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Archive for May, 2007



What Leslie had to say on Monday, May 21st, 2007
Cliffhangers: Love em or hate em?

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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 …

What Julie Leto had to say on Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Sunday Funny and Winner!

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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 …

What Carly had to say on Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Basic Training – For the Unpubbed – Part 1

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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…

What Julie Leto had to say on Friday, May 18th, 2007
Jungle Madness Friday!!!

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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 …

What Janelle had to say on Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Guest Blogger Cindy Gerard!

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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 …

What Julie Leto had to say on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Special Deadline-inspired sneak peek!

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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 …

What Carly had to say on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
From Bailey’s Point of View

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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 …

What Leslie had to say on Monday, May 14th, 2007
My Daughters the Nudges

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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, …

What Carly had to say on Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Mother’s Day and Sunday Winner

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

What Julie Leto had to say on Saturday, May 12th, 2007
Saturday Chit-Chat: Plotting with Your Pants on (Part Three)

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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, …