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What’s In A Name?

February 19, 2009• 12 Comments

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“What’s in A Name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Well, maybe to a gardener but not to a parent or an author!

I received my name when my parents realized on the way to the hospital that their first-born just might not …



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Holiday Meals and Family

December 19, 2008• 23 Comments

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Holidays always include memories of family and food for me, some of them delightful and others best not repeated. My family’s nineteenth century plum cake recipe still results in a glorious dessert and nobody has ever made sage stuffing as well as my grandfather did. Period. On …



Posted by Diane Whiteside @ 6:18 am • Full Post »   

Books and Mushrooms

June 20, 2008• 11 Comments

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Back in February, my family decided to sell our house. Given that we wanted to make the most money (d’uh!), we followed our realtor’s advice and emptied our closets as much as possible. End result? Sixty boxes of my books went into storage until we could move …



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Thank God for Readers

March 21, 2008• 8 Comments

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In quiring minds want to know:  how do you want your authors?  If you were to meet us in the flesh, how would you want to do so?

The opportunities for an author are abundant – but what do you prefer?

Do you want to chat or just get your books signed?  …



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Hot Fun in the Wintertime

January 18, 2008• 3 Comments

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Four inches of snow on the ground, a half-inch of ice on the top to cause accidents, and a forecast of high winds to top everything off with power failures….Yup, it’s winter and the weather is definitely not playing nice.

Here in Washington, DC, we celebrate the dog days of …



Posted by Diane Whiteside @ 4:00 am • Full Post »   

Betwixt and Between

December 27, 2007• 9 Comments

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Here it is, Thursday December 27th, and I’m wondering what to do. Should I start one of my holiday resolutions early? Yeah, that’s it: Go on the big diet just before New Year’s Eve! Or start writing the next Devil’s book when I’m sure William’s son …



Posted by Diane Whiteside @ 7:26 am • Full Post »   

James Bond, Chanel and Me

November 15, 2007• 20 Comments

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When I went away to college, all my relatives got together and gave me different perfumes for my birthday to show that they now considered me an adult. Ohkayyyy, that was a nice thought. I just wasn’t sure I liked their definition of what an adult smelled like. …



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The Irish Devil’s Theme Music

October 18, 2007• 5 Comments

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Welcome to my very first time blogging at Brava Authors! In keeping with the spirit of good times that generally fills these halls, I’d like to talk to you about music. Yup, music.

You see, everyone of my heroes and heroines have theme songs. In fact, I have …



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