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Romance Tropes and why we all love them - Nina Harrington 9 Aug 2013 | 09:29 am
Nina Harrington is taking over the blog today, to talk about her new Carina UK release, RECIPE FOR DISASTER! We may as well admit it. When it comes to romance we all have our favourite themes and ...
RWA 13 in Atlanta - Highlights 6 Aug 2013 | 07:24 am
I'm late getting back to blogging - I came back from Atlanta and was headfirst into a deadline and when I met that I went right into more work and then took a very much needed weekend off to clear the...
My First Class Experience 24 Jul 2013 | 08:49 pm
Well, I'm home from RWA13 in Atlanta and finally feel like I have my feet beneath me. It always takes a few days to recover from conference and Monday and yesterday I was so scattered! I was supposed...
In which I do something very uncharacteristic. 12 Jul 2013 | 07:17 pm
I'm a planner. I book things well in advance, have a plan, have my ducks in a row. I've said for MONTHS that I am not going to RWA in Atlanta this year. And guess what? I decided last night that I'm ...
Oh Monday.... 8 Jul 2013 | 06:44 pm
The weekend was scorching hot. We alternated time between trying NOT to roast inside and cooling off in the pool outside and lots of frosty drinks. I particularly felt sorry for our dog, who ended up ...
A Patriotic Week! 5 Jul 2013 | 03:23 am
The week started out with celebrations here in Canada - it was our 146th birthday and we celebrated with barbecued chicken, potato salad, and apple pie, and of course, FIREWORKS! The husband did a gre...
Phew, how did it get to be Friday? 29 Jun 2013 | 06:35 am
Ok, where did this week go? Granted, I did a good amount of writing, it's true. And we had stuff happening almost every night as school wound down and summer programs started up. But I checked the bl...
Happy Ever Afters 22 Jun 2013 | 02:28 am
It's Friday. I usually like to clean the house on Friday afternoons so it's ready for the weekend; didn't happen. I wanted to write 10k this week; I managed 8. I bought pizza for supper and somehow my...
Street Team 18 Jun 2013 | 06:13 pm
One of the things I'm doing this summer is forming a street team. There's been a lot of talk about street teams lately, both good and bad. I can see both sides of the coin, and so I thought long and h...
Out of Hibernation! 17 Jun 2013 | 10:20 pm
It was a loooong winter. Very long. TOO LONG. But I *think* we might finally be getting some late spring/summery weather around here, and I'm bringing the blog out of hibernation. I'll try to post a c...
