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		<title>Characters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve been thinking about characters a lot because I&#8217;m about to start a new book. Over the years I&#8217;ve developed a way of fleshing out my characters that works for me. The first step is living with them inside my head for several weeks.
Now I can admit this to other writers because you&#8217;ll understand, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/15/characters-2/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve Sold!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Goodmorning Inkers!
I have some fabulous news to share with you all!  I sold my Regency romance novella, Her Captain Returns, to The Wild Rose Press!
I am totally psyched about it!  I&#8217;m not sure when it will be out, but I will keep you posted.
For now, here is a short blurb:

Miss Corinne Claymore, never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/14/ive-sold/</link>
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		<title>Wording Pet Peeves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I get started, I want to state up front that I&#8217;m not a Grammar Queen. I&#8217;m not sure I could diagram a sentence and sometimes I screw up my tenses.  But I&#8217;ve got the basics down (I think, I hope) and I really hate it if I send an email or do a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/12/wording-pet-peeves/</link>
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		<title>Procrastination versus Perserverance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rome wasn’t built in a day. It took a week to make the moon and the stars, the sun and the earth, and Jupiter and Mars. That either was accomplished demonstrates not only stamina, but also perseverance. Ok. God is God and could do anything, but civilizations are born of man. So if man can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/12/procrastination-versus-perserverance/</link>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Mother&#8217;s Day. I hope you spend a lovely day with your moms or your kids or your grandmothers. I&#8217;ll make this post short but not necessarily sweet. Lately, the mothers (and fathers) I read about in romance novels get a raw deal. A lot of them are just plain dead. If they&#8217;re alive, they are eeevil. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/11/happy-mothers-day/</link>
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		<title>Not Just For Entertainment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Romance is not just around for our entertainment. Sure it gets you through the hard days when nothing goes right. And sure it helps you escape to a wonderful fantasy place. I won&#8217;t disagree with this, however, romance is also a big helper in charities.
Brenda Novak is hosting her annual  Juvenile Diabetes Research Charity Auction, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/09/not-just-for-entertainment/</link>
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		<title>Writing habits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come to realize something. My writing habits are not really habits at all. They&#8217;re&#8230; progression in several directions.
I write when no one is home or after the men are asleep. It&#8217;s hard to write a good kiss, or something even hotter  when the 6 yo ace reader is haunting my office. It&#8217;s really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/09/writing-habits/</link>
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		<title>From The Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I visited the Purple Hearts blog a few days ago, and Nancy Haddock was their special guest. Nancy&#8217;s post was about the road she&#8217;s traveled to become published. BTW - Nancy&#8217;s new release La Vida Vampire looks like a fun read.
The last part of her post made me think about writing the book of your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/08/from-the-heart/</link>
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		<title>Busy Busy Bee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen that commercial on tv, the guy is sitting at his desk doing nothing, and the phone rings.  He picks it up really fast and says &#8220;Busy!&#8221; then slams it down and continues staring at the wall.  A friend walks by and says hello, he turns to him and says &#8220;Can&#8217;t talk now! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/07/busy-busy-bee/</link>
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		<title>To Read or Not to Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the fun things about writing is that there is so much advice given, much of it conflicting. One thing I&#8217;ve learned though is there is no &#8220;right&#8221; way to write. You have to do what works for you.
I&#8217;m always struck by writers who say they never read in their genre when they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/04/to-read-or-not-to-read/</link>
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		<title>Writing Is Hard!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t ever let anyone fool you into thinking that writing a book is easy. Sadly, this is a common misconception among the general public and perhaps many readers (not our readers of course *smile*).
The other day I was working on a scene in my book and came across something I was unsure of. I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/03/writing-is-hard/</link>
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		<title>Titles - What sticks to the wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s pretty much how they come to me. I throw them at the wall, like the proverbial pasta and see what sticks.
Most of the time I get a good one, kindly offered when the characters tromp through on their way to introductions. You know, age, sex *g*, location, general prop info. I&#8217;d say this happens [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/02/titles-what-sticks-to-the-wall/</link>
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		<title>Time for Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really excited because I&#8217;ve registered for the Romance Writers of America conference. Only three months to go&#8230; Writing is such a solitary occupation, and attending a conference is a way of meeting and talking with like-minded people. It&#8217;s a place to catch up on market news and actually speak face-to-face with both editors and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/05/01/time-for-conference/</link>
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		<title>Choosing the Right Publisher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s time.  You&#8217;ve spent an enormous amount of time working on your baby, your story.  You&#8217;ve developed the most amazing plot, your characters jump off the page, you&#8217;ve polished it to perfection, and even you feel elated with you read it. 
So now what? 
Now it&#8217;s time to start the research you MUST do  in order to find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/04/30/choosing-the-right-publisher/</link>
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		<title>Being heard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The old adage is that it is better to be seen than heard, or something like that.  I think my children believe that. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. They are great kids, but they have gotten immune to the sound of my voice. So this raises my ire. I&#8217;m a convenient person available  for making meals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/04/28/being-heard/</link>
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		<title>Dwarf Tossing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With apologies to Little People everywhere…  


I posit to you that we aspiring writers are Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And it is ‘dwarfs,’ not ‘dwarves.’ I looked it up. 

   We are not bipolar; we are octoplolar.  


We are sweet, naïve, innocent, virtuous as the pure white page. We believe someday our princes and publishers will come. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/04/27/dwarf-tossing/</link>
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		<title>Grrrr At The Phone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Breath&#8230; Inhale&#8230; Exhale&#8230; Repeat&#8230;
Ok, better now! At least for the moment. I&#8217;m going to rant for a moment, so if you don&#8217;t want to read about it, avert your eyes now.
I&#8217;m all snug in my chair, honeymelon candle burning, music in the background, white tea on the mousepad and my latest WIP open. I&#8217;ve given [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/04/26/grrrr-at-the-phone/</link>
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		<title>Classic Plots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The secret of writing a great book is to take a classic plot and twist it to make the plot unique. Here is a list of the classic plot types:
1. Secret Baby - a pregnancy results from a romance and the father doesn&#8217;t know about it.
2. Cinderella - a rags to riches story.
3. Beauty and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/04/24/classic-plots/</link>
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		<title>Advice for Entering a Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you thinking about entering a contest, but you’re just not sure what to do?  How will you win?
 
As a judge myself for numerous writing contests, as well as a category coordinator for two different RWA chapters, I thought I could offer some advice to those writers who are not quite sure what judges look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/04/23/advise-for-entering-a-contest/</link>
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		<title>V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hearing that oldies song in my head, where they&#8217;re singing and spelling the word vacation. I think it&#8217;s about summer vacation, but I&#8217;ll have to be satisfied with spring break. I work in a high school library and we&#8217;re off until April 28th. Usually we travel somewhere warm, but I&#8217;m basking indoors in the glow of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanticinks.com/2008/04/20/v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n/</link>
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