the blend between romantic sto...
Voices In My Head
One of the most fundamental aspects of crafting a story is who tells it in the first place. Or rather, who the story is about. They say th...
Obligatory Romancey Post
It being Valentine's Day (well, the day after, at least). I decided to do a romancey post, just to fulfill my obligation to the atmosph...
Did We Dodge a Bullet?
Or more accurately, an asteroid ? The closest approach by an asteroid recorded happened about nine hours ago. Now corny movies with Bruce W...
In Which Xandra Goes Meta
There's something very interesting happening in Romancelandia, that I have only recently noticed and been able to articulate. It's ...
Time Flies and Goalposts Move
It's December again, this time there's a 7 at the end of the year instead of the 6. My first book was accepted for publication by L...
Spacing Out
It's been a while since I've done a space or science post around here, so today seems like a good day, especially as the cold front ...
November Means NaNoWriMo
One of the most fascinating things about being a writer is the fact that no two people do the job the same way. Sometimes I don't even ...
Autumn
Okay, I know at least one member of our little merry band here is experiencing the exact opposite, but bear with me. I happen to love autum...
Pwn3d!
...or...Whose Characters Are They, Anyway? I had a draft responding to this question in a blog conversation posted over here at Smart Bitche...
What's That I Smell? The Salt-Air o'th' Sea?
Arrrr! What is it about pirates? Why do we love them so? The rebels, outside the law, but with codes of their own. I'll tell you why ...
My Darling Asshole
I know, you're thinking, "WTF?" Well, this week's theme is about sexy men. And I thought I'd talk about assholes, si...
Bass-Ackwards
I have never been able to mold myself to fit an ideal. In anything. Even when I'm trying. Even when it really really means a lot to m...
To The Internets!
I admit it--I never have been an organized person. I am not now an organized writer, either. One day, perhaps. It's my dream to somed...
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