Monthly Archives: April 2009

Guest blogger Cynthia Eden with Giveaway!

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Edie Ramer

For the Love of Books Hi, everyone! I am so happy to be back here at Magical Musings (thanks so much to the fabulous MM ladies for inviting me to return!). Today, I thought I’d talk about one of my … Continue reading →

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A change is as good as . . .

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Michelle Diener

I read two blogs on change, recently. One by the marvellous Natasha Fondren on the incremental changes that creep up on us, and change our style, our very way of working, the other by the amazing Erica Orloff on how … Continue reading →

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Guest blogger Maria V. Snyder

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Edie Ramer

Mixed up Protagonists by Maria V. Snyder I’m thrilled to be back at Magical Musings! Thank you for inviting me to spend some time with you. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to write about and decided … Continue reading →

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Reality Check

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Liz Kreger

Kicking and screaming. I really (REALLY) didn’t want to leave Florida. We flew out yesterday morning with 84 degree weather and came home to 54 degrees. Talk about a reality check! Plus I was having far too much fun at … Continue reading →

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Week ahead with Maria V. Snyder, Cynthia Eden & Nancy Haddock

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Edie Ramer

We hit the jackpot this week! Three of our favorite writers will be blogging with us. First up is Maria V. Snyder on Tuesday. Maria’s first novel, Poison Study, published in October 2005, won the 2006 Compton Crook Award for … Continue reading →

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Review: The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Michelle Diener

Alex Bledsoe is an occassional visitor to this blog, and on discovering he’d written a fantasy novel entitled The Sword-Edged Blonde, I had to go out and read it. I wasn’t disappointed. It is a sort of hard-boiled detective novel … Continue reading →

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The Boogieman!

Posted on April 24, 2009 by LaDonna

It occurred to me recently that despite all the positive thinking in the world, some things hover on the peripheral whether formally invited or not. Case in point, dentists and me have this fragile relationship. I had an appointment recently … Continue reading →

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American Title V finalists going forward

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Edie Ramer

Tomorrow there will be a ceremony at the Romantic Times convention for the winner of the American Title V contest. So while the RT party in Florida goes on, I thought it would be fun to have our own party … Continue reading →

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Don’t Go There!

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Michelle Diener

I was listening to one of my RWA SF 2008 workshop tapes the other day, and the presenter was talking about a secondary character’s behaviour in a book they had written. Despite the craft issues being discussed, my reaction was … Continue reading →

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Empathy and Writers

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Edie Ramer

One of the characters in my WIP is an empath. She feels what other people feel, whether it’s pain, fear, happiness, love, anything. Someone blogged the other day about her character being empathetic, and one of the commenters mentioned she … Continue reading →

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