Tomorrow, August 1st, is my 32nd–uh, I mean 42nd–birthday.
I’ve never been one to look back and wish I was younger. (God, I’d never do my adolescence again!) I’ve always felt that we get better with age. But I have to say that I hit my stride when I hit my mid-thirties. That’s when life fell […]
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Happy Birthday
July 31, 2007; 2:00 am
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What’s Your Theme, Honey?
July 27, 2007; 3:03 pm
Every writer has them–those little quirks, the themes that sneak into their work almost despite themselves. It’s impossible to get away from it.
This was recently brought home to me by revising a few of my earlier books–like, very first books. They’re not very good, but I can see the themes I worked with in the […] -
This and That
July 26, 2007; 8:45 am
I’m in the throes of getting ready for another conference this weekend. This time it’s the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Conference. This time I’m a presenter, so that adds a different kind of energy to the pre-conference excitement. Although I enjoy giving talks, I’m pretty much a bundle of nerves until I’m actually get to talking. […]
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RWA
July 25, 2007; 10:18 am
Here are some pics from RWA!
Sexy Michelle Rowen & me at the Wed Night booksigning.
My agent Michelle Grajkowski & Me
Melanie Murray (Michelle & my editor), Robin T. Popp, a bookseller, Rita Herron at the Warner dinner.
Megan Crane, RITA Winner Annie Solomon, Michelle Rowen at the Warner Dinner
Paranormal romantic suspense author Samantha Graves standing next to the […]
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The End
July 24, 2007; 11:30 am
Harry and I go way back, but he’d been around a couple of years before I met him. I started writing young adult books under a different name in 2000. I was writing fantasy, and when you write and are learning to write, you should read as much from that genre as you can. I […]
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Winner: Fanged & Fabulous
July 24, 2007; 9:38 am
Thanks everyone for your comments and stories yesterday. :-) The randomly chosen winner of a signed copy of F&F is Samantha Lucas. Samantha, please email me at michelle@michellerowen.com and I’ll send the book out to you asap. Thanks! :-)
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And the winner is . . .
July 23, 2007; 10:06 pm
Thank you everyone for the great comments about which authors you would love to meet. I drew names and the winner of an autographed copy of IN DARKNESS REBORN is Marissa!
Marissa, if you’ll email me at alexismorgan@alexismorgan.com, with your snail mail address, I’ll get that out in the mail to you. Congratulations! -
Don’t give up your day job
July 23, 2007; 8:12 am
This marks the beginning of my last week of full time employment in a career I’ve had since graduating from college 12 years ago. I made the decision a couple of months ago that I had to go down to part time or risk not having enough time to devote to growing my writing career. […]
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The Lonely Job
July 20, 2007; 9:28 am
Caution: Parentheses and whining ahead.
I’ve spoken elsewhere about the social rules of the publishing biz. Publishing is really a rawther incestuous little business, where one needs to have a few people skills in order to have an ice cube’s chance in Hell of selling some work–or at least, of selling more than one piece. But […] -
I’m Back! And in the Mood to Give Away a Book!
July 19, 2007; 7:15 am
Two weeks ago I promised I would write about my experiences at the RWA National Conference in Dallas. If I had to summarize my experience in one word, I’d have to say it was stupendous . . . or incredible . . . or exhausting . . . or stimulating . . . or . […]
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Cross THIS Line, I DARE you!
July 13, 2007; 9:48 am
Boundaries. Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about boundaries. You know, those things that get bent or broken when you want to please other people. Those lines in the social sand that sociopaths, salesmen, panhandlers, and toxic Southern belles know all about transgressing. Every person has boundaries, and part of playing nice in public is […]
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The Nefarious Comfort Zone
July 11, 2007; 1:01 am
I am an introvert.
I am also extremly uncomfortable in situations where everyone each other and I know no one.
Things like the national RWA conference terrify me… or rather, they used to.
In 2002, I was a finalist in the Golden Heart, the preeminent contest for unpublished romance authors. The winners were to be announced at the […] -
Losing Characters
July 6, 2007; 3:15 pm
I spent the morning reading Orson Scott Card’s essay on Severus Snape. No, really, I did. Besides the fact that I agree with him about Dumbledore, Harry, and Snape, I also have never forgotten Ender’s Game, and I wanted to hear what a master of the literary double-cross thought of Snape.
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Alexis Does Dallas!
July 5, 2007; 10:45 am
Next Tuesday I’ll be catching an early morning flight for Dallas to spend the week at RWA’s National Conference. This is only my third time to go, but each time gets better. I love the conference for a lot of reasons.
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Freedom of Speech
July 3, 2007; 3:00 am
Hello, everyone,
Apropos for July 4th, Independence Day.
Last week I posted responses by agents and editors regarding having a professional looking website, and on dissing agents/editors/publishers/other authors, in public. Several blogs linked to our blog to share what some editors and agents really think on these two topics.
I visited a few of these blogs, and one […]