Is Our Love Too Splendid?

Love is indeed a many splendored thing. It happens suddenly with first looks. It can build over time from friendship. It can be a whirlwind ...

Erotic Language

I’ve been reading an erotic novel (and loving it as it’s from one of my favorite writers). But it just struck me that this particular writer...

Guest Blogger - Sapphire Phelan

Good morning, everyone. This week we welcome multi-published author Sapphire Phelan. So put your hands together for a round of applause :D -...

I'm in Print!

Okay, so the print is in a magazine, not a book. But hey, it's a start. And I do have to give kudos to my editor...and the fact that Feb...

Win an ARC of 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover

My pal, Linda Wisdom, is offering--ow! Fluff! That was my ankle! What? You want to talk to the readers? Now listen--Hey! Puff! Get out of th...

A Day Late and a Manuscript Short

Well, it happened to me again. I got a lovely rejection letter from an editor who said she was upset because they'd just published a boo...

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...

Guest Blogger - Gia Dawn

Good morning everyone. This week we welcome author, Gia Dawn to our little corner of the Web. Gia married her college sweetheart and after g...

The Promo Monster

I feel sort of like a thief sneaking in when no one is looking to post. I haven't been around in a while and I apologize for that. There...

Sports-man-ship

I’m a big sports fan (and have been devouring coverage of the Australian Open) but when it came time to talk about sports my heroes played I...

Heroic Sports?

Humans have participated in tests of bravery and skill throughout history. Sometimes this was to impress a possible mate, sometimes it was ...

Love and Other Indoor Sports

Don't take the title seriously folks, this is really a two-prong posting. First off, this is our week for letting readers know about our...

Extravaganza!

In almost every book there is inevitably a grand scene that reveals some kind of pomp and circumstance…be it a graduation, a coronation or a...

Witch Hunt?

I thought long and hard about this article and finally decided that I’d take the risk of posting it. Risk? Because I’m going to state how I ...

Guest Blogger - KS Augustin

It goes without saying that it takes a particular geeky frame of mind to write science-fiction romance, but I suppose it also takes a partic...

A Change of Medium

We've all done it—written articles for newsletters or writers' sites in an attempt to pass our knowledge on to others. Usually I can...

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 ...

New Horizons

As a kid all the cartoons I liked—Spiderman, Bionic 6, Captain Planet, Galaxy Rangers—pushed the boundaries of convention. I do admit I like...

Got Post-Holiday Doldrums? Here's your cure!

Well, here is, January 8. The decorations are getting old and probably coming down. Presents have been opened (hope you got some good ones)....

Happy New Year!

I'm woefully ignorant about champagne and wine in general. So when a friend sent me the following (to help part the veil of wine ignoran...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

glitter-graphics.com I hope Santa brought everyone a special gift, something you wouldn't have bought for yourself but that you a;ways w...

Looking Inside the Season

I love Christmas! Dave and I are stupid with the amount of holiday movies and music we've collected over the years. I'm not kidding....

Celebrating by Giving

My clan celebrates the holidays like most folks, by getting together on Christmas Day to catch up over a huge feat, which makes us groan lik...

Linda Wisdom's Holiday Contest

Thought I'd share this with all of you. You have to join Linda's newsletter group to play but she has some interesting prizes. All y...

Celebrations

All of us have our time and family honored ways to celebrate the holidays. There's food, of course, and family activities to share. Ther...

Christmas and Pets

As some of you may have noticed, some of my characters have cats . I even have a feline- type species in some of my books. I love cats. ...

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...