http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance world. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've all heard that everything and everyone in the world is connected, and this is just as true in fiction as it is in real life. When creating a world, whether it's fantasy or science fiction or paranormal, all the bits and pieces have to hold together and work ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/05/09/building-your-own-world/ The Boyfriend recently suggested to me that I like buying books more than I actually like reading them. A rather silly notion, to be sure, but all it took for him to arrive at this conclusion was a quick look at our home office. Let’s just say I ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/05/08/nobody-does-it-better/ I was surprised and disappointed that there was no award given in 2007 for the "Veritas Award from the Romance Writers of America for outstanding journalism related to the romance genre. Surprised and disappointed because, well, not only is there a lot of incredible writing about romance fiction being done ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/05/07/and-the-award-goes-tonobody/ Change is not always that friendly buddy in the distance. Sometimes, it's a force of reckoning. But no matter what we face, Change is inevitably headed your way. Ironically, it's not change itself that people fear. It's more the results of change. If you move, how safe will the walk home ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/05/06/leap-of-faith/ Happy Cinco de Mayo mi amigas y amigos! Now that I got that out of the way let's move on to my problem. I've always had a hard time setting goals. Short-term, long-term, you name it. I get palpitations at the thought of having to write down five year goals. It's ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/05/05/setting-goalssetting-what/ by Monica McCarty Recently I got into an interesting discussion with a reader on my blog about visualizing characters and how “real” we want them to be. I love physical descriptions of the hero and heroine because it helps me form an image in my head that I can ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/05/02/a-picture%e2%80%99s-worth-a-thousand-words-or-is-it/ Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about books. Not my current reads, what’s in my TBR pile, or the new titles folks are buzzing about online. Instead, I’ve been thinking about other books, older books – the ones I read as a kid. Like most girls, I loved the Little House ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/05/01/childhood-loves/ This month, the first of a series of six books is out, and let me tell you, it’s not your usual continuity :0). All six of us are friends, writing about friends, who are wedding planners (we’ve chronicled our adventures on our own blog). A little over a year ago, ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/30/a-marriage-of-friends-and-books/ I was recently at the Romantic Times Book Lovers Convention, affectionately called "RT". There were. some major glitches with the hotel being renovated . (I mean, really, 1500 women and NO bathroom on the main floor? You know, the floor with the restaurants and bar? Then no ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/29/the-undead-living-through-our-books/ Or is it? Do you know what it means when someone slaps "Bestselling Author" on their web site, blog or book cover? How about "Nationally," "USA Today," or "NY Times" Bestseller? The first two are pretty vague. You can see how those might mean different things to different authors and publishers, ... http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/28/a-bestseller-by-any-other-publisher-is-still-a-bestseller/