http://romanticinks.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/10/mind-over-matter/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/10/mind-over-matter/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:13:35 +0000 Leigh Royals http://romanticinks.com/?p=2568 You ever notice how your body reacts to certain stresses or stimuli? For me, when I feel particularly fretful and stressed, I get flushed and hot and have stomach cramps. This type of reaction is called psychosomatic. It means your mind affects your body. That can go for good reactions too. There are events or [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/10/mind-over-matter/feed/ 4 http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/09/writing-smutt/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/09/writing-smutt/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:49:19 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2563 Whether you’ve been around the romance writers circuit for awhile or not, most romance writers draw a line in the sand between what they write and porn. Recently, I’ve come across a particular writer that I’m very interested in watching. She’s writing very short stories (3K or so) and last month alone she had three releases. From [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/09/writing-smutt/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/05/finding-romance/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/05/finding-romance/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:00:36 +0000 Lynne DuMae http://romanticinks.com/?p=2559 Finding romance can be difficult to do in today’s busy society. when you work full time, come home to a dirty house, fighting children, and a cranky husband, do you really feel like romancing? I’d say probably not. Of course, I’m no authority on the olden days, but I would imagine it was easier years [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/05/finding-romance/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/01/now-available-gps-28-days-of-heart/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/01/now-available-gps-28-days-of-heart/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:09:51 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2506 http://romanticinks.com/2010/03/01/now-available-gps-28-days-of-heart/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/28/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cat-johnson/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/28/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cat-johnson/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:19:04 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2524 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/28/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cat-johnson/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/27/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-sylvia-shults/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/27/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-sylvia-shults/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:10:41 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2548 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/27/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-sylvia-shults/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/24/writing-is-not-a-recipe-or-is-it/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/24/writing-is-not-a-recipe-or-is-it/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:20:06 +0000 Leigh Royals http://romanticinks.com/?p=2557 So, I’m cooking this wonderful recipe by my good friend, Crissy Olinger, and it is a recipe foreign to me. As I carefully created the concoction, and moved towards completion, I realized I’d have to vary one ingredient. Only very slightly. This got me to thinking. I know I know, no smoke from my ears, [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/24/writing-is-not-a-recipe-or-is-it/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/23/the-importance-of-mentoring/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/23/the-importance-of-mentoring/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:58:46 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2555 I just spent a whole weekend glued to my chair waiting to discover who I would get as a mentor for the Romance Divas yearly Boot Camp. It was thrilling to look over the list of mentors and wonder which one would be all mine for three months. It also made me think of  the great [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/23/the-importance-of-mentoring/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/21/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-victoria-blisse/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/21/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-victoria-blisse/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:20:48 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2546 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/21/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-victoria-blisse/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/21/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-jackie-kessler/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/21/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-jackie-kessler/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:57:26 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2518 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/21/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-jackie-kessler/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/19/giving-thanks-2/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/19/giving-thanks-2/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:29:16 +0000 Lynne DuMae http://romanticinks.com/?p=2552 I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day! Mine was pretty boring. I spent most of the day working. Ah, well. Another year will be for me. For now, I’m fine just the way things are. Not that it wouldn’t be nice to have a little romance now and then, but I don’t think I’d [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/19/giving-thanks-2/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/15/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-marcia-james/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/15/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-marcia-james/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:21:57 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2541 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/15/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-marcia-james/feed/ 5 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/15/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-tilly-greene/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/15/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-tilly-greene/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:32:07 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2502 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/15/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-tilly-greene/feed/ 4 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/09/moments-of-irrevocable-change/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/09/moments-of-irrevocable-change/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:28:59 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2550 Reading all the guest bloggers and the fight to end heart disease had me thinking, there are indescribeable moments in your life – defining moments – that change our lives. Those moments usually occur because of a catastrophic event, a divorce, or something as simple as giving birth. There are so many moments in my life where major [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/09/moments-of-irrevocable-change/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/08/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cornelia-amiri/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/08/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cornelia-amiri/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:20:43 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2534 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/08/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cornelia-amiri/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/08/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-mari-carr/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/08/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-mari-carr/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:17:05 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2498 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/08/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-mari-carr/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/07/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-e-cameron-stacy/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/07/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-e-cameron-stacy/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:44:39 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2531 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/07/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-e-cameron-stacy/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/07/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-k-f-zuzulo/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/07/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-k-f-zuzulo/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:42:42 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2515 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/07/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-k-f-zuzulo/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/06/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-bonnie-dee/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/06/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-bonnie-dee/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:37:11 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2528 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/06/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-bonnie-dee/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/06/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-samantha-sommersby/ http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/06/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-samantha-sommersby/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:32:50 +0000 Leigh Ellwood http://romanticinks.com/?p=2510 http://romanticinks.com/2010/02/06/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-samantha-sommersby/feed/ 1