Comments on: Saturday Topics?

By: Mo Boylan

Mo Boylan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:01:47 +0000

I highly recommend Kathy Carmichael for a synopsis blog….she’s awesome and is also my critique partner…and never ceases to teach me more stuff

Making note…time to send KC more stuff to critique LOL

My problem is not knowing if my conflict is strong enough….and also how to know where to end a chapter and start another….any help with these would be greatly appreciated.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:17:49 +0000

Tyne, we do have some editors coming in the new year, so that would be a great question for them.

By: tyne

tyne — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:15:06 +0000

Very late to comment. But congratulations on the mention in RWR. As far as future topics, I would love to see a blog about entering the publishing business as a editor or how to go about gaining other jobs at a publishing house.Thanks for seeking our input Julie I hope everyone had a good weekend!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:04:18 +0000

Really late to the party. With the kids in town I haven’t been able to get to the blogs that I love as much.

I’d love to see anything on the query letter and the synopsis. and Kathy C is fab at them. Can’t wait.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:57:09 +0000

Thanks, Jodie! I do have that RWR around here somewhere, but I haven’t read it. I didn’t even know we were mentioned!

I am very excited to announced that Jaci Burton has agreed to do a guest blog here in December about love scenes. Yeah!

By: Paula R.

Paula R. — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:50:53 +0000

Jodie, thank you for sharing that info with me…so it’s just research huh…that’s interesting…I guess I am behind in mine…talk to you all later…have a wonderful night…

Peace and love,
Paula R.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:27:45 +0000

Wow - Rhonda’s site is beautiful. I guess it’s time for me to actually read this “Learn Wordpress Quick and Easy” book I got! Thanks!!

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:21:14 +0000

Sorry so late, don’t know if you will see this or not. We were having dinner with some childhood friend’s of hubby - it’s so fun to hear their old stories!!

Anyway, Plotmonkeys were mentioned in an article called, “If You Can’t Beat ‘EM, Join ‘Em” and it was about combining efforts with other authors on blogs, booktours, etc. to maximize everyone’s efforts. The author was Vivi Anna and she’s talking about like-minded friends who blog together. She said, “Other ones that I’ve visited are Plot Monkeys, http://www…., and The Writing Playground, http://www…. These authors are friends who support each other and share the trials and tribulations of the writing life.”

Here’s the quote from Bertrice Small’s interview:

Question: Sex sells, but some of us are uncomfortable, embarrassed and self-conscious writing about sex, and that probably shows in our work. Any advice?

Bertrice Small: Look, writing about sex is just like writing about anything else. Since presumably we all have sex at one time or another, we all have a certain amount of personal experience. Then there are porn movies you can rent, porn cable channels, and all kinds of books that are illustrated that will help you with more exotic forms of love making. It’s just research, plain and simple.”

She does go on though to talk about understanding human emotions and making sure that you’ve got that part included and not just the physical parts.

RWR is the magazine tha is published by Romance Writers of America and it’s mailed to members every month.

Julie - thanks so much for the tip about WP. I’ll go check out Rhonda’s sight.

By: Paula R.

Paula R. — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:01:32 +0000

Thanks Jules…I am glad you had a great time meeting Roxanne St. Claire…while she was blogging with us, I thought that she would be a cool person to meet…I gather that she was…Her lesson was one of the ones that I printed out…

Jodie, thanks for the tip…I don’t get RWR so I can’t look up the article you are talking about…how do you subscribe to that?

I hope you continue to have a wonderful time at the TARA conference…talk to you later…

Peace and love,
Paula R.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:13:01 +0000

Hey, Jodie! We were mentioned? What’s the article? I clearly haven’t read through my RWR!

As for websites, yes, I am going with a WordPress driven site. I am hiring someone to do it, though, because I simply don’t have the brain for doing it myself! An example is Rhonda Nelson’s site. The entire site is driven by WP.