When it comes time to write these posts, my habit is to open up my reading software on my cellphone — Kindle, the ePub reader, Acrobat, etc — and find what it was that I’ve been reading lately, and report on that. Which puts me in an interesting position this month. First up, I’ve been […]
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Stop #1 of the Bannockburn Binding book tour starts today with Fiction Vixen. Swing by for an excerpt that hasn’t been seen anywhere else, and drop a line saying hello. I’m giving away a copy of Blood Knot today, too! See you there! Tracy
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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 _____________ Mark and I were arguing…sorry, “discussing” what makes a
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Mark was the one that pointed the nomination out to me, which is staggering, under the circumstances. He noticed one of his contacts on Facebook talk about missing out on a CAPA nomination this year. He remembered that the CAPAs are a big deal in the romance world, and flipped over to The Romance Studio’s
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Top Five Posts for December 1. Really Cool Historical Vacation Spots: Constantinople Back up to #1 from #3 last month. However, interestingly, this was not the busiest spot on my blog overall. It was just the busiest post. 2. It’s Just A Job – Wood Elves #2 again. 3. i have seen the writing on
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The book tour for Bannockburn Binding gets underway very shortly – January 5th is the first date I have booked (for now). Every blog I’m guesting at, I’m giving away a prize, so it’s worth dropping in to visit and leave a comment. Here’s the dates I’ve confirmed to date. I’ll keep this post updated
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Actually, if you know what choosing to be the monkey really means, you’d recoil. But it’s a diverting title for a book that is really a long conversation between two big names in publishing. One, Barry Eisler, is a New York Times Bestselling writer who has turned his back on the legacy publishing model and
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The winner of the random draw prize of a selection from Berengaria Brown’s backlist of published titles was Patricia. Congratulations, Patricia, and thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit and chat with Berengaria and make her feel welcome. My thanks to Berengaria for guesting here once more. It was lovely to have a
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Well, I didn’t smash any land-speed records, or break any vital bones, but this Christmas was remarkable because it wasn’t remarkable. Peace reigned in our household, there was no stress about dinner, and a good time was had by all. Oh, and I got one present I craved: The complete archived set of 158 issues
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My best wishes to everyone who celebrated Christmas Day yesterday, and for everyone who got the day off from work, I hope you made the best of it. Of course, I’m writing this somewhere in the past, so I’m not sure yet if I made a very good day of it or not, but I
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