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Chatting, Dancing and Selling

There are all kinds of opportunities for authors to strut their stuff at conventions. Every time you turn around there’s an invitation for a convention. Conventions for writers to hang with other writers. Conventions for writing. Conventions for readers to meet authors. Conventions for writers to meet agents and editors. Every season is filled with [...]

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Writing Retreats to Write About

This past weekend I went up to Maine for a writer’s retreat. Unlike a convention, which focuses on primarily teaching and pitch opportunities, this retreat was designed to offer attendees the opportunity for quiet writing time, brainstorming and workshops. The speakers were amazing. KA Mitchell who did an awesome workshop on character personality types. And [...]

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Loving the Pah-tay … NOT!

So this week Los Angeles is becoming party-town for readers and writers of Romance at the ROMANTIC TIMES CONVENTION. Other than RWA Nationals it’s the biggest gathering of all things romance. And though I could be blogging from anywhere, I’m actually comfortably settled in at my work desk with my cuppa joe, working in my [...]

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Thirteen Things I Learned at my First Convention

Since convention season is in full swing I thought I’d share with you 13 things I learned at my first writer’s convention in 2008 … 1. When in the presence of such authors as Susan Wiggs or Suzanne Brockman … it is rude to drool on their shoes. 2. NYT Best sellers don’t like you rubbing against [...]

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Conference Woes

So this week is the National Romance Writers of America conference. This year it’s being held in Orlando (after some major scrambling when Nashville flooded). Romance writers, editors, agents and aspiring writers will converge to meet and mingle and talk about all things romance in the publishing industry. And I won’t be there. In fact, [...]

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Fun Fun Fun

Okay, so last year Ellora’s Cave held their first ever reader/writer conference in Richfield, Ohio. Where you ask? Okay, so it’s not Las Vegas or Chicago or San Diego or any of the bigger cities where conferences are normally scheduled. But let me tell you … it was the PERFECT place to hold a conference. [...]

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Totally Jazzed … the Overview

I’m baaaack! And I’ve got to tell you … every wonderful thing you’ve heard about the Lori Foster/Dianne Castell in Cincinnati, Ohio is absolutely true! I traveled from Maine with Pam Champagne. Neither of us are seasoned travelers which made the trip itself … quite an adventure. We knew we were in trouble the minute [...]

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When the Opposite Happens

I just got home from the New England Chapter’s conference in Framingham, MA. This is the third year I’ve gone. I always meet up with old friends and get to put faces to authors I’ve only met on the internet. In the grand scheme of things … it’s a wonderful weekend. It was a weekend [...]

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Who Am I?

I write books. I treat it as a business. But creating my product is only one facet of everything I have to do to be successful in the publishing business. As everyone knows there isn’t a business out there that doesn’t advertise. Because what’s the sense of writing books if I don’t let readers know [...]

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Romanticon … The Rest of the Story

When Sunday of Romanticon rolled around everyone was a buzz. I spent the morning in workshops. The first was presented by Tawny Taylor, Joey Hill, and Diana Hunter. They did a wonderful job talking about researching and writing BDSM. This new genre is exploding onto the erotic romance market. It seems readers can’t get enough. [...]

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