Annie Windsor, my bestest friend, sometimes co-author, and critique partner, is here in Arizona, from Tennessee, to visit and to speak at our RWA chapter meeting. She is a neuropsychologist in real life and is out to share with us some things about what we write about–is it realistic or not.
This may come as a […]
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Real world & make-believe: amnesiacs anyone?
October 30, 2007; 10:28 am
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Winner of KISS OF FIRE
October 30, 2007; 10:25 am
Okay, thanks so much to Deborah Cooke for being our guest yesterday! I think we all agree that that cover is definitely a keeper, and I’m sure the story is too!! Yum!!
The winner of the signed ARC of Kiss of Fire is…
AYLA
Ayla, please email Deborah at chestwick@sympatico.ca to claim your prize. Congrats! -
Guest Blogger: Author Deborah Cooke
October 29, 2007; 6:00 am
The Midnight Hour welcomes author Deborah Cooke whose new paranormal romance series “Dragonfire” launches in February with KISS OF FIRE. And is that cover hot or what?? Deborah was kind enough to send me an ARC of the book for myself because it looks so good I couldn’t wait until February to read it!
And you […]
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Halloween Books
October 28, 2007; 11:09 am
Okay, I love Halloween. Just love it! I’m so taken with the idea of something ghostly and eerie happening on one special night of the year. But it’s not only that. I love the jack-o-lanterns and the feeling of the crisp autumn air. The crunch of fallen leaves under my feet as I take my daughter […]
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Words to Write By
October 25, 2007; 5:00 am
I’m in the midst of my usual last minute panic of trying to polish the two talks I’ll be giving this weekend at the Emerald City Writers Conference put on by the Greater Seattle Romance Writers of America Chapter. On Saturday, I’m joining our very own Stephanie Rowe in an hour talk on Paranormal Heroes, […]
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Too Many Virgins!
October 24, 2007; 11:34 am
Teacher: “Okay, class, welcome to We Hate Virgins 101. Raise your hand if you’ve had quite enough virgins in contemporary romances.”
Stephanie raises both hands and waves them madly and jumps up and down in her seat.
Teacher: “Stephanie? You have something to share with the class.”
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Putting things into perspective
October 23, 2007; 10:33 am
I know I have a good life. Oh, my family goes through some serious trials, but who doesn’t?
But I forget just how bad things could get whenever I’m stressed about something. Yesterday I was so depressed because of the amount of weight I’ve put on and because of something going on with my oldest son.
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Scary stuff
October 22, 2007; 7:26 am
I’m in the midst of writing a book that has a deadline of January 1st — aka: 70 days from now. Currently I sit at 106 pages. This is my sixth contracted book and approximately the eleventh I’ve written in my life. When I was unpublished I assumed that once an author had finished that […]
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Your Enemy Shares Your Food
October 19, 2007; 2:48 pm
Yesterday I wrote about writer’s block (specifically about how there is no such thing) and today, dear Readers, I am thinking about the Internal Censor. I talk a lot about the Censor, but I don’t know if I’ve ever really gone in-depth into the topic.
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Guest Blogger: Trish Milburn
October 17, 2007; 8:58 am
I Heart Paranormal
By Trish Milburn
A few months ago, I received an e-mail announcing the latest installment of the American Title contest sponsored by Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine and Dorchester Publishing. When I noticed that this year’s entries had to be paranormal, I uttered a “Yes!” and knew exactly what I would enter. My heart raced […] -
Winner of Demon’s Kiss
October 16, 2007; 12:54 pm
The winner of a signed copy of Demon’s Kiss by Eve Silver is…
Sarai
Congrats! Please contact Eve at eve@evesilver.net to claim your prize. Thanks everyone who commented and thanks to Eve for being our guest yesterday! -
Revisiting and revising older books
October 16, 2007; 9:26 am
I’m excited about my new cover for SHADOW MAGIC, the 4th “Magic” book that will be out this spring. I want her body and her boobs. :-) I can’t believe how fortunate I have been with all of my St. Martin’s covers. Every last one of them is absolutely gorgeous. My webmistress hasn’t had a […]
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Guest Blogger: Author Eve Silver
October 15, 2007; 6:00 am
The Midnight Hour welcomes multi-genre romance author Eve Silver whose new book DEMON’S KISS is now available and received a 4-1/2 star Top Pick from Romantic Times. Eve also writes speculative fiction for Dorchester SHOMI as Eve Kenin and DRIVEN has received raves including a Publisher’s Weekly “Starred Review.”
Eve will be giving away a signed […]
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What They Didn’t Tell Me About This Career
October 12, 2007; 3:08 pm
I thought this job would be…well, not easy, but different than it is. I thought I’d be in a garret somewhere, with my tin cup and crusts of bread, drinking with my Christopher Marlow-esque friends every night and nursing my hangover with my Muse in the morning.
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Pushy Muses
October 11, 2007; 2:16 pm
So I didn’t sleep much last night or the night before. It seems there’s another Paladin who wants his story told and is willing to keep me awake nights until I give in and write down what he’s trying to tell me. Sigh. Now, I know I should be grateful when a story starts to […]