I have to give a HUGE Shout Out to mi amiga and mentor, Caridad Pineiro. She is just a phenomenal woman and author. I had the wonderful privilege to meet her 6 yrs ago at a NJ conference and followed her ever since. It is awesome to see her blow up and all the attention she is getting for her sexy cool Vampire series – THE CALLING.

Check out her interview on Romance Novel TV

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There are days I question my intelligence.
This happens to be one of them (among others).

For the life of me I can’t make the stupid snap thingy work. Everyone else’s blog pops up by mine! Fine and dandy but I just spent a good hour following directions just to put it in the HTML. Probably not in the right place. Whatever!

Then I wanted to upload a yummy picture and put it on too. No good. What iswrong with me? I thought WP was supposed to be idiot proof.

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There’s a terrific workshop taking place on Romance Divas. It’s Character Torture 101 by multi-published author Linnea Sinclair. Already Linnea’s workshop has reminded me how important it is to make our characters suffer to get to their goal. There are a variety of ways to do this I think.

1. Let your character move towards the goal, only to throw ever bigger obstacles in the way
2. Have them get the goal and realize it’s not what they wanted all along
3. Have your characters face their worst fears in order to achieve the goal
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Commercials for books, what a concept! Good or bad they are definilty something to watch.

More and more authors are getting into the trend. Does it pay to have your book featured on YouTube? I don’t know. Still why not?

Here is a nifty blog to see some of the new books coming out, literally (or would that be visually) — Watch The Book… Read More »

In the crazy hectic pace of life, I do once in a while get to relax and unwind. Granted it is more like stolen time that I don’t have time to even steal. Still I find the time to read a good book.

Overheard by Maya Banks is a fun, romantic, & erotic romp in 80pgs. The characters popped for me. The sexy, sassy, southern Texas heroine and the hunky Texan Hero made me want to trade places. All in all I have to say it was one of the best pieces of erotica I have read in a long … Read More »

I found this site, Zokutou, with a word meter that captures your progress on your projects. The writers apparently got together for NanoWriMo, and so a group was born.

I’m always hit and miss with technical stuff as in I keep missing until I finally hit. This progress meter looked cool and I’ve seen some writers include it in their signatures on some writers’ boards, so let’s see how it works.

The other day I went shopping. I made it across the street only to realize I’d forgotten my wallet. A few days later I left my purse at home three times in the same day. I planned everything for a spaghetti and meat sauce dinner. I had the vegetables and meat cooking and discovered I’d forgotten to buy the canned tomatoes. I find myself going to the refrigerator, opening the door and standing there with no idea why I’m there. I either close the door and realize I was heading to the laundry room or try to retrace what I’d … Read More »

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