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 _____________ Romantic Tension Romantic Tension is one of those invisible […]
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I’ve been feeling sort-of guilty for a few years now because I started reading electronically over ten years ago, first on my Palm Pilot, then on my cellphone. Then, when dedicated e-readers emerged, I finally thought I’d better put my money where my profession lived, and buy one of the damned things. I didn’t actually
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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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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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Once you’ve made the leap and you’re reading e-books exclusively — and it doesn’t take long to reach a point where you simply don’t like reading paper anymore — it’s at this point in time you can start systematically moving yourself to 100% paperless. There are lots of advantages to making the transition: 1. You’ll
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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Contributing To Word-of-Mouth This is Part 5 (and the last) of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series
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Of course you’re looking for the best romances out there. You don’t want to read crap, afterall. But there’s some very good reasons why using best-seller lists, “top author”, “Best of,” “most popular” and other similar listings of books is the worst way of finding the best romances to read. The traffic stats on my
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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Assessing Books This is Part 4 of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based upon a guest
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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Finding Books – Part 2 This is Part 3 of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based
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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Finding Books – Part 1 This is Part 2 of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based
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