Wicked Wednesdays!

What wicked things do I have for you today? It could be a deleted bit from a novel or a never-seen-before wickedly new scene. It could also be something wicked which tickles my funny bone, like this totally fun link that Deb Maher, one of my NJRW buddies, was kind enough to pass on.

What’s this link all about? Does this give you a clue?
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Query Dos and Don’ts by Lois Winston

As I mentioned yesterday, Tuesdays will be Tip Tuesdays! Every Tuesday, look for tips on writing, cooking or whatever else may strike my fancy or yours. Have something you’d like to see? Maybe a tip about websites or other things? Feel free to let me know.

For today, a special blog for my Edison B&N Writing Group who is sweating the query letter (don’t we all?) Thanks to my friend and fellow author — Lois Winston — for contributing these tips.
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What I’m working on now

I’ve spent the morning writing and researching for my holiday vampire anthology. Why researching? Well, the hero, Hadrian, is a vampire who dates back to 303 A.D and Rome. There are one or two flashback scenes to that time and so I’ve been trying to get a sense for what Rome might have been like at that time and what Hadrian might have been doing during the Christmas season.

Christmas season? Well, the fun part about this “Bah, humbug” holiday vampire anthology is exploring the pagan traditions that have contributed to our Christmas customs. In particular, I’m focusing on the Roman customs (some of them deriving from Egyptian festivals) which have shaped our Christmas holiday.

Of course, online research can only give you so much info. So what’s a girl to do?
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Philadelphia Flower Show 2007

My sister and I headed to Philly for the annual Flower Show today. We took a friend with us who had never been there and we had a great time. The show was very busy today, though. More people than in the past few years.

We toured the displays and they were mobbed. The theme this year was Legends of Irelend as you may be able to guess from these photos. We walked around for a few hours, grabbed a quick bite in Reading Terminal and then returned to the show to buy a few things.

If you love gardens and flowers and are in the area, you really should try to get to the show.

Click here to see this year’s photos!

Cover Model for BLOOD CALLS

So I was busy surfing the net and ran across an entry by Alex Valente about his appearance on the cover of BLOOD CALLS. Here’s a link to his site (http://www.alexvalente.com) and one of the pictures on the site down below. Pretty hunky, don’t you think? Plus, he’s really nice. I e-mailed about using the picture and he answered right away and was quite nice.

Is this how you pictured Diego (originally in TEMPTATION CALLS, now the hero in BLOOD CALLS)?
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