Booksquare Interview, Part Two: Will She Ever Shut Up?

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As the week continues to break the World Crawling Record, we continue our lengthy discussion with one of our favorite people. For those just catching up — and, yes, we are implying that you missed yesterday’s brilliance — we are answering the question that nobody has bothered to ask us. Yet. Sad but true: we could pretty much do this forever. You’ve been warned. Yesterday, we discussed the “how” of character blogs. Today, we’re thinking about where and what. Let’s jump right in.

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In Which Booksquare Is Interviewed

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So it’s like the slowest week in the history of the world — and we can’t find a thing to inspire us. Thus, we turn, well, to us. Yeah, well, you try to find inspiration on a Tuesday morning in August. Not so easy, is it? We’re heading up to Yosemite for the annual Yosemite Writer’s Conference this coming weekend. We’ll be speaking on various aspects of blogging and online promotion. As we mentally prepared to Talk To People, we got to thinking about character blogs — you know them, and either love or loathe them. We were thinking so

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Save a Writer, Buy a New Book

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The recent demise of yet another Harlequin line, this time the kick-butt heroine line Bombshell, got me to thinking, which, as anyone who knows me will tell you is always a dangerous thing. I heard from a number of readers who were surprised by the closing, because they had friends who just “loved that line!” I’ve also heard things like this: “I can’t believe they closed that line. I loved that line. I read those books every month at my library.” Before I go any farther with this discussion, I have to offer up a disclaimer. I love libraries. Especially

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What Is A Writer Anyway/

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The current war in Hollywood about reality shows and writers will not be the stuff of legend…unless you happen to believe that reality shows are off-the-cuff and spontaneous and, well, real. In that case, you’re going to have more than a few illusions shattered. Sorry. There is scripting on those shows, and the writers are seeking union representation under the auspices of the Writers Guild of America. This action will lead to increased production costs for the shows. Right now, they are management darlings because, relatively speaking, they are cheap to produce. Fair wages and benefits have a nasty habit

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