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The day has arrived! Man Theory and Other Stories is now available thru Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. Man Theory and Other Stories are three lively and hilarious tales of romance. I'm sharing some inside info today at: http://www.karencote.tv/readers-choice-lounge AND we're partying too! Join the fun at: http://www.karencote.tv/a-book-launch-by-any-other-name-is-a-party

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My book trailer for "I Believe" is up for voting at: http://yougottareadvideos.blogspot.com/ Thank you!

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Winter is not my favorite time of the year. I like cold weather for the holidays, and then, pack it up and head on out. Bring on the glories of spring! Warm weather, shorts, flip flops, t-shirt. But that ain't happenin' for a while . So what to do, what to do? I go to yoga and jazzercise. Those endorphins sure do feel good, and I sleep great! I hit the remote and watch a lot of old movies,

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"I have a theory about love.” Ethan's statement knocked me from the proverbial mountain top. Eyeing him, I clapped my hand across my mouth to stifle a giggle. From Day One at our new jobs at Prime Designs, Ethan and I had forged a friendship. I was the artsy-heartsy, emotional gal. Him--the technical, by-the-book pal. We ate an occasional dinner, watched a movie, whatever. Traded small gifts

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Predators and Editors has Lavender Dreams, the anthology from Muse It Up Publishing, in their best contest. Cast your vote at: http://critters.org/predpoll/antho.shtml Be sure to scroll down for this category and thanks!

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Star in the Night Every year, I go to a small town for their Candlelight Home Tour with four girlfriends for girl time ( 'cause we all know good girlfriends are the best psychologists), good food, peanut M&Ms, champagne cocktails, and most importantly, shopping. This special time kicks off the Christmas season for us. Traditionally, after touring the final home, we head for The Enchanted Forest

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from the Plotting Princesses. Gift cards, books, ebooks, and crtiques, not to mention a few other special goodies. Go to the blog, leave a comment and email any time through the 20th, and you are automatically enrolled in the drawing. http://plottingprincesses.blogspot.com Merry Christmas!

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Halloween is long gone and Thanksgiving and Black Friday ended last week. The stores have had holiday decorations up for months. Christmas is around the corner. I have traditions with my family, and the most important one is watching the movie "White Christmas" on Christmas Eve. Back in the dark ages, television had only a few networks. No cable, no videos. Just television. And on Christmas

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Since I write so many short stories, I'm frequently asked where the ideas come from. It's like magic! Honestly, I do have the boing?!!! moments, and the story just about writes itself. One time, I looked at Handsome's ties and went boing!!! But that doesn't happen often. Sometimes, I sit my butt in the chair, and say, "I'm going to write about blank." That's hard work. I have had

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Ha-ha. If you only knew... I go to fabulous lunches at wonderful restaurants. The truth? mostly I eat cereal, or half a sandwich, or whatever with...my cat. I drink champagne every day. Champagne cocktails are my drink of choice. But I rarely drink anything alcoholic. I'm usually the designated driver. I eat chocolate. It's hard not to eat a piece(s) a day. Godivas, Hershey (especially the

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This Month's Top 8 Best Sellers at Muse It Up Publishing: 1- ♥ Erotic Deception 2- ♣ Rock Crazy 3- ♥ Fast Girls Are True 4- ♥ Shakin' It For Daddy 5- ♣ Angela's Coven 6- ♣ Lavender Dreams 7- ♥ Big Girls Don't Cry Wolf 8- ♣ Culloden Spirit I'm so excited!

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These past weeks, I have had a thrilling sight outside my kitchen window--monarchs are visiting on their way to their home in Mexico. My family and I moved into this house sixteen years ago. The house needed a huge overhaul which we did a while back. But the yard was unbearable. (Think Teenage Wasteland. LOL.) I am not the best gardener. I like to put things in the ground, toss some water in

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Just received word my submission to Muse It Up Publishing's cancer anthology, "Taking Flight," in honor of MIUP's author, Karen McGrath, has been accepted. All proceeds will be donated. "Taking Flight" is about a woman who shares a once-in-a-lifetime experience with a close friend. More information about availability will be forthcoming. Woohoo!

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Robin Covington!!! Thank you so much for playing on my birthday and thanks to everyone who sent wishes. :)

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I'm here. Really, I am. I just been incredibly involved with the Plotting Princesses, a blog featuring mostly romance writers from North Texas. And I sold!!! "Twinkle Lights," a holiday short story, to MuseItUpPublishing. Squee! I have lots of chats coming up; so I will be putting up a calendar and occasionally, putting news here. Meanwhile, cross fingers for me as I have three

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 Join Sara York as she talks about her book, Surprise Sleepover. Welcome!!! To Sara York, who also writes as Sara Thacker. Here's her bio: Sara lives in the southern United States with her family and dogs. She loves romance that takes you to distant worlds where you could be a princess or a warrior, but writing is her passion. Her favorite vacation would be to spend Tell us about

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who's talking about her new book, Desire and Deception. Hi, Sharon. Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing?  I have always been a story-teller. As a child, I got into a lot of trouble for "making things up." Now, I get rewarded for making things up. I love being able create heroes and heroines that people can relate to--even crazy cat ladies, as I did with Catastrophe, my first

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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/164844109

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Last night, I checked my blog with Michelle Miles and found this reader review: I just finished reading "I Believe" and I LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!! The characters are wonderful and the story is super HOT and romantic. It's fabulous!   Squeeeeee!!!

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 I hardly know what to say. I'm thrilled this novella is being published by Noble Romance for $2.50. I worked with Jill Noble on the edits. She was fantasic! The cover is -- WOW! My greatest hope is all my readers find it well written and are entertained. Leave a comment here and be entered into a drawing for a goodie box and a copy of "I Believe." HAPPY LAUNCH DAY!!!

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Welcome Sue! It's wonderful to have you talk about your new book, The Mitchell Money. Let's start with some questions. Who is your favorite author(s) and why? I like Susan Wiggs, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Debbie Macomber, and anyone who writes about multi-dimensional characters. But I'll read nearly anything except fantasy and erotica. Although I don't write historical, I can get lost in a good

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She's back-- The WONDERFUL ELIZABETH ESSEX. Today, she's talking about why she wrote her heroine the way she did. And a delightful excerpt follows.      The character of Celia Burke, the heroine of A SENSE OF SIN, was especially difficult to create and ‘flesh out,’ as it were, into a complete, interesting person. You see, Celia was a nice girl. A very nice girl. And nice girls, at least for me,

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Question: Let's get to the nitty gritty: tell about yourselves. Janice: Hi, all! Thanks for stopping by Vicki’s blog today. And thank you, Vicki, for having me. I’m no expert, but I do love doing what I do, and to me that’s the most important part of any career. For the curious, I’m a freelance writer, short story author and aspiring novelist. You’ll find my stories in Woman’s World, The

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Hi! Gretchen. Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? I use to say all I wanted out of life was to sit and read. That became especially true after I had to drop out of chemistry and rethink my notion that I’d go into medicine. Just give me a book and leave me alone, people. Eventually I had to earn a living and so taught high school English for a bunch of years. I figure the

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Writing friends, like most, come from many places. I attended an RWA party a while back, and was introduced to Cara. She quizzed me about writing for the Trues and since, has published several. My pleasure to post this interview with my True friend.   Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? I’ve been writing longer than I want to say. It took ten years of hard work and

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Diana Cosby is back for an interesting discussion on goals and dreams. AND posting an exerpt from her latest book, His Conquest. Welcome, Diana! I think it's so imperative that each of us have direction, understand exactly what we perceive as goals to be able to achieve them. How can you understand what you truly want until you define it? How can you achieve what you have not defined? I have

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I met Lauren at RWA Literacy Signing this past summer where I played bodyguard/attendant and she was the author at the end of the row. She's a beautiful sweetie and I'm happy to post her exerpt. Welcome, Lauren and congratulations on your new YA, Her and Me and You! First love, broken friendships, and heartache all play a part in this evocative, voice-driven novel about Alex, a girl whose

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by Leanna Ellis I'm happy to have Leanna Ellis on my blog today. We met in a funny, special way through her brother and sister in law which goes to prove "it's a small world." Leanna won the GH, has written several other books, including Elvis Takes a Back Seat. Here's her latest from Facelift: Chapter One Once upon a time implies a fairy tale is about to unfold, something lush and grand and

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How the heck had he gotten himself into this situation? Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Grady clenched his fists as he studied the chaotic mess inside the herb shop located a few blocks off the Vegas strip. He’d lost a bet, that’s how. And now he had to get a massage from some old gypsy lady who kept voo-doo doodads hanging from the ceiling and bottles of smelly herbs and oils crammed on

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  Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? I’ve been writing since high school. I wrote tons of non-fiction, mostly books on archaeology and project reports, before I turned my hand to fiction. I’ve been writing fiction for nine years and have four and a half finished manuscripts. I took about five years to complete my first book, mostly because I kept going back and rewriting

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Hi, Kathy. Thanks for being with me. I've known you for a while now and I'm happy you are published!! Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? I’ve always loved reading and tried my hand at writing short stories while in high school, but nothing serious. Back then I think I enjoyed the reading of the books more than the writing of the stories. That’s not to say I haven’t always had

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Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? I grew up in West Texas except for seven early childhood years in Bakersfield, California. My husband and I lived in Oxnard, California one summer; in Cupertino, California one year; and near Orlando, Florida for three years. The rest of our time has been spent in Texas. We grew up in Lubbock but have lived in the D/FWMetroplex since we

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Hi, everybody and welcome to Michelle Miles. To get things started, how about this exerpt from Take Me I'm Yours: Moments later, as Marion grasped the warm cup of coffee in her hand, she turned to find someone she knew sitting in a corner of the coffee house. Graeme Butler hadn’t noticed her entrance, since he had his head buried in his laptop. With a deep breath, Marion headed over. There

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Hi, Everyone and welcome to Barbara Monajem. Here's her interview and an exerpt from Sunrise in a Garden of Love and Evil. Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? Since about third grade. My first story was about apple tree gnomes. I wrote neighborhood musicals (with borrowed music—I have no musical talent at all) at ten and a melodramatic shudder-worthy true-life story when I was

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Hi, Joan. Thank you for coming to Handbags, Books...Whatever. Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? I grew up in Chicago and a suburb of Chicago, Barrington, then attended Northwestern University’s School of Music for 3 years. This actually turned out to be a miracle. I was born almost deaf and, though I didn’t know it, faced total deafness. While at Northwestern I was

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Tell us about yourself. How long have you been writing? AF: I’ve been writing in some form or fashion since high school, but I’ve been focused on the romance genre for about 13 years now. How did you get from _________ career to writing romance? AF: Well, I’m still in my day job in addition to writing romance. I work in advertising. Who is your favorite author(s) and why? AF: Ooooh

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Here is my latest fun read at http://www.longandshortreviews.com/LASR/story.htm. The real scoop - I was bitten by a goose while meditating during yoga. The rest...all fiction, of course. Enjoy!

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Good morning, John, and thank you for blogging today and congratulations on your new book, Tattered Justice. You have a varied career. Talk about that and how you found your way to a writing career.In your bio, you speak to your "addiction" to Louis L'Amour. I confess -- I have saved one of his books for a long time which isn't a western, Last of the Breed. Do you favor reading western? How did

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Good morning, Leann. Thank you for blogging with me today. Let's kick off with this question: How did your writing career begin?Who is your favorite author? What kind of books do you read?

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Hi, Leah. Thanks for blogging with me today. Did you know my middle name is Lea? Only my mom, when angry, would say, "VickiLeaaaaaa," a sure way to know I was in deep trouble. So tell about yourself. How did you get from __________________ to writing. Who is your favorite author?

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Hi, Susan. How exciting to have you blog today. Susan and I met at a party at the last RWA convention in Dallas. We've been emailing ever since. I am happy to have her here to talk about her book, Meltdown. What a yummy title!Susan, tell us about yourself. How did you get from teacher to writer?Who is your favorite author?

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Join me and Diana Cosby for a one on one on September 18. We'll talk about her book, His Woman, writing and answer your questions.

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Pam!!!! I am so thrilled to have you here to talk about Last Resort: Marriage.Can you tell us about your rode to being published? How long you have written? How many manuscripts have you completed? What was "the call" like?How did you get from your career to writing romance?

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Hi, everyone and a big welcome to Alisha. Thanks for joining me to talk about writing and your book, Nocturnally Vexed, which is an awesome title. Why don't you talk about yourself and your writing. Who is your favorite author? What is the appeal of writing paranormal?

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Welcome, Juliet! So much has happened since you've been here last. You have a new Harlequin Blaze book, Let It Ride. And have published in Secrets.What's going on, girlfriend?And why the name change?Tell us about Let it Ride.

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Welcome to Kathy-Diane Leveille who is here to talk about Let the Shadows Fall Behind You and writing. Tell us about yourself. I’m a former broadcast journalist with CBC radio. Seventeen years ago, when I was home on maternity leave with my youngest son, I dug out an old file of story ideas and started scribbling. By the time the date arrived when I was supposed to return to work, I had already

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Self:Tell us about yourself:I'm the youngest of 5 children. I grew up in a small rural town in Texas. I graduated from Texas Woman's University with a degree in Nursing/Psychology-Sociology. I have one daughter, Michelle..How long have you been writing?A long time. It took me about 4-5 years to find a publisher for my first novel, FALLEN ANGEL. The call came on Christmas Eve 1992. My scream could

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Join me and best selling Harlequin romance author, Karen Leabo aka Kara Lennox, to discuss her new release, The Pregnancy Surprise. Your questions and comments are welcome. Karen is tons of fun.

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Hi, Beth. Thanks for doing the interview. (Beth is really, really nice.) From your bio, I see you studied social work and psychology. How did this get you to the career of author? How long have you been writing?Tell us about your new book, Love at First Flight. What is the appeal of writing young adult?

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Hi, Lori and thanks for the interview! Why don't you tell us about yourself? How did you get from your career as a nurse to writing romance?Who's your favorite author and why? What inspires you?

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I'm pleased to have Jo Davis on Books and Stuff. Jo's new release is Trial by Fire (would you check out the hunky guy), which launches her romantic suspense series, featuring the firefighters of Station Five. Jo's writing career goes back to the third grade when she wrote and illustrated stories for 25 cents! She's tons of fun and I'm a lucky gal to call her friend. Hey, Jo. Thanks for coming to

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This month I welcome Jeffery McClanahan, part of the writing team of Dixie Cash, who also writes as Anna Jeffrey. She has written many books and best describes her work as relationship stories. The Dixie Cash stories hit the lighter side of romantic comedy.Her new release for June 2008 is Don't Make me Choose Between you and my Shoes - Love the title. And Sweet Return. Thanks, Jeffery, for

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Monica Burns wrote her first romance story at age nine and the pseudonym she selected is the one she uses today. She is an award winning author, including RWA's Golden Heart in 2005. Her book Obsession is considered a top notch romance by Romance Reader at Heart. Romantic Times declared Mirage to be their Top Pick, garnering 4.5 stars.Hi, Monica. Welcome to my blog and thanks for maintaining our

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I bumped into Monica in Atlanta and we think we'd seen each other through emails. Anyway, I've followed Monica's career as an erotica writer. She'll be here April 20-22nd to answer questions.As always, thanks, Nancy for your fun interview with me. By the way, La Vida Vampire received an excellent review from Romantic Times magazine and an article featured her.I'd also like to recognize Sandy

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Nancy Haddock is a formerly landlocked writer, now living the life in St. Augustine, Florida. Part of her "landlocked" days was spent in Dallas where she was a charter member of the Dallas Area Romance Authors. And in 2006, Nancy was named Romance Writers of America Volunteer of the year. Truly an amazing tribute to her willingness to help others and the craft she loves.Her new book, La Vida

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Tracy can't remember when books weren't a part of her life. She is an accomplished musician in the flute (something I recently took up again) and vocal performance. Her creativity further emerged with the love of romance writing. Recently, published is Texas Gold, which has been noted by Romantic Times magazine.Thanks for coming to Books and Stuff, Tracy. Tell us about Texas Gold. What is the

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Juliet says most authors have always wanted to write, but she loved to read. As a teen, her favorites were Kathleen Woodwiss and Barbara Cartland. She grew up to be a big murder mystery fan, reading Sue Grafton, Elizabeth George and Anne Perry. She loves Elizabeth Lowell, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Linda Howard, too.And one day, a story filled her head - a hero, a heroine, a past, flaws, scenes, then

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Welcome to author, Ann Macela, who will be answering our questions this week. Ann has had a number of careers including teaching history at my alma mater, sales, marketing and now romance author. She's a native Texan, living in the Windy City. Her new release is Do You Believe in Magic.Ann, thanks for coming to the blog. Besides what we already know about you, anything else you'd like to share?

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Lorraine's writing "is as elegant and noble as the lords and ladies her novels depict." (Plano Profile) Her first romance, Sweet Lullaby, was published in 1993. Since then she has written a RITA award winner, won a Holt medallion, an RT Reviewer's Choice award. Her books have hit the USA Today, Waldenbooks, and New York Times best seller lists. She is a gracious and kind person who is very

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