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Archive for July, 2007



What Carly had to say on Saturday, July 21st, 2007
How I Carve Out My Own Space

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This article was written years ago. I tweaked it a bit to make it more up to date … but in all honesty I just realized we had no Saturday blog posted, so here ya go, LOL!
HAPPY WEEKEND and …

What Carly had to say on Friday, July 20th, 2007
Jungle Madness Friday – Carly Style

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Since I posted a sneak peek of SEALED WITH A KISS, I thought I’d do a corresponding giveaway. In the excerpt you didn’t meet OLLIE. OLLIE is a parrot who belongs to Molly’s new grandmother, fondly known as The Commander, …

What Janelle had to say on Thursday, July 19th, 2007
My Conference Recap

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Since a few people have already mentioned that I was nowhere to be found at the conference this year, I decided to prove that I truly was there! For me, the conference this year was totally low-key, and I loved …

What Julie Leto had to say on Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
How To Be Exhausted and Pumped All At the Same Time…

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Or: I Have Discovered the “Thing More Tiring Than Conference” and They are My Children.

I’m so excited today to introduce our guest blogger, JULIE KENNER! Now, most of you already know that I’m a huge fan of her

What Carly had to say on Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
10 THINGS I DID AT NATIONAL

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Last night I wrote my blog but the pics wouldn’t upload :wtf: :cursing: and I couldn’t figure it out. :hissyfit: I thought I’d try again this morning and went to sleep. :zzz: This morning I have a migraine that is killing me

What Leslie had to say on Monday, July 16th, 2007
Top 10 Things Leslie Did Instead of Going to Nationals

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Okay, for the rest of this week, we’ll be hearing what the other monkeys did at Nationals, I’m sure. So I thought I’d start things out with what I did during RWA week!! (I’m still not 100% w/ typing so …

What Leslie had to say on Sunday, July 15th, 2007
The winner of Friday’s Beachy Contest is…

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CAROLYN BAHM! Message # 54! Congratulations! :party:

Drop me a note at author@lesliekelly.com with your snail mail addy and I’ll get your prizes right out to you.

Now a picture that just amused me.

You know how the statistics show women …

What Leslie had to say on Saturday, July 14th, 2007
Writing Dialogue

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Continuing our Saturday series for writers, here is a handout I did called “Tips For Writing Effective Dialogue.”

Hope you find it useful!!

Leslie
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Tips For Writing Effective Dialogue
by
Leslie Kelly

1. Make sure the dialogue matches the …

What Leslie had to say on Friday, July 13th, 2007
A Beachy Jungle Madness Friday!

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Well since this week marked the release of HEAT WAVE, a super-hot beach read, I thought I’d do a beachy summer giveaway today. To this week’s Jungle Madness Friday winner will receive some fun stuff for a day at the …

What Janelle had to say on Thursday, July 12th, 2007
BORN TO BE WILDE Excerpt

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Less than two months before BORN TO BE WILDE hits the bookstore shelves. I’m so excited and can’t wait for you all to read Joel Wilde’s story. Today I’m posting an excerpt from the book, and as the release date …