Cliffhangers: Love em or hate em?

Posted by Leslie at May 21, 2007 6:00 am

I hate being kept in suspense. I know that sounds silly since I’m such a fan of suspense movies, thrillers, and scary novels. (Though, in novels, I’m never really in suspense as I usually read the ending by the time I hit 1/3 of the way in, just to see if I’ve got it figured [...]

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Sunday Funny and Winner!

Posted by Julie at May 20, 2007 6:00 am

This week’s lucky winner is VICKI, comment #39! Congratulations! I hope this gives you the twist you need to make it better! Have a shot of Cuervo Gold for me! Email me with your snail mail addy at julie at julieleto.com (you know how to put that together)! This week has been a struggle. My [...]

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Basic Training – For the Unpubbed – Part 1

Posted by Carly at May 19, 2007 6:00 am

From Novice to Professional Winning the First Sale War in 10 Strategic Steps From the workshop Carly Phillips, Lori & Tony Karayianni aka Tori Carrington, and Harlequin Editor, Brenda Chin presented at the Romance Writers of America Conference, Chicago, 1999 Please note this workshop was presented when Harlequin Temptation was still being published (I wish [...]

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Jungle Madness Friday!!!

Posted by Julie at May 18, 2007 6:00 am

Because after losing those twelve pages yesterday (seven edited, five new…all brilliant and all gone,) this is what I’m offering this week. That’s one bottle of margarita mix, one tin of margarita cookies, one tin of margarita salt and one cute serving tray all from the El Paso Chile Company. Oh, and a book. There’s [...]

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Guest Blogger Cindy Gerard!

Posted by Janelle at May 17, 2007 6:00 am

For those of you who’ve been reading our blog for some time now, you know that I’m a HUGE fan of Cindy Gerard’s. I have been ever since I read her very first Bantam Loveswept, MAVERICK, way back in June of 1991. In fact, I still have that book on my keeper shelf! That was [...]

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Special Deadline-inspired sneak peek!

Posted by Julie at May 16, 2007 6:00 am

SPECIAL REMINDER: Be sure to stop by tomorrow, when bestselling author Cindy Gerard will be our special guest blogger! :thumbsup: As you all know, I’m rolling into the home stretch of the book I’m writing for NAL, a contemporary paranormal. I’m getting closer and closer to the end everyday. Technically, the book was due yesterday, [...]

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From Bailey’s Point of View

Posted by Carly at May 15, 2007 6:00 am

They say I look like a teddy bear. They call me an angel to my face. Behind my back they call me psycho dog. What do they expect? I’m a PUPPY. They took me from my mommy and my brothers and sisters and handed me to these wacko ladies at an airport. Then they put [...]

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My Daughters the Nudges

Posted by Leslie at May 14, 2007 6:00 am

Okay, my daughters are such brats. They’ve taken pranks to an art form among each other, which is one thing, but now they’ve got a new target. Their Aunt KK. You know we’ve been living with one of my sisters, right? Well, several months ago, she told us about this dream she’d had. She dreamed [...]

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Mother’s Day and Sunday Winner

Posted by Carly at May 13, 2007 6:00 am

Carly’s Jungle Madness Winner is … :party: Lynn Matherly (Comment #57) :party: Email Carly at: carlyphillips@mac.com with your mailing address and CONGRATULATIONS! And now in honor of Mother’s Day, we thought it would be fun for us to post pictures of us as babies, and let you all guess who is who! Here are the [...]

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Saturday Chit-Chat: Plotting with Your Pants on (Part Three)

Posted by Julie at May 12, 2007 6:00 am

It’s been a great three weeks discussing my plotting style. Quick review: Plotting vs. Pantster = stupid argument. IMO, you do not have to pick one over the other, one is certainly not better than the other and most important, before you pick a style, understand both ways. You never know when the techniques from [...]

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