Sneak Peek Saturday: Cry Sanctuary (Red Rock #1)
Written on May 10, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags: cry sanctuary, red rock pass, sneak peek saturday
Comments Off
Today’s excerpt is from our recently submitted story Cry Sanctuary, which is a 45k novella introducing the town of Red Rock Pass. ~*~ Abby had thought a shower might help her jittery trembling, but nearly an hour under the erratic spray did nothing but shrivel her skin. She found a robe hanging... Read more
We finished a whole book!
Written on May 8, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags: The Book, Thursday Thirteen
Comments Off
Thirteen Reasons Finishing a Book Rocks Our Socks (There are more than thirteen, but they’re mostly variations on a theme so we’re restraining ourselves. LOL) 1) WE WROTE A FREAKIN’ BOOK.2) It means the time has come to plot something fresh and new (to us).3) An actual editor is... Read more
A Portrait of the Author at 18
Written on May 7, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags:
Comments Off
A lot of people have been doing an internet meme where you have to draw a picture of yourself as a teenager. It is common knowledge that I can’t draw. (I whine about it a lot) but I CAN cut out pictures in photoshop and paste them. So I made a collage. And I purposefully made it messy, because... Read more
Editing–and Revision–Hell
Written on May 6, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags: backstage pass
Comments Off
Hi, folks! Donna here, with another installment of “This Is How Things Work In This Business…But Your Mileage May Vary.” Today I want to talk about edits. Not the nice, shiny ones you get from your editor, no… I’m talking about self-edits and revisions–all the... Read more
Javier Bardem Is Tasty
Written on May 5, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags: Javier Bardem, Monday's Eyecandy
Comments Off
I said I was going to do it, ladies and gentlemen. All it took to convince Bree was a Pereira sexual thriller and perhaps some naked pictures (which will not be featured here, sorry). Anyway, here he is, ladies. Javier Bardem. Okay, so. This is the first person here at our Monday feature who…really... Read more
Week in Review: May 5th, 2008
Written on May 5, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags: Big Easy, Week in Review
1 Comment
We busted some ass this week. The story formerly known as Last Hope has been finished, revised and submitted. We started that story in January and finished it for the first time in early March. Then we had to rewrite bits, expand it by about 15k and revise it again. But it’s done and off and... Read more
Poetry Contest!
Written on May 1, 2008 by Bree · All Posts · Tags: All Posts
Comments Off
It’s MAGNETIC POETRY time gain! We had so much fun last month this will be a permanent fixture around our website. But we’ve shaken things up a little this month! We’ve invited the wonderful P. Andrews to serve as our Guest Judge, and he’ll be giving away a copy of his new... Read more
April Newsletter & Contest Results!
Written on May 1, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags:
Comments Off
April is behind us, and man what a month! We got two new contracts, placed 2nd in the Linda Howard Award of Excellence contest and finaled in the Wisconsin RWA’s Fab Five contest. I’ve uploaded our newsletter for April to the website. It includes a sneak peek from THE THIRTEENTH STEP, our... Read more
More Ideas than Sense
Written on May 1, 2008 by Bree · Uncategorized · Tags:
Comments Off
What to say, what to say. I really don’t have much to say today, except for this: Donna is awesome. It is really hard for two people to edit something at once. And when I say “really hard”, what I mean is, “We have not come up with a way for this to work.” So Donna,... Read more
