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Where’s the Big Idea?

by Julia London

I asked my facebook Reader page what they thought I should blog about, and many of them asked the same thing:  Where do the ideas for books come from?  Do I think of characters or plots, and how do I flesh them out?  That question is probably the most frequently asked question of working fiction [...]

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Dee and Julia do Denver

by Julia London

While you are reading this, Dee and I are in Denver, at an airport hotel, mingling with romance readers.  This is a very small conference, and it is designed so that readers can get to know authors, and authors can meet readers.  There are no lessons in craft, there are no publishers and agents.  Just [...]

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Do Not Mess with My Disorganization

by Julia London

Author’s note: While you are reading this, I am speaking at the DARA conference in Dallas. Please forgive my absence I have been doing this little exercise where I keep track of my time each day. It turns out that I spend more time writing blogs and posting on Facebook and Twitter, and answering mail [...]

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The Post-Holiday Blahs

by Julia London

I have them bad.  I have been a gone a full week in which I didn’t have to do anything but eat other people’s food, watch TV, and shop.  I had no responsibilities.  It was wonderful. Alas, I am home.  Today, I went to the grocery store because I left my larder empty.  I figured [...]

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When Did I Become That Woman?

by Julia London

You know the one I am talking about — the old broad who won’t take gruff from anyone. I realized yesterday, when I had to wait more than a couple of minutes at Starbucks, that I had become her.  An old broad like Madonna.  It was confirmed today when my brother stopped by, and instead [...]

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The Start of Something New

by Julia London

A Light at Winter’s End, the follow-up to Summer of Two Wishes, will be out in February, and that concludes my current contract.  That means I am thinking of what to write next. Some of the whine sisters know I have been toying with ideas. Part of me wants to strike out in a new [...]

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Good Book Good Buy Tuesday

by Julia London

I have a good buy that I hope you will think is a good book today!  The beauty of being a member of a blog like this is that I get to take over and tell you about my latest book, officially available today.  ONE SEASON OF SUNSHINE was a book that was hard as [...]

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Writer’s Corner: Twisted Sister

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Yep, that’s me. No, not the 80s glam band featuring Dee Snider (who, incidentally, was dating a romance author and once showed up at an RWA conference– how cool are we, RWA?) But me, the middle child of Donna and Harold (he prefers to be called Wes, don’t ask). I’m here to talk about a favorite [...]

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Writer’s Corner: The Middle Always Sucks

by Julia London

I agonize over my middles. When I am writing a novel, I go gangbusters up to about page 100, and then all the great ideas I had about this book start to slip away from me. I even have trouble remembering those great ideas. I study my cryptic notes–you know, the ones I made when [...]

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If it’s Thursday, I must be a writer…

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

So, here it is Thursday, and that means it’s Writer’s Corner day today. And the thing that is on my mind about being a writer stems from an, um, less than stellar book that I read recently. Now, I’m not going to tell you what the book was–call it my genteel southern breeding–but I will [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: No. Time. To. Breathe.

by Julia London

I think the earth must be spinning faster on its axis or something, because the last couple of months have been insane for me.  I have no time to do anything.  Or I should say I have no time to do anything well.  Do you ever have that feeling that you’re just scratching the surface [...]

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Writer’s Corner: Stress and deadlines.

by Julia London

Today’s offering in the Writer’s Corner is totally ripped off from the net because I have a deadline this week.  Let me tell you what a deadline is like, particularly one that was missed the first go around:  It’s like rusty nails under your fingernails.  It’s feeling yourself expand exponentially because you can’t separate your [...]

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Writer’s Corner-Writing with a partner

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

So, for a while now I’ve been working on what I’ll call the Project with a friend. This is the second time I’ve written with a partner, not counting writing prologue’s and epilogues with Kathleen and Dee for our Hell With The Ladies and Hell On Heels anthologies, or with Kathleen for this month’s Just [...]

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Writer’s Corner: The Query Letter

by Sherri Browning Erwin

One of the questions writers get asked quite a bit (besides if we want to write your story, because you have a great idea for a book that you don’t think you’ll ever write) is “How do I get my book in front of an agent or editor?” We have all been there. There’s that [...]

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Writer’s Corner: Transitions (Classic Kath)

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(from Kathleen Givens on 6/30/09) We’ve been talking a lot about death far too much lately, all of us. Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, have all captured the news media attention, and we, willing or not, have had to think about the final check out. I was already weary of it all, [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: Life’s Not Fair!

by Sherri Browning Erwin

This week, the Today Show is hosting reunions of casts from past TV shows. Tuesday’s reunion? The Partridge Family! Watching David Cassidy (Keith), Danny Bonaduce (Danny), Brian Forster (Chris #2) and Suzanne Crough (Tracy) laugh at Matt Lauer’s request to sing Come On Get Happy reminds me of a childhood dream. I wanted to be [...]

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Fashion Friday: Olympic Fashion

by Julia London

I just love the Olympics for so many reasons.  I have discovered some new sports that I didn’t know I liked, like moguls and snowboarding.  I have all my old faves, like figure skating and speed skating and downhill skiing.  I’ve been fascinated by the uniforms or outfits, whatever you call them for these sports.  [...]

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Question of the Day-What the heck is this???

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

I have a tendency to not only work late, but to also scribble notes to myself that end up scattered around my desk. Usually, they’re about the work-in-progress, especially if I’m in revisions. I’ll have a gazillion Post-its about Things To Do as I’m revising, and I know when revisions are complete when I’ve a) [...]

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Writers Corner: Spurring Creative Juices

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

My oldest daughter is about as creative as they come. Okay, that’s a significant part Mommy talking, but the kid really does make up some wild and crazy stories. And she’ll invent worlds and friends and bizarre situations. Leave the kids in their room to play for a couple of hours, and who knows what [...]

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Writer’s Corner: Refilling a Very Empty Well

by Julia London

I had kind of a bad 2009.  A lot of personal stuff zapped my creative energy and I didn’t even know it was happening.  Looking back at the pages I had written during the worst of it (when I thought I was writing my way through it, like well-meaning writers tell you to do) I [...]

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Whiny Wednesday – Airport Screening

by Julia London

Recently, I flew through Tulsa, Oklahoma, which has those full body scanners. I had never been through one before, so when they suggested I step in, I did. I lifted my arms. They took a picture. I got the okay and walked through and got on my flight and never thought about it again…until the [...]

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