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Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate Winners!

Posted by on Feb 16, 2013 in Contests & Hops | 1 comment

Thank you to the Where’s the Love blog hop participants! I had a great time reading all of your tension-filled and lovey dovey scenes.   The winner of the chocolate prizes are: Donna Barker Vaughn Roycroft Janet Oakley   Send me a private message with your addresses and something delicious will appear in your mailboxes! Next Week: We’ll talk BAD BLOG BEHAVIOR and indulge in a chocolate-dipped FRENCHIE...

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Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler

Posted by on Feb 8, 2013 in Frenchie Fridays | 9 comments

FOR FRENCHIE FRIDAY and Beth Fish’s Weekend Cooking this week, I HAD to talk about Mardi Gras. In Nice, France carnival or “carne levare” (“away with meat”), lasts for fifteen days and culimnates on Fat Tuesday, the day before Catholic lenten fast.  Merriment in the streets and gorging on goodies is typical, as it is in the U.S., though the two day boob flashing and frat boy frenzy à la New Orleans takes excitement to a whole new…um…level. The first...

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Where’s the Love? Blog Hop

Posted by on Feb 4, 2013 in Contests & Hops | 16 comments

February is the month of love. Dig up your favorite amorous scene from your novel or short story, (let’s keep it R rated or less. No X rated scenes, please), post 250 words to your blog and hop around to others. Receive and give craft and plot feedback, or just SHARE THE LOVE!  WHEN The hop goes live February 14th & 15th  WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT Free feedback on your scene from readers, plus the fun of being enraptured by all of those love-ly scenes. Meeting writer friends is a...

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Versatile Blogger & Where’s the Love Blog Hop

Posted by on Feb 3, 2013 in Contests & Hops, Frenchie Fridays | 0 comments

I’ve been selected by the lovely Jackie Buxton for the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you, Jackie! But this fine award reminded me that my blogging schedule needed revamping. This is what I came up with: Twice per month, author interiviews. Twice per month, editor/writerly advice. The odd contest or blog hop   And the new category that I’m very excited to share will be: Frenchie Fridays, consisting of cultural tidbits about my favorite French topics or recettes delicieuses...

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Guest: Bestselling Author Melanie Benjamin

Posted by on Jan 28, 2013 in Author Interviews | 4 comments

Today we welcome Melanie Benjamin, the  bestselling author of THE AVIATOR, to Between the Sheets. Melanie’s recent release has already hit the NY Times bestseller list in less than a week of publication! I’ve just started this novel and I’m loving it! It’s great to have you, Melanie. About the Book For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has stood in the shadows of those around her, including her millionaire father and...

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Pitch Madness–Tweet Your Pitch to Agents But Hurry!

Posted by on Jan 24, 2013 in Contests & Hops | 22 comments

Hey, writerly folks! Tomorrow (January 25th) on Twitter, there will be a partaaay of pitches happening on the #Pitmad hashtag. Agents will be swinging by to make requests! If you’d like to participate, here are the ground rules:   Your pitch must be no longer than 140 characters, minus the #PitMad hashtag. Do not pitch agents directly unless they specifically ask you to do so! If you don’t follow this rule, they may be VERY turned off to you in the future. That’s...

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