new books, new worlds

Today a bag of new books arrived. I tell you, I'm like a little kid at Christmas! I get soooo excited! Man, I just can't wait to ri...

Peter Panning It

Getting older is a bitch. Not just a small nagging one either, but a big raging hormone fest of a bitch. I'm speaking of the aging physc...

Banned Books...Keep Your Fire to Yourself

Rebel isn’t my middle name, but I do on occasion like to push the envelope. So why would I have been any different in my youth…other than th...

Celebrating Banned Books

"Part of living in a democracy means respecting each other's differences and the right of all people to choose for themselves what ...

Times Haven't Really Changed - Have They?

For me, banned books have always had the opposite effect. It just makes me want to read them all the more, even if I've never shown an i...

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...

This See-saw Called a Writer's Life

I got home Saturday from a friend’s wedding to find a yellow envelope laying on my kitchen counter. I knew who it was from and since it was ...

Is that a vampire in your pocket?

I've been bitten by the vampire bug. In just over a week I devoured all of Lynn Viehl's Darkyn series to date, and J.R. Ward's...

No Subject at all...

I don't really have a subject for today's blog (hence it's late arrival on the board) so bear with me. First, I'm writing a ...

Conference Season

Over the last few days I've been trying to compile a list of local RWA chapter conferences to put on my calendar for next year. Being in...

man Enough to Show Feelings

A man who shows his feelings. We know them - the ones who will shed a tear at the sight of their newborn baby, who will openly admit to sme...

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 ...

"How to Publish Your Manuscript"

This headline caught my aunt’s attention and she called me on the spot to tell me about the class. Admittedly, I was nervous about going,...

Ode to Hunkiness

Ode To Hunkiness by Kat Bodies so hot they melt the computer screen on contact, Tension filled pages pregnant with desire, Oh, how women hav...

Sexy heroes

Sexy heroes are what sells our books. It’s been proven over the past...well, however long we’ve had romance type stories. They’re tall, well...

Sexy men...what are they?

Sexy men. Mmmm . I unashamedly admit my heroes are sexy. Even some of my villains are sexy . I LIKE sexy men! But what is sexy? is it just...

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...

You Sexy Brute!

As it's Sexy Men week, I thought I'd pay a little homage to that ignored, if not much-maligned, member (ha!) of the male species: Th...

Sex-piration

This week the ladies and I will be sharing secrets of inspiration...namely sexy men that provided us a physical package for our heroes (and ...

Dragon Anthology Release Week.

There's something new hatching over at Samhain Publishing. The "I Dream Of Dragons" Anthology will be available for individual...