WTF, Dropbox? NO.
Written on July 2, 2011 by Donna · All Posts, The Writing Life · Tags: dropbox, shitty terms of service, WTF?
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Bree and I need to share files with each other. It’s a simple, blatant fact–we write together, how can we not? We’ve long searched for a service that would allow us to do so conveniently, and with a minimum of fuss. We thought we’d found that with Dropbox, especially after... Read more
Plagiarism & other rage-inducing things.
Written on June 29, 2011 by Donna · All Posts, The Writing Life · Tags: blah
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Last night, a reader who’d been searching for something at Amazon emailed us. She’d been looking for more Last Call books after having read the first two (kind of– getting to that in a minute). When she found them in the Kindle store, she realized they had a different name attached... Read more
If I’d Had a Mentor…
Written on November 5, 2010 by Donna · All Posts, Recurring Features, The Writing Life · Tags: epublishing, if i'd had a mentor, writing
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…this is what she would have told me. A few weeks ago, Bree and I were talking on the phone about things we really wish someone had told us back when we undertook this venture, this writing for publication thing. And I joked and said, “The kinds of things your mentor would have told you,... Read more
Crux: Now Available In Paperback!
Written on January 5, 2010 by Donna · All Posts, Southern Arcana, Universes · Tags: Crux, print release, Samhain Publishing
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Today is the very, very exciting day, folks–the day Crux is officially released in paperback! It seems like so long ago that Bree and I sat down and said, “Okay, we can do this. We can write a book.” It wasn’t easy, starting that first book, and it was even harder getting it... Read more
The Test of Time
Written on November 10, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: movies, not-so-deep thoughts, romance novels
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The Bodyguard was on last night. I half-watched it as I worked, and wow. Just…wow. There were some things I didn’t remember from watching it in the theater as a sixteen year old. 1) The movie? Is bad. Baaaaaaad. 2) Whitney can’t act her way out of a paper bag. 3) I’m not... Read more
Gaming and Butthead Characters
Written on September 18, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags:
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People who follow me and Bree on Twitter have probably figured out that we spend most of our time there regaling awesome authors and fellow geeks like Ann Aguirre with fun tales from our gaming days. Yes, gaming days. Like Dungeons & Dragons and stuff–you sit around a table with a sheet of... Read more
The other half of the “best couples EVAR” equation.
Written on August 31, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: i heart books
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Yesterday, Bree blogged about the couples that shaped her young little heart into the fangirly mass it is today. And it is a fangirly mass, make no mistake, as is mine. One of the things I noticed when reading her list is that you can put them both together, and every romance we’ve ever written–or... Read more
Y’all will never see HALF of what we write.
Written on August 24, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: our process, writing
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One of the things Bree and I often say is that we’re dying to try our hand at writing historicals. We also say we’ll never do it. Both statements are totally true. The problem is one of research. I love worldbuilding and research, but I’ve never seen anything like the kind of research... Read more
I’m a bad blogger.
Written on August 5, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: i heart books
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I’m a bad blogger. Bree knows this, and usually lets me get away with it, probably because she understands my issues. Here’s the thing: I have a really, really hard time believing that anybody gives a crap what I think about this writing gig. Not that I undervalue my opinion or experience... Read more
We’re Not Professionals: A Rant
Written on June 5, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags:
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The facts upfront: Bree and I are epublished. We’ve been so for about a year now. We’ve never queried an agent or a NY editor. We plan to, we just haven’t yet. The Point: Diane Pershing has pissed me off again. Caveat: This isn’t a “RAH RAH EPUBLISHING” rant. Once... Read more




