Monthly Archives: September 2009

Review – Bone Crossed

By: Patricia Briggs Publisher: Ace ISBN: 978-0-441-01676-1 The secret is out. In Briggs’ last book, “Iron Kissed”, Mercy (a coyote shapeshifer) helped destroy a psychotic vampire who was raising demons and the head vamp (Marsila) has now found out about … Continue reading

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Through a Writer’s Lens

Feelings connect us to Life ~annoymous~ Emotions reflect our life experience, act as a barometer, are invaluable in a writer’s toolkit, and I use them. We have five basic senses too, and like primary colors they’re a platform for creating … Continue reading

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Guest Blogger: Tracey O’Hara

A writer’s Journey – finding the balance. Thanks for having me back at Magical Musings. We go way back to the very first Karin Tabke first line contest. Wow, what a ride that was. And it’s been some time since … Continue reading

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The Importance of Upgrading

Most of us have some online presence. Whether it’s a website, a personal blog or a group blog, I bet a good 80 – 90% of the readers of this blog have one of the above, right? You put time … Continue reading

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Loglines and the Writer

On Saturday I’m giving a presentation on loglines to my local chapter. My qualifications? I took a class given by Cindy Carroll, who is pretty damn good at this, as you can see from this lecture on Romance University. She’s … Continue reading

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Crossroads

The blog that LaDonna wrote on Friday triggered the idea for this blog and I kept thinking about it the entire weekend. Riddle me this — Was there a point in your life when things could have been so very … Continue reading

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Week Ahead with Tracy O’hara

Tracey O’hara will be our guest blogger on Sept. 17th. Tracey is a multi-award winning, 2008 RWA Golden Heart finalist who sold within weeks of attending that year’s national conference. Tracey grew up reading Wilbur Smith and Steven King where … Continue reading

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Review: Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon

In this collection of three short stories (although Diana Gabaldon doesn’t really ‘do’ short stories, LOL, so its more a collection of three relatively short single title novels), she takes a character from the Outlander series, Lord John Grey, and … Continue reading

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Untapped Realities

I watched a move over the holiday that my daughters told me about. The title is 17 Again, and it was a fun movie. A short description would be: A man gets a second chance to relive a moment that … Continue reading

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Guest blogger: Literary agent Marlene Stringer

How I Choose What I Represent (Or: Why Is My Query Letter So Important?) I love the query letter. It shows what a writer can do in a limited amount of space. My eyes don’t have the chance to glaze … Continue reading

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