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Book Blurbs: Where They Go Wrong

March 16, 2010 56 Admin

Authors and publishers use blurbs and excerpts to get readers to buy their books, so the obvious question is: Are they doing the job? If not, where are they going wrong? What do you think? I did a blog piece…

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Monsters Anonymous by Steve Berman

March 8, 2010 32 Admin

When I asked Steve Berman to write a fun post I had no idea what he was going to talk about because he wouldn’t tell me. It was a sekkrit. 🙂 Now the sekkrit is out. He’s talking about why…

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Turtle Neck or Crew Neck? What’s your pleasure?

March 6, 2010 61 Tam

No, I’m not discussing sweaters. I’m discussing *whispers* foreskins. The big decision for some pregnant moms-to-be is “If my baby is a boy, do I have him circumcised or leave him au naturel?” I say some because for other mother’s this…

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Bright Shiny Guys in M/M Romances

February 12, 2010 29 Admin

Last month Clare London asked me to join a number of esteemed persons who were writing wonderful posts on her Livejournal to celebrate her birthday. I had never done a post for someone else’s blog other than the DIK (Desert Island…

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So Bad They’re Good… by Evangeline Anderson

February 8, 2010 19 Admin

Irredeemable Characters and the plot points that can redeem them. Browsing through Wave’s blog recently I came across the excellent article by Val Kovalin about archetypes, stock characters, and stereotypes. It was interesting and well written and it got me…

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Rosebuds Part 2: Top 10 Turn On’s & Turn Off’s –

January 21, 2010 23 Admin

The Rosebud post last week was hugely popular. Who knew that so many of you were interested in what to call men’s assholes (or arseholes)? I was overwhelmed by your comments – from “tunnel of love” to” man pussy.” I could not get over…

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Audio books – What do you think about them?

January 18, 2010 20 Christian

Audio books have already become a popular phenomenon, but only recently the first M/M publisher has begun to publish M/M audio books. This seems to be the right time to ask what you as the reader think about them. [poll…

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What should authors call the little rosebuds?

January 13, 2010 150 Admin

I was reading a book a couple of nights ago and the author called the guys’ assholes (arseholes if you’re British) 😀 everything from clinical terms like anus and rectum, to words like chute. All of these terms made me want…

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Reviews, Reviews, Reviews

January 3, 2010 76 Admin

It’s a new year but the same old issue. I’ve been writing about reviews ad nauseum, and I’m sure you’re all as tired about this topic as I am. Believe me, I don’t want to write about reviews – I…

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