10/11/11
Heir Of Danger
by Alix Rickloff
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Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
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About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
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09/23/11
Happy Autumnal Equinox!
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
Happy Autumn!
With pools closing, temperatures dipping, and school buses rolling, it may have seemed like fall for the last few weeks, but in fact, today at 9:04am, the autumnal equinox will occur and a new season begin.
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08/24/11
Wacky Wednesday – Don’t Mess With Romance
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
You want wacky? I’ve got plenty of wacky!
The Texas Department of Transportation is suing romance author Christie Craig, her publisher Hachette, and Barnes & Noble for Craig’s upcoming release, DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS claiming her title infringes their copyright of that slogan. But what really seems to get their goat is all that horrible sex. Read the rest of this entry »
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08/4/11
Thoughtful Thursday – The Evolutionary Seeds of Romance
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
I recently finished reading a fabulous omnibus containing three of Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan saga stories. For anyone who doesn’t know, Bujold is an amazing sci-fi and fantasy writer, and I can’t recommend her books enough. Love, love, love them!!
OK, sorry. My fan-girl gushing is over. Back to the discussion at hand.
At the end of the collection of stories, Bujold wrote an afterword that contained within it, the best description of the disparity between romances written by men versus women I’ve ever seen.
She wrote:
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08/2/11
Dangerous Magic
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
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08/2/11
Lord Of Shadows
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
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08/2/11
Earl Of Darkness
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
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07/11/11
Unplugging to Recharge
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
It’s summertime. Time for backyard barbecues and long lazy days by the
pool. Or maybe it’s beaches and boardwalks, hot fries and salt water taffy. Or if you’re like me, maybe it’s mountain lakes, cool New England breezes, and a stack of books. However you spend your vacation, it’s a perfect time to recharge the batteries and refill the creative well. A time to lay aside the pressures of our normal work schedules. In the case of writers, it’s deadlines and word counts and promo and keeping up with trends and markets and …well, you get the idea.
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06/28/11
LORD OF SHADOWS – Release Day!
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
Take one part Regency era elegance and grace. Add a huge helping of
dangerous Fey magic. Toss in a mysterious man with no memory, a shadowy group of conspirators, and a family torn apart by murder and what do you get?
LORD OF SHADOWS – The second book in the Heirs Of Kilronan series which releases today!!
Set in 1816 Ireland, my latest foray into the world of Other, humans bearing the blood of the Fey, leads us deeper into the heart of a conspiracy to resurrect the greatest king ever; Arthur.
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05/11/11
We Have A Winner!
by Alix RickloffcloseAuthor: Alix Rickloff
Name: Alix Rickloff
Email: alix@alixrickloff.com
Site: http://www.alixrickloff.com
About: ALIX RICKLOFF has never been able to decide who she enjoys reading more; Austen or Tolkien. That lifelong indecision drove her to create stories of her own, combining those distinct loves. Her writing awards include a final in the Golden Heart, while Romantic Times Magazine calls her work both compelling and original.See Authors Posts (36)
Congratulations to Diane P. Diamond for winning the autographed copy of Bronwen Evan’s latest release INVITATION TO RUIN!!
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