Design Write a Story - Lustre Pearl and Clive - 2 Bars on Rainey Street

I've never been to Austin TX, but when I do go...

Lustre Pearl on Rainey Street   photo from austintowers.net

Sweet Saturday Sample Today

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The Threshold is a paranormal romance that would have an R rating if it were on the movie rating system. 
However, this sample is PG13 for lust and language. 
This is a blog hop from http://sweetsatsample.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/sweet-saturday-samples-07302011/.  There are about 40+ authors with links to their works, so if you're here, welcome! I hope you take the time to read and to follow! Please let me know what you think in the comments so I'll be sure to come by your blog as well. 

DesignWrite Wednesday - Mid Century Retro Industrial Gray vs. Chic Sophisticated Stripes

the mighty tanker desk 

Do you recognize it?
John Megadeath on flickr.com calls this his "Mighty Tanker" Desk.
I used to sell these

DesignWrite - Thursday's Writer

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The very first exercise I posted from my fine little book Writing Without the Muse, by Beth Baruch Joselow, was #38, The Door In The Wall:

DesignWrite Wednesday - Now for the 'Write' half

Trust me, I didn't forget to post! I just got sidetracked a little.

See, you can find me at any number of places: here (thanks for visiting me here btw!), Facebook, Twitter (#PotterChat tomorrow night 9pm for PotterHeads like me), Google plus, Romance Biggest Winner Thursday blogs, last week's 411NOLA.com, Patch, and Pinterest.
And Google plus is so shiny and new...
And Pinterest is too much fun!

WriterMason Monday Muse News

  

 Muse News

It's an irony for writers who blog and network all over social media....

#DesignWrite

#DesignWrite Chat Thursdays 10 AM EST on Twitter

Bring your questions, problems, tips, ideas, inspirations, finds... 

to @ErikaatBluLabel 

@PamelaVMason

and the hashtag #Designwrite 

See you there! 

UPDATE!

Just got word that Erika Ward won't be able to make it to the chat tomorrow-- but I WILL, so bring your questions and everything to @PamelaVMason, and we'll chat #DesignWrite!

~DIY~ DesignWrite Wednesday !

D I Y 

Three Little Letters for Three Little Words 

that either excite you & make you tingly and breathless with excitement 

OR.... 

Strike fear and terror in your soul! 

But take heart... 

Grammar Divas' Critique Winner!

And the Winner Of the 

Style/Grammar Critique of your first 15 pages is...

Effective Openings or How to Hook Your Reader From the Start

WriterMason's Monday Muse News Welcomes 

Annie Oortman and Darlene Buchholz --

                                                                                                    

15page Style and Grammar Critique
will be awarded to one lucky commenter Tuesday night.
Please leave an email address in your comment so I can reach the winner!

Writers know the opening scene is critical to catching and keeping the reader’s attention. That’s why the beginning of the story is the most revised part. So how do you hook the reader and where do you start a story? Good question.

Empathy Hooks the Reader

You may start your story with action, but you hook your reader through her

Friday Mash Up - Big News - Next Week's BIGGER News!

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Big News!

DesignWriterMason Wednesday -- Personality, Organizaton and Inspiration

contemporary home office design by vancouver interior designer Maria Killam

Welcome! 

Today's DesignWriterMason 
and tomorrow's  #DesignWrite Chat -Twitter 10AM are all about  
Personality - Which one are YOU? 
And today's Writer's Inspiration is 
Steampunk Style!

Happy Fourth of July! What you've always wanted to know about the largest 10k Road Race in the World...

These are the lucky 'seeded' and 'subseeded' runners who are first in line to start.

Winners for Bittersweet Obsessions and Insight/ Phantoms & Fantasies

 Congratulations Liz Faulkner! You win a download of Annie Rayburns' Bittersweet Obsessions!

Congratulations lisasosseman! You win downloads of Insight and Phantoms&Fantasies!

Annie Rayburn and Bittersweet Obsessions 2 GIVEAWAYS!

2 GIVEAWAYS! Annie Rayburn will give to one lucky commenter a download of Bittersweet Obsessions

And ...

Another commenter will receive  downloads of Phantoms & Fantasies --     AND Insight ! These two novellas introduce you to Annie's erotic romances and her special race, the Crainesians. 

 From Bittersweet Obsessions:

" When it comes to love, they believe in one perfect mate, but putting the centuries-old belief to the test could bring them everything they desire.

     In a culture where it’s believed each person has only one life-mate, what happens when yours is beyond your reach? Teriza feels the mating call to a man married to a Human. Unwilling to be the cause of infidelity, Teriza distances herself from her mate after an intense pheromone-charged en