http://romanticinks.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:06:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/07/27/new-release-contest/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/07/27/new-release-contest/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:06:25 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2619 Today I’m celebrating my brand new release Best Little Spin Wash in Texas with http://www.loose-id.com/Best-Little-Spin-Wash-in-Texas.aspx. Take a look and at the end you’ll find info on a great contest I’m running for my new release. Timid, geeky quantum physicist Molly Timmons lives in a man’s world of metaphysics when she meets a handsome John St. James at [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/07/27/new-release-contest/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/06/15/april-i-had-no-idea-you-were-no-naughty/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/06/15/april-i-had-no-idea-you-were-no-naughty/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:02:23 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2616 I have to admit a secret new passion. Some women pick up new hobbies like needlepoint or quilting. Tried those… Others pick up excercise… I need to. But alas, no. My new passion is m/m romance. Absolutely amazing supply of great authors and truly unique and imaginative writing. And while the sex is really hot, the thing [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/06/15/april-i-had-no-idea-you-were-no-naughty/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/06/01/new-vision-for-future/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/06/01/new-vision-for-future/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:34:27 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2613 The last three months have been a whirlwind. It’s been a crazy, exciting, gut-wrenching and overall interesting time for me. I’ve had unbelievable highs and indescribable lows. Moments where I was ready to give up some of my biggest dreams and aspirations – moments when my plans all seemed for naught and I imagined giving them [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/06/01/new-vision-for-future/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/19/premature-marketing/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/19/premature-marketing/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 07:30:23 +0000 Leigh Royals http://romanticinks.com/?p=2608 Just for fun, I made a little video for book one of my Colonial Series. I don’t officially have a blurb, but this story is about two people on opposite sides of the revolutionary war who cross paths when he captures her. But he thinks she’s a he. She’s in disguise and fighting for a [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/19/premature-marketing/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/18/the-story-of-the-thing-that-should-never-happen/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/18/the-story-of-the-thing-that-should-never-happen/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 14:48:57 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2611 It’s never happened before… but my writing is suffering. My daily life is closing in and interrupting my mojo. I’m emotional, I can’t focus… I’m sufferent with my self-esteem. What is the deal? In the past, I could concentrate through anything. Emotional ups and downs were nothing in my world of writing and my quest for publication. Now [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/18/the-story-of-the-thing-that-should-never-happen/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/14/how-is-your-writing-health/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/14/how-is-your-writing-health/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 07:00:30 +0000 Lynne DuMae http://romanticinks.com/?p=2605 Please bear with me while I ramble through my blog post today. I’ve just spent 2 weeks sleeping in an ICU waiting room, so my mind is not at its best functional ability right now. And, since health seems to be the hot topic on my mind at the time, I thought I’d ask… how [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/14/how-is-your-writing-health/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/04/fading-to-black/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/04/fading-to-black/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 15:30:32 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2603 Have you ever created something that you didn’t mean to create? Unintentional consequences in relationships or at work or in your writing? Don’t you just wish it would fade to black. ]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/05/04/fading-to-black/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/30/you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-or-can-you/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/30/you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-or-can-you/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:00:38 +0000 Lynne DuMae http://romanticinks.com/?p=2600 I was actually reading an email today that one of the corporate employees sent out to everyone that gave me my blog topic for today. The email was about judging things by what they look like on the outside, be it people or things. It went on to explain the old adage we’ve all heard [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/30/you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-or-can-you/feed/ 0 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/20/mentoring/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/20/mentoring/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:51:38 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2596 Every once in awhile you meet someone that turns the light on. Some new writers may believe there is only one light; once turned on, it will illuminate everything and all will be books signings, roses, and millions of dollars. But reality is very different. Each step in the process of learning to become a writer [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/20/mentoring/feed/ 9 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/16/things-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-concentrate-enough-to-write%e2%80%a6/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/16/things-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-concentrate-enough-to-write%e2%80%a6/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:41:09 +0000 Lynne DuMae http://romanticinks.com/?p=2591 Do something repetitive. Something that you can do with your eyes closed. If it’s mundane and boring, that’s when your mind has time to wander and it can really help you think things through. Washing dishes by hand is a good chore that doesn’t take a lot of alternate brain power. You can suds it [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/16/things-to-do-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-concentrate-enough-to-write%e2%80%a6/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/06/morality-of-brain-washing/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/06/morality-of-brain-washing/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:34:38 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2586 While everyone else is lost in fantasies, I was thinking as I drove to my mother’s for Easter about a great new idea I have for a story. My premise stems from my deep regret at the passing of Jaime Escalante last week (from Stand and Deliver fame). Here was a man that at one time [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/06/morality-of-brain-washing/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/02/do-you-have-spring-fever/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/02/do-you-have-spring-fever/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:00:17 +0000 Lynne DuMae http://romanticinks.com/?p=2583 It looks like Leigh and I are having the same thoughts!  Guess I should have checked yesterday’s post before I wrote out my blog for today. Sorry to be repetitive, but I hope you will bear with me this time since the spring fever has killed my brain and my concentration. Anyway, without [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/04/02/do-you-have-spring-fever/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/31/spring-fever/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/31/spring-fever/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:32:15 +0000 Leigh Royals http://romanticinks.com/?p=2578 So I have the urge to create. Plant. Grow. Invent. Rejuvenate. Write in massive quantities. Having quality time with kids and with spouse and with self. Although, there is not much time for just self. It’s enough to make me cranky. However, I did get some seeds potted today. Hopefully they will sprout and my [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/31/spring-fever/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/28/why-i-went-mia/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/28/why-i-went-mia/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:47:36 +0000 Stephanie Secrest http://romanticinks.com/?p=2572 Yeah. I know. Who are you? Let’s just reintroduce ourselves, shall we? My bio on The Ladies page is outdated anyway–thanks to a move and unemployment. I’m Stephanie Secrest. I still write chick lit. And, yep, I call it chick lit. It is what it is. I had some writers suggest calling my manuscripts “humorous [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/28/why-i-went-mia/feed/ 9 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/23/diving-deep-into-characters/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/23/diving-deep-into-characters/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:59:00 +0000 April Morelock http://romanticinks.com/?p=2570 Recently, during a heavy bender of a weekend at Romance Divas (those girls know how to party), I was able to get my hero to open up. So far, Kendall has been so distant that my mentor, the lovely and awe-inspiring Sela Carsen, likened it to him having a stick up the … well, we don’t [...]]]> http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/23/diving-deep-into-characters/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/10/mind-over-matter/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/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/index.php/2010/03/10/mind-over-matter/feed/ 4 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/09/writing-smutt/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/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/index.php/2010/03/09/writing-smutt/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/05/finding-romance/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/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/index.php/2010/03/05/finding-romance/feed/ 2 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/03/01/now-available-gps-28-days-of-heart/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/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/index.php/2010/03/01/now-available-gps-28-days-of-heart/feed/ 1 http://romanticinks.com/index.php/2010/02/28/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cat-johnson/ http://romanticinks.com/index.php/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/index.php/2010/02/28/guest-blog-for-28-days-of-heart-cat-johnson/feed/ 1