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Archive for September, 2007



What Carly had to say on Monday, September 10th, 2007
Top Dozen Essentials

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What Leslie had to say on Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Sunday Winner & A Gross Joke!

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And the winner of Leslie’s Jungle Madness Cannoli giveaway is…

JOANNE K. Message # 55!!

Congratulations Joanne!!! Please drop me a note at author@lesliekelly.com and give me your snail mail addy, and let me know which of the Santori books …

What Julie Leto had to say on Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Your Fall Workout Regimen– Exercises for Writers with JOANNE ROCK

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I’m so excited to tell the Plotmonkey aspiring writers about a Craft series that will be going on here every Saturday for a little while…I’m grabbing some of the best writers in the biz (who also happen to be members

What Leslie had to say on Friday, September 7th, 2007
Leslie’s Jungle Madness Friday

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Ahh, the cannoli scene…

“God, these are amazing. No wonder they sell out every day at Santori’s,” Nick said as he licked at the creamy center of the tube-shaped pastry.

Izzie shifted in the seat. Licking. It was not a …

What Janelle had to say on Thursday, September 6th, 2007
What are your pet peeves?

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Today’s blog is pretty simple and straight-forward. As a writer, I’m curious to know what is your pet peeve as a reader when it comes to reading a book? What makes you grind your teeth or want to throw a …

What Julie Leto had to say on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Please give a bow to a Soap Box Queen!

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Today, we have a guest blogger…please join me in welcoming RHONDA NELSON, who is one of the brilliant bloggers behind The Soapbox Queens. She’s also a brilliant writer with whom I’m sharing shelf space this month in the

What Leslie had to say on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
What’cha Been Reading?

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It’s been a while since we’ve talked about books we’ve been reading. I have recently been on a romantic suspense glom (since I’m trying to break into romantic suspense) as well as squeezing in other things here and there. I …

What Carly had to say on Monday, September 3rd, 2007
FRUSTRATIONS … and a COVER treat!

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A note: there’s a treat at the end, if you get through reading about my griping and problems. :thumbsup:
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Life is crazy. Just plain crazy. As if buying the iPhone wasn’t expensive enough, as if dropping Verizon and paying the …

What Janelle had to say on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
Friday’s Winner and a Sunday Funny!

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For Friday’s contest :winner:

:banana: :partyman: Paula R. (Comment #36) :partyman: :banana:

CONGRATULATIONS, Paula! Please contact me at janelledenison@sbcglobal.net with your mailing address. You need to let me know if you want your $25.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com or BN.com. You also get …

What Leslie had to say on Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Writing Dialogue: Part II

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Last week we posted a handout for a dialogue workshop Julie did with me at the RWA conference in Atlanta. This week, we’re posting the writing exercise that goes with that workshop.

As you know, writing dialogue means a lot …