From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Question of the Week: What’s Your Favorite Season?

by Julia London

It’s that time of year again in which I wish I lived anywhere but here.  It’s so stinking hot.  The pool is too warm, the dog pants constantly, and I take two showers a day.  I start dreaming of the next season.  We don’t really have a next season in Texas, but I like to [...]

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Florida Fashion Friday

by Kathleen O'Reilly

Your intrepid conference reporter, talking about Florida fashions at the RWA conference.  The fashion forecast is HOT, HOT, HOT.  The number one top most noticed item, the Walt Disney World Mickey mister.  As for the more traditional accoutrements, sundresses are very popular.   Long, short, mostly in bright colors.  For the feet, the hot look is [...]

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WRITERS’ CORNER THURSDAY–WHAT RENEWS YOU?

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

WRITERS’ CORNER THURSDAY—WHAT RENEWS YOU? Writing is a lonely profession.  Lots and LOTS of hours spent alone with a computer and my thoughts.  Toss in the stress of deadlines, and is it any wonder that a writer would feel the need to be renewed?  I’m being renewed this week by attending the annual Romance Writers [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: Conference Report

by Sherri Browning Erwin

You’re reading this while I am at my happy place, in Walt Disney World, waiting for the start of the RWA Conference. Today, I’m probably in the Magic Kingdom (or possibly the Disney Hollywood Studios park) with Dee Davis, Julie Kenner, Kathleen O’Reilly, and anyone else who tagged along with us. We’ll be visiting my [...]

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Tuesday Good Books, Good Buys: Lost and Found

by Dee Davis

As you read this, I’m in Orlando at RWA  (and for an update on the conference check out  my blog on RWA in WDW for Barnes and Noble.   But this is Good Books, Good Buys.  So I’m going to share my sad story with a really happy ending.  First the bad news.  My almost new [...]

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Pop Culture Monday: Music

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(Classic Kathleen Givens, originally published on 6/29/09) Well, it looks like I’ve got a shot at going to heaven after all. I had assumed, after decades of bad thoughts, and five years of publicly whining and serving snark (not to mention all my evil deeds), that I would be headed elsewhere.  But after last Friday [...]

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Got serendipity?

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

Ever buy something you weren’t planning on buying…and then it turned out you love it, and you wonder how you could have ever considered NOT buying it? Obviously, I have (or else that was the worst blog lead-in ever.) So here’s what happened: I didn’t blog or tweet much about it, but a few weeks [...]

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Mad for Mad Men Fashion

by Julia London

Mad Men returns this Sunday, and along with it, a whole new year of early sixties fashion.  I am fascinated with the fashion on Mad Men because I can remember the adults in my family dressing like that.  I remember the Sunday dresses and the gloves and hats.  I also remember watching aunts squeeze into [...]

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Thursday Writer’s Corner: Technology’s the Thing

by Dee Davis

When I was young we listened to records from Danny Kaye and Disney.  And then when I was eight I got a transistor radio and went to sleep every night listening with Diana Ross, Sonny and Cher or Steppenwolf blaring in my ear.  In my teenage years, I had a Realistic tape recorder that I [...]

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WHINY WEDNESDAY: Who makes up these crazy rules anyway?

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

 While in the grand scheme of things I have nothing to whine about–I’m healthy, employed, have a great husband and kid, a nice home–there are some small things that bug me, and since it’s Whiny Wednesday, I’m gonna whine.  WHY is it that you can eat lettuce for a week and not lose one pound, [...]

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Good Buys: Footwear

by Sherri Browning Erwin

As some of you may know, the Whine Sisters (minus too cool for school Julia London) are headed to Walt Disney World next week to be very serious and catch up on business at the annual Romance Writers of America Conference. One thing that’s very important when you’re at conference is to protect your feet [...]

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Pop Culture Monday: Showing Some Old Spice Love

by Kathleen O'Reilly

Old Spice, the men’s fragrance that used to be the punchline in many jokes, has now come back in a new and funny way. There’s a ton of videos of the buff spokesman, lovingly clad in only a towel, his sculpted man-chest proudly exposed.  In each video he answers a question or tweet (yes, oldspice [...]

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Would You Like That in Twenties?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(Classic Kathleen Givens, originally published on 5/01/08) Charles Ray Fuller had himself a big day. He showed up at a Fort Worth, Texas, bank last week with a check written out for $360 billion. Yes, BILLION. Charles wanted to cash the check, but alas, instead he was arrested and charged with forgery. And with with [...]

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Fashioin Friday, the paint-splattered look

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

We’re moving (yay!), and I’ve been going crazy trying to get our house on the market before I leave for RWA National in a little over a week. That means ripping out cabinets, adding vanities, refinishing cabinetry, putting in fresh carpet, painting all the walls …. in other words all the things I had planned [...]

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Writer’s Corner: Getting Readers to Read My Book

by Julia London

It’s a brutal truth for writers these days that the person who is going to put the most work into promoting your book is you.  I say brutal because most of us enter this profession with that starry-eyed gaze, dreaming of all the possibilities for fame and fortune.  I don’t think any of the whiners [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: Talking about Jezebel

by Dee Davis

So I’ve been trying to think of something to whine about.  And I’m really good at it usually, but at the moment, I’ve got nothing.   I mean, little things, but nothing column worthy.  However, I did read an article in the NYT this morning talking about Jezebel.com, a website that is apparently the postfeminist answer [...]

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GOOD BOOKS TUESDAY: LOVIN’ THE SERIES

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

 I think the worst thing about being on deadline is that it leaves me no time to read.  My To Be Read pile stares at me, whispering that reading something *I* haven’t written will be my reward for finishing my work-in-progress.  At the top of my TBR pile is Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich.  I [...]

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Zombie Chic!

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Recent fashions for men, from Men’s Fashion Week (yes, seriously!). Is Jane Slayre influencing fashion? I wish! Hardly. More like zombies are suddenly all over the place, the new big thing. There’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that kicked off the literary mash-up trend. And all sorts of zombie books suddenly making the rounds. Robin Becker’s [...]

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Question of the Week: Regionalisms

by Kathleen O'Reilly

I’m hard at work on the current WIP which is set in Texas, and it’s been a lot of fun to talk and think and write like the way I was raised. It’s made realize how many odd little differences there are between Texas and New York, and thus the topic for today’s post. I [...]

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Friday Fashion: Makeovers

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Classic Kathleen Givens, originally published on 11/30/07 US magazine recently released their “Best Makeover” for 2007 decision. The magazine went with Katie Holmes, shown here with her before and after hairstyles, makeup and clothing. I have to admit that she looks fabulous, and I got to thinking about what I would change if I had [...]

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Writing on the Road

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

As I write this, I’m packing for an upcoming vacation! So, while I would love to simply be vacating during my vacation, I do have some stuff that needs to be done, and for the first time ever (well, in a very long time), I’m not taking my laptop. (Gasp! Shock! Hell, freezing over!). Instead, [...]

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