It’s Sunday, so I’m over at Word Whores, talking about disease detectives.
Detecting Disease
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Fighting the Decrepit
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I’m over at Word Whores today, mulling over the word “decrepit” and my battle not to become my grandmother.
Getting Rid of Debt – the Karmic Kind
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I’m over at Word Whores today, talking about the reveal of the cover for book 2 of The Twelve Kingdoms, The Tears of the Rose, as well as the word of the week: debt. I’m not going to chide you about your credit cards, but we there’s another kind to be thinking about.
Lines in the Sand
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I’m over at Paranormal Romantics today, talking about the release of the sixth and final installment of Master of the Opera, Act 6: Crescendo. Also, I’m at Word Whores for my usual Sunday gig, where the word of the week is the very ominous DEADLINE.
On the Perils of Creativity
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I’m over at Word Whores this morning, where the word of the week is “crisp” and I’m talking about what happens when the creative well has dried up.
Book Contracts – The Good, the Bad and the WTF??
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I’m over at Word-Whores this morning, talking about my lovely ARCs (!!!) and the good and bad of book contracts.
Bringing the Serendipity Back to Contingency
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We went hiking yesterday at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, tucked away over on the Cochiti Pueblo. We’re trying to get back into our weekend hikes and New Mexico has so many lovely, overlooked places to do that. It was a deliciously warm and sunny afternoon, we got out of the house, away from work and got to play. !
Highly recommend!
*makes note to take own advice in future*
So, when I looked up the Word of the Week – “contingency”- I groused to myself and speculated on which of my bordello-mates picked such a dull word. Mulling it over, I decided I’d pretty much only ever used the word paired with “plan,” such as a contingency plan for if things go all to hell. “Contingency” by itself is really a word only lawyers use, right?
Turns out it’s much more interesting than I thought! Head over to Word Whores to find out why.
On Not Burying Your Light
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I’m over at Word Whores this morning talking about being proud of our accomplishments.
It’s in the Blood
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I’m over at Word Whores this morning, talking about the magical significance of blood.
Why You Should Be Glad that Being Apoplectic Isn’t as Bad as It Used to Be
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I laughed this morning to see the results of my late-night phone call with the brilliant and insightful Carolyn Crane. She’s been swamped with work lately, so when she pinged me, said she’d finished my new erotic romance novel and had crit for me, I paused the movie we’d been watching and hopped on the phone. Amusingly enough, we were both walking on our treadmill desks as we talked and I wrote comments on both on my laptop and on these sticky notes.
The laugh was an especially happy one, because I can incorporate her comments today and send this off to my editor! Best feeling ever.
The opposite of apoplectic, regardless of which definition you use.
Yes, Bordello-followers – the word of the week over at Word Whores is “apoplectic,” which is one of those words that has migrated so far in common usage from its original meaning, that it’s fair to say that it doesn’t mean what we think it means. Head on over to find out why.