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Archive for May, 2007



What Carly had to say on Friday, May 11th, 2007
Jungle Madness Friday – Carly Style

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So we do this contest every week and it gets harder and harder to find giveaways. Luckily I’ve been collecting things over time for just this reason: so I have cool gifts :present: for you! I’ve been crazy busy and I …

What Janelle had to say on Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Mother’s Day Made Easy!

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Mother’s Day is obviously about celebrating, and showing your love and appreciation for, your mother. :love: And unfailingly, every year I find myself torn between how to divide my time, and Mother’s day, to accomodate my mother, and my husband’s …

What Julie Leto had to say on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Summer’s Comin’…

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This summer, I have a lot to look forward to. First, I won’t be on a tight deadline. I’m on a deadline, but not a tight one…unless, of course, I futz around and don’t write steadily everyday, in which case, …

What Carly had to say on Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Am I Not Enough?

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A Note From Buddy:

My parents brought in a new puppy. Meet Bailey Drogin. It was bad enough that last year I had to put up with a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel named Dylan for a week – before my …

What Leslie had to say on Monday, May 7th, 2007
The summer blockbuster!

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Anyone who visits this blog probably knows I’m a movie nut. (So are the other monkeys!) But I have to say I have a special fondness for the summer blockbuster.
So, yes, I (and my family) helped contributed to the …

What Leslie had to say on Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Sunday Winner & Ooohs and Aaaahs

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The winner for this week’s Welcome Spring Jungle Madness Friday contest is…

Stephanie S…Message # 59!!

Congratulations Stephanie!! Please drop me a note with your snail mail address and let me know which book from my backlist you’d like. My …

What Julie Leto had to say on Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Saturday Chit-Chat (Plotting With Your Pants On, Part Two)

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Last week, I talked a little bit about the difference between being a plotter or flying into the mist, ie, a panster. I admonished writers, particularly newbie ones, not to be so quick to label themselves and also, to realize …

What Leslie had to say on Friday, May 4th, 2007
Leslie’s Jungle Madness Friday!

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“Tra la, it’s May, the lusty month of May, that lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray, tra la, it’s here, that shocking time of year, when tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear!”
(Brownie points if you can

What Janelle had to say on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
An Exclusive Plotmonkey Excerpt!

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As the saying goes, business before pleasure. Before we get to the exclusive Plotmonkey excerpt for my story in the BAD BOYS WITH RED ROSES anthology, which is out in bookstores now, there are a few announcements I’d like to …

What Julie Leto had to say on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
What I see first every morning…

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This is a screenshot of my home page from Monday (click to enlarge, then hit the back button):

Is it any wonder that I’m going nuts?

Despite my note-taking, post-it note obsession while plotting, I’m not a list maker. I …