Publishing Industry
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A Lost Claus
“The goods are odd, but the odds are good.” I don’t know where Jordyn Kross found that gem, but it made me laugh out loud. And truly, that’s perfection for a seasonal story.
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Guest apparition
Guess what? You get a special treat this month. There will be a Calia Wilde guest apparition on Saturday, September 28th. Oh I KNOW that isn’t the right word, but it is wholly appropriate for THIS EVENT! I’m on a guest panel at Frightreads Book Festival
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Convergence
There were two convergences of my writer-life homework and real life in the last three days. The first one told me to work on my final letter to your loved ones and after I got a health scare. Maybe I should get on that homework now that I’m feeling better?
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Villainy Afoot
It is no secret I love bad characters. This isn’t just the bad boys, I am equal opportunity when I state, “The Hero isn’t always the good guy, or girl.” On July 27th, I have the honor to present a workshop on the sliding scale of heroes to villains and
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Updates, Bookmas, and a new story
In the last few weeks I’ve felt “overwhelmed.” It didn’t seem like I’d been doing a whole lot except writing, but it hit me today why I’ve been experiencing that panicked, “what did I forget?” moments. Instead of innundating you with a post for each, I’ll attempt to summarize
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The “Rules” of Writing
I was talking to myself today. Oh yeah, I’m that kind of crazy. See, it’s my way of working through a problem, an emotional funk, or just plain fantasizing. I feel we all need a bit of good ol’ fantasizing once in a while. In this conversation, I imagined what my reply would be to…
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Mistakes, I’ve made a few…
When I made a half-way-across-country move with two children, three cats, and a fish, there was a certain point when the arguing about what to listen to got solved real quick by shoving the “Best of Frank Sinatra” CD into the car player and rolling with it.
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Wild(e) Wide
HUGE WIN! I’m officially wide today. I just got the notice from Barnes & Noble (and Smashwords*) that Down in Blood is now available through their store. (And while I did have titles in their system previously through a partnership with Amazon, this is directly through them now.)
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Indy (aka DitD) made the news – in a great way.
The Dreams in the Dark book cover is pictured, and the Destroyers series is mentioned about 3/4 of the way down the article! I’m flying high right now.
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Will Romance Survive?
Harlequin is closing/CLOSED their Dare line. Blaze is already gone. Does this mean the powerhouse of the industry has turned its back on “wild” romance?
