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Kings, Queens and Card Sharps: 78 Real Characters

• Have you been told that your characters are flat?
• Do people not want to meet your characters for lunch?
• Are your characters 2-dimensional talking heads?
• Do you sometimes want to murder them all?

Predestination or happenstance? Don’t (more…)

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This is a reading for Blythe Gifford’s newest hero. Gavin Fitzjohn gave me a bit of push-back in the reading. I think maybe I hit a bit too close to home here and there for our fella. He gave his birthday as early January 1334 which makes him a Capricorn.

If you enjoy historicals, I think you will really love Gifford’s writing. She is the author of five medieval romances from Harlequin Historical. She specializes in characters born on the wrong side of the royal blanket.

Royal Rogue: He is the bastard son of an English prince and a Scotswoman. A rebel without a country, he has darkness in his soul.
Innocent Lady: Daughter of a Scottish border lord, she can recite the laws of chivalry, and knows this man has broken every one. But she’s gripped by desire for him—could he be the one to unleash the dangerous urges she’s hidden until now?

Blythe loves to have visitors at www.blythegifford.com or www.facebook.com/BlytheGifford. Now let’s see about that reading, shall we? Once you have stopped drooling over that gorgeous cover for this book. Ready yet? (more…)

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To celebrate the release of book number seven, I did a reading for the hero of Sex and Trouble by Marilu Mann. What’s a demon gotta to do to get a little love?

Go comment here. You’ll be in the running to win a $50 gift certificate or a signed copy of Marilu’s first two books. NOTE: The contest starts at noon Central.

By the way, for those that don’t know, I’m half of Marilu Mann.

Sex And Trouble by Marilu Mann:

“Marielle has just learned she’s a hereditary witch whose inheritance comes with a creepy house and a hot butler who is really a trapped sex demon. Mari doesn’t believe in magick or demons. But once she sees her butler’s—ahem—horns, she has to face the facts. And, he can only be released through mutual sexual pleasure.

Although Mari’s sexier than anyone he’s ever known, Rosier wants to go home. If that means making Mari scream in ecstasy, he’ll just have to deal. It’s simple. They have to unlock her powers, defeat her father’s enemy and have mind-blowing sex…in the next two weeks or he’s trapped forever. What’s a girl to do when her inheritance leads to Sex and Trouble? Enjoy it!”

Buy your copy here!

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Afraid that you will never finish that book?

• Afraid your story sucks?
• Do you wish there was a magic wand you could wave to make your characters even better?
• Are you worried that your plot isn’t twisted enough or is too twisted?
• Do you wonder if any editor or agent will ever be WOWED by your voice?

If you can identify with these fears, you are at the right spot!

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Please welcome JL Wilson to Musings On The Tarot. JL is a personal friend of mine whom I’ve known for several years. She writes several series–one of them being mystery romance with a touch of gray. In other words, her characters are not all leggy, blonde twenty-somethings.  JL also likes to kill people. (more…)

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Today, I’m in a reversed Queen of Cups mood. I am feeling creative, but a little (okay a lot) naughty. You could say I’m really identifying with that wicked Jezebel as played by the gorgeous Bette Davis.

I started a thread years ago on a site. This thread is called 9Words: A Poetry Challenge. I am still doing this albeit on another site now.

The game is that someone (anyone) lists nine words. Just nine words…no rhyme or reason necessary. Then those who are playing take the words and make a poem out of them.

For me, this plays strongly into my (more…)

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Cris Anson is my guest today as her hero, Adam Putnam gets his cards read. Here is what Cris  says about herself :

“After the death of my husband of 22 years, it took me three years to come out of my grief and feel alive and open to new experiences. Now I consider myself a senior citizen and “cougar” —hey, one is never too old to dream about, or experience, romance. I’ve been writing since the ‘90s and read voraciously across all genres. I enjoy my garden during warm days and have just discovered Zumba for fun exercising. My wish list includes sleeping on the floor of the Grand Canyon and dancing a tango or two with Gilles Marini.”

Meet James Adam Putnam, the hero of Cris Anson’s latest. This one is a very hot historical erotic romance. Do you think you can handle the heat? Now, join me as I read for Adam, a perplexed Puritan dealing with (more…)

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This reading is for Kelly Jamieson‘s heroine, Abby Finlay. Abby’s story is a contemporary erotic romance from. 2 Hot 2 Handle is the story of one woman and the two men who heat things up for her.

Author Kelly Jamieson not only speaks the language of love–she has a degree in two languages! Add to that her love of shoes and cooking and Kelly may be the quintessential writer’s writer.

Join me as I do a reading for her heroine, Abby Finlay. (more…)

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Meet Jessie Maynard, the heroine of Ann Yost’s debut release That Voodoo That You Do. Ann touts a Jonathon Winters quote as her motto.

“I couldn’t wait for success…so I went ahead without it.”

She’s been Peter Pan, a pilot and a substitute teacher but her stint as a Little League Ump was cut short. I think you’ll enjoy meeting her heroine. (more…)

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Today I read for Cameron MacPherson, the hero of Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spear. Terry writes rich books full of stunning setting and detailed lore. You can’t read one of her books and not watch over your shoulder to see if you can catch a shifter on the run. She’s good, y’all.

And busy! This fellow Texas author (also a transplant) is a retired US Army  Reserves Light Bird  aka Lieutenant Colonel who likes to make bears when she’s not writing or teaching workshops.  Visit Terry at her site!

So here’s the reading! Don’t miss the contest at the end! (more…)

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