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1. Got lost. Convention centers are very big.2. Didn’t bring a bag. Thought we’d get them like at RWA. Bad move.3. Went to the RWA booth and said hi. They totally didn’t accuse me of being difficult. So that’s good.4. … Continue reading →

So I’m catching up on my blog reading, and my buddy Colleen Gleason pointed me over to the recent dust-up at Smart Bitches about this whole selling-ARCs on eBay thing. (And my oh my, it was a dust-up, wasn’t it? … Continue reading →

Doncha just hate it when your pop culture references won’t stay still? For example, are you aware that Humphrey Bogart’s Rick never ever, not even once, said “Play it again, Sam?” The actual line is “Play it, Sam. You played … Continue reading →

Today’s GCC tour brings us Alison Pace, author of last year’s delightfully offbeat debut If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend, who once again, brings us dog lover’s chick lit. Man have we been having some serious dog envy here at … Continue reading →

Wow, busy day yesterday. I wrote about 4,000 words. Unfortunately, not a single one was for my book. No, I’m in high gear promotion-wise. I’m working on a bunch of content for my website, because content is king. (Question: is … Continue reading →

I feel almost positive I’ve posted on this topic before, but I can’t seem to find it in the archives (some day, I shall create and index of this stuff…), and besides, it’a really important topic to me, so let’s … Continue reading →

I read a lot blogs by (sometimes anonymous) industry people. Often, these folks, out of the goodness of their hearts (no matter how snarky their critiques get), volunteer to read query letters. And every single time, without fail, there are … Continue reading →

Today’s Girlfriend’s Cyber Circuit tour brings us Alana Morales, author of Domestically Challenged, a sort of guidebook for career women turned stay-at-home moms. Says Alana: ““When I first started out as an at home mom, I had no idea what … Continue reading →

Wonderful News #1: Scott Westerfeld, of whom I’m a humongous fan, just made #6 on the New York Times Bestseller list for his newest book, Specials. It’s the third and final volume in the Uglies series, which is the series … Continue reading →

Anyone who knows me at all has perhaps gandered that I have this tendency to be a bit of a Hermione-esque insufferable know it all. In school, I was the one doing that “ooh ooh, call on me!” thing in … Continue reading →