Thursday, April 09, 2009
New Foreign Covers I'm Liking
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Australsky romanek
 Have mentioned before that I still get a kick from receiving copies of the foreign translations of my books. These are Back In Fortune's Bed in Italy and the Czech Republic. And, yes, seeing Bronwyn Jamesonova on the cover still makes me grin. So does the title Australsky romanek for a book set in South Dakota and Kentucky. (Let's just assume that the Sydney backdrop is a honking big picture on the wall of the Lexington hotel featured in the book, okay? *g*)  This reminds me: I have updated the page of foreign translations on my website. I've put up a selection of covers for several of my books so you can check (or Czech) out the various looks all in the one place. Labels: Back In Fortune's Bed, covers, foreign translations
Saturday, January 19, 2008
January in the UK
 Not me, unfortunately, although I am visiting London and surrounding counties in my current series of book (for 2009) and a trip to the UK would be fabulous research. Alas, I'm talking about BACK IN FORTUNE'S BED which is being released into the northern winter as a Desire Duo with Peggy Moreland's Merger of Fortunes. What could be better than two Fortunes? How about two Fortunes for free. All comments on any of my blog posts during January will go in the draw to win this book. Labels: Back In Fortune's Bed, foreign translations, giveaway, UK
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Tuesday's Tip -- Dialogue Tags
I've decided to trial a new blogging system, with regular postings on themed days. Tuesday will be the day for writing tips, and these may well include links to off-site articles. Today my tip is about dialogue, seeing as I have just posted a new article on dialogue basics. The article was inspired by the number of contest entries I have judged this year where the dialogue flow suffered due to overuse of attribution tags. My tip: attributing dialogue with tags such as he said, she replied, he responded, she asked is only necessary for clarity -- so the reader knows who is doing the saying, the asking, the responding, the replying. If this is obvious due to the character's voice or the use of an action tag, then skip the dialogue tag. Example (from Back In Fortune's Bed, Silhouette Desire, Feb. 2007): "Is this snowing?" Max asked.
"Almost."
He heard the smile in Diana's voice and felt the brush of body contact as she craned her neck to look past him. He also felt her deep-seated shiver as the wall of cold hit.
"Isn't it pretty?" Her voice held an abstracted note of wonder. "I wish I had my camera!"
"You're shivering too hard to hold it steady."
"No. I'm not."
Amused by her indignation, Max shook his head. "Come on. Let's get you to your car or Alberto will have my hide for not keeping you warm."
"I'm parked a couple of blocks--" she pointed off to their right "--down there."
"A couple of blocks?"
"It's not far."
"Speak for yourself, snow-babe." He hunched deeper into his jacket. "I'd have to walk it two ways." 10 lines of dialogue; only one he asked attribution, yet it is clear who is speaking. Same piece of dialogue, with every line attributed: "Is this snowing?" he asked.
"Almost," Diana replied.
He heard the smile in her voice and felt the brush of body contact as she craned her neck to look past him. He also felt her deep-seated shiver as the wall of cold hit.
"Isn't it pretty," she said, her voice abstracted with wonder. "I wish I had my camera!"
"You're shivering too hard to hold it steady," Max said.
"No," she responded. "I'm not."
Amused by her indignation, Max shook his head. "Come on," he said. "Let's get you to your car or Alberto will have my hide for not keeping you warm."
"I'm parked a couple of blocks down there," she said, pointing off to their right.
"A couple of blocks?" Max asked.
"It's not far," she fired back.
"Speak for yourself, snow-babe," Max retorted. He hunched deeper into his jacket. "I'd have to walk it two ways." Can you see how the flow is smoother and pacier in the first example? Without any loss of clarity? Labels: Back In Fortune's Bed, writing tips
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Australia Day Contest
I have drawn the winners of two Aussie Packs, courtesy of my Australia Day contest. They are: 1. The Blog Draw: congratulations to Earlene, whose comment in the Back In Fortune's Bed, Briefly post was attached to the lucky number drawn. 2. The Reader Draw: the winner is Tobi Dunbar. Congrat's Tobi! Thanks to everyone who entered and I hope you will continue to drop by and chat about whatever catches my fancy. There will be more spot giveaways, whenever that notion catches my fancy, so stay tuned. Labels: Back In Fortune's Bed, contest, giveaway
Saturday, February 17, 2007
BACK IN FORTUNE'S BED, Briefly
Firstly, I'm thrilled to see that Back In Fortune's Bed is #2 on the Borders/Waldenbooks Series Bestsellers List for the week ending February 10. Secondly, I've told a little about the book in Access Romance's Tell Tale with another opportunity to win an Aussie Pack. Labels: Back In Fortune's Bed
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Pink Heart Society and The Contest
Two things: First up. Today I'm doing Thursday Talk Time at The Pink Heart Society blog. Secondly, details on my Australia Day contest. Better late than never, yes? In penance for my tardiness, I am offering two chances to win an Aussie Romance Pack with great romantic reads and other goodies from down-under. 1. The Blog Draw. One winner will be drawn from all comments on my blog between January 26 and February 25. 2. The Readers Draw. For this you will need a copy of Back In Fortune's Bed...or be a very good guesser. To enter, email me the answer to this: name one of the gifts Max sends Diana in his seductive campaign. Both lucky winners will be announced on my blog on February 25. Labels: Back In Fortune's Bed, contest, giveaway
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