http://www.kinseyholley.com Still working on that second book... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:19:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over at N3 we're talking Christmas books, mistletoe wishes and favorite recipes. I'm a passable cook and an indifferent baker. If I follow a recipe I can usually bake something decent, but I've been known to accidentally leave out little stuff like sugar or flour - generally, I hate to cook ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/12/09/christmas-recipe/ I have a feeling I won't get Christmas cards out this year. It will be the first time since Diva was born, I think, when I haven't sent out a card with at least her picture, if not a family photo. But honestly, I'm already exhausted and I'm in hyper-penny ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/12/09/christmas-cards-parsimony-and-monsters/ First, the free reads: The Samhellions (of which <Miss Piggy Voice>moi</Missy Piggy Voice> is proud to be a member) are offering free reads almost every day in December. This is a great way to sample authors whose work you've never read, or to get a quick fix of characters you love ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/12/07/free-holiday-reads-and-win-stuff/ So if you got here from the Nine Naughty Novelists blog, it means you're looking for the rest of Chapter One - and, by the way thanks! Welcome to my rarely updated blog! If Chapter One hooks you, and you want to purchase the novella, you'll find it here:  http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/kiss-and-kin. Kiss ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/11/19/excerpt-thursday-first-scene/ I've been slacking in my Clive devotion lately. Need to fix that. Saw this over at Enty's blog, Crazy Days and Nights, where I lurk a lot.  It's one of my favorite time-sucking, procrastination-enabling sites to visit when I'm avoiding writing. http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/08/11/clive-2/ Holy crap, where did the month go? Okay, we're trying to hit 40 authors for the August EM.  My contribution this month has nothing to do with my long-standing (and still incomplete) WIP - and, sorry, no Nick and TJ yet.  I swear, I have a plot for them cooking.  But ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/08/10/its-excerpt-monday-again-2/ Robie's novella, The Man of Her Dreams, is available from Samhain in e-format right now; it will be part of the print anthology, Shifting Dreams, in Spring of next year.  Robie was nice enough to sit down and tell me a little about The Man of Her Dreams; to get ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/07/20/welcome-robie-madison-author-of-the-man-of-her-dreams/ On Saturday the 18th, my antho-mate, Vivi Andrews, won the Romance Writers of America's 2009 Golden Heart for Best Contemporary Single Title Manuscript for her book Easy Money.   Huge congratulations to Vivi, who sat down with me for this interview before her exciting win.   (You can read about all ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/07/19/welcome-vivi-andrews-author-of-serengeti-heat/ It's another Excerpt Monday, where you get a chance to sample stories from a diverse group of talented romance writers - it's a great way to find new authors and sample subgenres you might never have read before.  Following the list of Excerpt Monday participants, you'll find my own sample, ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/07/13/excerpt-monday-2/ Sarah reviewed Kiss and Kin.  She gave it a C- which, at first, scared the heck out of me and made me really, really not want to read the review (even tho I swore, when I submitted it, that I could handle whatever she dished out), but then - hey, ... http://www.kinseyholley.com/2009/06/24/the-smart-bitches-like-it/