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Jill Shalvis, World Class Procrastinator

December 7, 2007• 23 Comments

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I’m working on a Christmas story for next year, am in fact on deadline, so naturally I’m surfing the net. I got lost on TMZ for an hour, having lots of fun being a celebrity stalker. Just when I think that my life is rough, there’s Amy Winehouse …



Posted by General, Jill Shalvis @ 1:00 am • Full Post »   

The Dislike Factor

December 5, 2007• 25 Comments

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I read a review of a mainstream title in the January ‘08 Romantic Times. The reviewer’s comment made me chuckle. I doubt the author being reviewed felt the same way, but the comment did bring up a good point. Here it is:

Is it possible to dislike every …



Posted by HelenKay Dimon @ 12:59 pm • Full Post »   

When bad writing happens to good sex

December 4, 2007• 6 Comments

I’ll go just about anywhere for a good laugh. That’s why at the close of each year, I look forward to one of the most fun literary awards around — the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction prize. Given that we Brava Authors are committed to serving up …



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Getting Ready

December 3, 2007• 13 Comments

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The thing about writers is that it’s hard for us to rush through anything, except maybe copyedits. Take setting up my Dickens village. You know those houses and figures right out of Oliver Twist and The Pickwick Papers.

Over the years my village has grown into a metropolis, …



Posted by Gemma Bruce @ 6:10 am • Full Post »   
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