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Announcements and a Toast Of Course

Posted by on Aug 2, 2012 in Foodie Advice, Writing Tips | 5 comments

I’m still away on vacation, but I thought I’d leave you with happy news and a toast or two before I return next week. Drum Roll Please Congratulations to my gaming, dim sum lovin’, darling friend Susan Spann for being selected as one of the belles of The Debutante Ball, a very selective blog featuring five debut authors each year. Susan’s first novel, CLAWS OF THE CAT, about a ninja detective and his Portuguese priest sidekick in 16th century Japan, releases July 2013. A...

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Guest: Author Mary Hart Perry

Posted by on Jul 27, 2012 in Author Interviews | 2 comments

Mary joins us today to share the inspiration behind her engaging Victorian thriller THE WILD PRINCESS that releases next week. It’s a rolicking adventure about Queen Victoria’s bold artist daughter who finds herself ensared in a plot involving expert bombers, a muderous pimp, and the former undercover guard to Abraham Lincoln, one of which vies for her heart. Tell us more about THE WILD PRINCESS, Mary. The astronomical success of the historical novels of Phillipa Gregory and...

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OUTLANDER to TV

Posted by on Jul 20, 2012 in Writing Tips | 6 comments

I couldn’t resist writing about this topic. I mean, who on the planet Earth does NOT love OUTLANDER and the  indomitable, saliva-worthy Jamie Fraser? Lord help the poor bastard who miscasts the actors or fumbles the plot. The wrath of millions will come down upon them. So what’s so great about Jamie in OUTLANDER anyway? MEN WANT TO BE HIM Jamie is everything a man wishes he had– 1. a striking physique, but not in the usual way 3. a way with a sword, stick, horse, and best of...

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Guest: Bestselling Author C.W. Gortner

Posted by on Jul 16, 2012 in Author Interviews | 11 comments

Today, please welcome C.W. Gortner to Between the Sheets.  He is the bestselling author of several novels, including his latest  that was released this summer titled THE QUEEN’S VOW. C.W.’s gripping new novel follows young Isabella of Castile’s dramatic ascent to power, as she transforms from the defiant passionate daughter of an exiled widow into the famed warrior-queen who irrevocably changed the future of Spain and the world. We’re thrilled to have you, Christopher!...

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Taking the Ouchie out of Rejection

Posted by on Jul 10, 2012 in Writing Tips | 10 comments

I’ve been chatting with some writer pals about the big Rs lately. There are all kinds of them: a crit partner doesn’t like your work, an agent says “no thanks”, a publisher gives you the shrug off, or there’s the ever-unpleasant bad review.  Without a doubt, they can make you gain five million pounds in peanut butter ice cream weight, cry, or worse, give up on writing altogether. Don’t even think about it! So then what? How do we  deal with those hurtful...

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