Monthly Archives: January 2008

Feel the Magic

When does that magical feeling happen for you? Is it when you’re in that sagging middle with nowhere to go, and you’re suddenly hit by the bolt of lightening of inspiration? Or is it that rare day when the words … Continue reading

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Review: The Fortune Quilt by Lani Diane Rich

Publisher: NAL Trade ISBN: 13: 978-0-451-22027-1 I was on a streak of reading books I didn’t like enough to finish, and The Fortune Quilt broke the streak. It’s a book I hated to close at the end. I wanted to … Continue reading

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The Week Ahead: Megan McKeever, Keyren Gerlach and Gina Robinson

Our debut author interview for this month will posted Friday the 25th. Gina Robinson’s debut book, SPY CANDY, will be a Kensington 2008 release. Gina’s call story is sure to inspire you all! Next up, on Saturday the 26th, we … Continue reading

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Editor blog: Angela James, Executive Editor of Samhain Publishing

A huge thank you to Angela James, Liz Kreger’s editor at Samhain Publishing, for stepping up to the plate for us today when Claire Eddy of Tor couldn’t make it. Angie, you are our heroine! And without further ado, here … Continue reading

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Our Book Children

First off, I want to thank Edie for finding a pic for me to post today. The mysterious computer wizards are playing with my favorite links. Edie pulled up her photo website fine, and I got a really wierd AOL … Continue reading

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Embracing fear

I have the CDs from the RWA Dallas conference, and I recently listened to a Chat with Nora. Someone asked how she kept her prose fresh, and Nora warned against complacency, that your work will show it. Then she said … Continue reading

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Excitement

Today is my little girl’s first day at school. I live in South Africa and our academic year runs from January through to December. Yesterday, she was all nervous, but this morning, she was so eager to go, she didn’t … Continue reading

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A Different Type Of Voice

After finishing my blog this morning, I came to an unwelcome conclusion. A conclusion most of you have probably already came to. I watch way too much television. I am, I promise (I promise!) —getting the writing done. The television … Continue reading

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Plagiarism

This is a subject that has been making the rounds of a good number of loops this past week or so. I’m not here to name names or to point fingers. That would come under the heading of flaming and … Continue reading

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The Week Ahead — Claire Eddy of Tor

The Senior Editor of Tor/Forge Books, Claire Eddy will be joining us as our guest blogger next Saturday, January 19th. I met Claire at the WisRWA conference last June and found her very approachable and easy to talk with. Hope … Continue reading

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