Hand Me the Rose-Colored Glasses

Cadence Denton by Cadence Denton February 15th, 2012

 

Rose-colored glasses:  noun.

A cheerful or optimistic view of things, usually without valid basis.

 

 

 

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And the winner is ….

Hope Ramsay by Hope Ramsay February 14th, 2012

The lucky winner of our Valentine’s Day gift basket — filled with romance novels by Muser Authors along with other goodies like chocolate, is . . .

Larisa Labrant — a regular commenter on our blog.

Congratulations!

An anniversary interview with Leah Braemel

Livia Quinn by Livia Quinn January 27th, 2012

It’s a week for anniversaries. On January 25, 2009, I interviewed Leah Braemel, my first critique partner, on the almost eve of her first published book, Private Property, which released on January 27th  with Samhain Publishing. We met through a Margie Lawson online workshop on Deep Editing and became fast, long-distance friends. She lives in Ontario while I’m in bayou country – Louisiana. Back then she was working on a paranormal shapeshifter story, and I was working on a romantic suspense with paranormal elements. My how things change!

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Help Me Get My Wacky Back

Hope Ramsay by Hope Ramsay January 11th, 2012

It’s wacky Wednesday here on Blame it on the Muse, which means I have to be funny. But my funny bone has taken a vacation to the coast — or maybe the Mediterranean. It’s clear that my muse has absconded with my funny bone to unknown places.

I’ve spent the last few days combing the Internet and Twitter and Facebook looking for something funny or pithy or silly. I’ve come up with . . . Read the rest of this entry »

A Friday Visit with Joanna Chambers

Alix Rickloff by Alix Rickloff December 30th, 2011

Today the Musers are happy to welcome Joanna Chambers  for a visit in our guest chair to talk about her latest book, The Lady’s Secret just out from Carina Press.  Joanna is a fellow Carina author, and I’m delighted she could take time to sit down with us.

A little bit about her before we begin:

Joanna always wanted to write.  She spent over 20 years staring at blank sheets of paper and despairing of ever writing a single word.  In between staring at blank sheets of paper, she studied law, met her husband and had two children.  Whilst nursing her first child, she rediscovered her love of romance and found her muse.  Joanna lives in Scotland with her family and finds time to write by eschewing sleep and popular culture.

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