Spanking On The Sofa…Are Romances Get Hot All Over? As an author, I’ve found the phenomenal success of the “vanilla BDSM” novella, Fifty Shades of Grey, at times either bewildering, astonishing, or encouraging. At all times I have been curious to know why that book, rather than the staggering number of erotic romances — including […]
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Today is the vernal equinox. You may think this means that there is exactly the same amount of daylight hours and nighttime hours…and you would be wrong. Technically, when daylight equals dark, that is called an equilux, and it falls on a different day of the year. The equinox is actually when the Earth’s axis
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As I’m quietly and steadily working my way through Blood Stone, and the weekend started out with an empty email in-tray, and nothing moving on Facebook or anywhere else, I thought this was going to be one of those bulletins where I would have nothing to report, except for progress. But Sunday, which is usually
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I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “Beware the Ides of March.” You’re probably even aware that it’s to do with Julius Ceasar. It is part of Shakespeare’s play, Julius Ceasar. A witch foretells Ceasar’s death on the floor of the Senate in Rome, on the 15th of March, and tells him to “Beware the Ides
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I’m really a desparate romantic at heart. The cheesiest cliched film moments, done right, will get me, every time. Desperado was one long bunch of formulaic cheesy moments, filmed on the tightest of tight budgets. But not nearly as tight a budget as El Mariachi, when Robert Rodriquez checked himself into a research hospital and
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I’ve got a pain behind my eyes and my shoulders are hunched as I type this. I’ve spent all weekend — all of it — doing my taxes and filing. Because last year was such a horrid year, I didn’t keep up with my bookkeeping at all. So I paid for it now it’s tax
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I’ve made a habit of directing a lot of people over to the Goodreads recommendation lists over the years, and it’s always mildly annoyed me that the lists are subjective and voter driven, and I’m not on them. [What? I’m not allowed to have an ego? 🙂 ] I wasn’t annoyed enough to go vote
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This post is part of a series. Part 1: Damn Good Romances Part II: Romantic Tension Part III: Romantic Conflict Part IV: Emotional Intensity Part V: Heart-Stopping Moments Part VI: Uncertainty of Outcome Part VII: Moment of Ultimate Vulnerability Part VIII: Happy Ever After…For Now _____________ The Moment of Ultimate Vulnerability I think I fell
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I always like doing these posts because sharing what I’m reading is as much a surprise to me as it is to you. Thanks to electronic reading, I pick up and drop books like lingerie, and I’m in the middle of dozens of books at any one time. So I usually report on the books
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The book tour for Bannockburn Binding has finished, and all the posts have been loaded up on the site as articles, for your reading pleasure. I’ve also linked them to the Beloved Bloody Time series page, and each of the books, if appropriate. Would You Wait Six Years For A Kiss? Why Time Travel Romances
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