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Cats and the Strange Allure of Door Stops

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQChahZAmZQ First, a disclaimer. This is not my cat Princess. Princess is not a frisky little kitty, but an aging, but elegant, 13+ yr old. But at her advanced age, she’s currently acting just like this…

Dorchester News

Update:  This Publisher’s Weekly article seems to make it official. As yet unconfirmed reports are trickling in that Dorchester is planning to cease publishing print books starting September 1 and become an e-publisher only. Dorchester has…

Reader Prejudice, or Don't Knock It Until You Try It

As readers of romance, we’re familiar with literary prejudice– the Fabio jokes, the scoffs and eye rolls, the shame in reading one in public. I always defend my preferred genre, and berate people for making such…

One Day Sales

One thing about New Zealand is that for a relatively large piece of land, they have a small population.  Picture the UK minus Ireland, spread 4 million people around it, elongate it like a fish, and…

RWA: Sandy’s Thoughts

Blythe and Lynn have already done such a great job of summing up our RWA experience, that I’ll only add a few personal notes. I always have a wonderful time at the conference, but I agree…

Big Dreams

I dream.  A lot.  And vividly.  Sometimes it’s hard to remember what’s a dream and what’s real — I’ll have a vague memory of some incident, or something that someone said, that looking back could very…

RWA – Blythe’s Report

I’m back in Denver, all the laundry’s done, and I have had a little time to reflect on RWA. First of all, I had a fabulous time. I’ve been to RWA twice before: Denver 2002 (my…

Summer sale

It’s the time of the year again that shopping malls and boutiques become a danger zone. I avoid them as much as I can. I keep telling myself: Yes, many lovely pieces of clothing are dramatically…

RWA 2010 – My Take

Most important personal lesson learned this year? Even if it might be cost-effective, taking a 5:30 a.m. flight home that requires one to check out of the hotel by 3:00 a.m. is miserable. Aside from that,…