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Apr 24

Marin Thomas, A Slightly Nostalgic Author

Marin Thomas hails from Janesville, Wisconsin. She played basketball for the University of Arizona Lady Wildcats at Tucson, where she obtained a BA in radio-television–which she has done nothing with all these years. Upon graduation, she married her college sweetheart in a five-minute ceremony in Las Vegas. Her husband’s career in public relations has taken the family to Arizona, California, New Jersey, Colorado, Texas and Chicago, where she now calls the Windy City home. Marin’s first book for the Harlequin American Romance line came out in 2004. She’s currently writing her 14th book for the line. Marin’s upcoming release (April [...]

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Apr 23

Would a Rose by any other Name Smell as Sweet?

By: Marilyn Baron Touch. Sight. Smell. Taste. Sound. The five senses. But what if you don’t have all five senses? Would that place limits on your writing? I think so. I was born without a sense of smell, a trait I inherited from my grandmother. I think that puts me at a disadvantage. In writing workshops I learned the importance of capturing all of the five senses. How can my writing describe the hero’s “pungent aftershave,” or the fact that the heroine “carries the scent of cinnamon,” when I have no personal experience in that area?Since I never had a [...]

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Apr 22

My Muse

by CiCi BarnesJ gave us some great tips Monday on taming our muse, and now I want us to think about setting. Spring inspires me. I walk out on my front porch, take in the budding trees, pops of color from azaleas, yellow bells, daffodils and dogwoods. Of course, there’s always the pollen to contend with, a necessary evil to get to the good stuff. Everything comes to life: robins’ eggs – soon to be little birdies chirping away for the coveted worm from mama, buzzing bees, nature at its absolute best. I’ve sat in my study all winter, pecking [...]

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Apr 22

WINNER OF JULIA LONDON’S HIGHLAND SCANDAL

I know this is going to disappoint a lot of you guys, but we only have one winner. For the rest of you, HIGHLAND SCANDAL, BY JULIA LONDON, is available at all your favorite booksellers. Here’s a quick link to it now. HIGHLAND SCANDAL Today’s winner is: CRYSTAL GB !!!!! Crystal send your snail mail address to me at dlkaufman@bellsouth.net Folks, if we don’t hear from Crystal by next Tuesday, I will redraw names.  

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Apr 21

Julia London – Writing through a Real Life

All of us at Petit Fours and Hot Tamales are excited to have one of our favorite authors of historical romance with us today, the fabulous Julia London. For those of you who are new to historical romance, here’s what you should know about Julia. Julia London is the New York Times and USA Today best selling author of more than a dozen romantic fiction novels. She is the author of the popular Lockhart Family Trilogy and Desperate Debutante historical romance series, as well as several contemporary romances, including American Diva and the very popular tie-in novel to the daytime [...]

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Apr 20

Making The Writing Muse Your Bitch.

Okay, I admit it. I’m in a bit of a writing slump, so I’ve decided to take the writing muse by the hair. I’m done asking for her consideration. I’m done sending her pretty invitations. She works for me; I don’t work for her. She needs to be shown who is boss. She needs to bend according to my schedule, my will and my demands. And I’ve decided the success of all this is up to me. I will make her my bitch. *Note: for those of you offended by my profanity, please think of “bitch” as the proper term [...]

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Apr 19

Mission #5: Pages 11-15

Sorry this post is going up late. I (and several of our other PFandHT blog sisters) had a busy weekend. We all attended a fabulous workshop presented by the Georgia Romance Writers of America. Our guest speaker was Deb Dixon and her topics were Goal, Motivation and Conflict and the Hero’s Journey. What awesome topics and an especially great lesson (or refresher) for those of us in the middle of this Mission!!! This week we will be working on pages 11 through 15 of our manuscripts. Some of you are there. Some of us are pretty far behind. And then [...]

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