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Author Cari Silverwood (SEIZE ME FROM DARKNESS) Discusses Heroines: Limp-wristed, or Kick-Ass? (Plus a giveaway!)

How defiant do you want to see your heroines? Limp-wristed or Kickass heroines? This is a little like the question you get at that well-known fast-food chain when you buy a burger – would you like a kick-ass heroine with that? In dark erotic romances (even if the romance is a little one-sided) you often have a story where the angst revolves around the man forcibly convincing her that he’s the yang to her ying. If she comes up short in the feistiness and kick-him-in-the crotch department…where’s the story? Like they say about most books – it’s not the ending…

Guest Post: Author Lisa Burstein–“Writing is writing, regardless of genre…”

I’m thrilled to have Entangled Embrace author Lisa Burstein here today, talking about the problems with today’s writing programs and how her latest book, Sneaking Candy, is a call to arms for writers and readers everywhere… You go, girl! By now most of you have probably seen the disgusting words of writing Professor David Gilmour, “I’m not interested in teaching books by women. What I teach is guys. Serious heterosexual guys. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chekhov, Tolstoy. Real guy-guys. Henry Miller. Philip Roth.” See the full story here. His word are sexist, racist and unbelievable to anyone living in the 20th century,…

A Day in the Writing Life of Sarah Dalton (author of White Hart)…with a Giveaway!

Sarah’s latest book is FREE this week with the Smashwords promo code–check the buy links for more information! A Day in my Writing Life: Unfortunately I don’t spend my days with a laptop in coffee shop as so often depicted in the movies and if I try to I generally give up – the noise of screaming children, coffee machines and bad slow jazz isn’t usually conducive to productive writing! But there is an element of freedom which means that a writer has to experiment in order to get the best out of their selves. For me that means working…

Books on Sale! Books About…Writing Books (Kindle Daily Deal for NaNoWriMo)

Yes, I should be writing…and yes, I should have checked Amazon earlier for their daily deal, because it’s a NaNoWriMo-themed sale! Seven writing-themed books are on sale at $1.99 each for today’s daily deal. They include Story Engineering by Larry Brooks (which I’ve heard great things about), Elizabeth Sims’s You’ve Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams (which seriously, just makes me want to cry right now. Stress-free? Ha!), the Urban Dictionary and Mo’ Urban Dictionary by Aaron Peckham (which just look awesome), Natalie Goldberg’s Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life, which several people have recommended to me (and…