http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog Musings of a Romance Author Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My latest ODD SHOTS post is up... Last week I talked about action adventure films and somewhere in there I mentioned that The Last of the Mohicans had a great soundtrack, especially for writers. See, I have many writer friends who only write with iPods in their ears. They play ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2010/03/10/the-groove-is-in-the-heart/ I'm giving away a copy of Anticipation and Seduction on the ODD SHOTS blog... ANTICIPATION AND SEDUCTION Some romances are meant to be... ANTICIPATION What if the one-who-got-away...didn't? Deidre Nelson has never forgotten the man who stole her heart so effectively a decade ago. When circumstances bring her back to Ventura, Texas to look ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2010/02/10/anticipation-and-seduction-giveaway/ Here's my latest ODD SHOTS post... I love a good dark paranormal story, be it paranormal romance or urban fantasy, adult or young adult. I like things to go wrong, to be twisted and unexpected. I like characters that are hard and hard to love, but ya know…I also love ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2010/01/27/15-degrees-from-normal/ My Odd Shots post is up... I just finished reading a series I really enjoyed. Ironically, the first three books of this series sat on my TBR pile for months, even though I’d heard it was a good series and I would love it. But when I started reading the first ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2010/01/13/glomming-a-series/ My ODD SHOTS blog post: One of the things I love about reading is the diverse characters we encounter. In each story, the protagonist has a problem/issue to resolve or a mystery to uncover, so the decisions and choices he/she makes determines the chances for success…or not. :) In ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2009/12/16/our-yinyang/ My Odd Shots post... Please forgive the late response. All my family is here and demanding my attention, not to mention my chauffeur services *sigh*. I’d be rich if I could charge for this service! Anyway, I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and share a Thanksgiving story ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2009/11/25/happy-thanksgiving-and-a-short-story/ Latest Odd Shots blog post... Ilona talked about what we do when we’re not writing. I take pictures. I do this because it’s calming and I think it’s fun and interesting to capture a moment to share. I don’t know when the photo bug got me, though here’s a funny story ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2009/11/18/a-pictorial-hobby/ Happy release day to Nalini Singh for her latest release Blaze of Memory! And don’t forget Nalini also has an urban fantasy coming up in February, Archangel’s Kiss, which got me thinking about authors using one pen name for more than one genre (Ilona’s wonderfully unclassifiable On the Edge comes ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2009/11/04/author-names-across-genres/ ODD SHOTS post is up... In honor of Halloween coming up, I thought I’d pick a spooky subject. *g*(And yes, for argument’s sake, I’m going by the assumption that ghosts do exist). I’ve stated before that I really enjoy the Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters International shows, and yeah after Jill ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2009/10/21/ghostly-powers/ ODD SHOTS post... The Today show recently aired a segment called Trash the Dress where women were seen laying in spattered paint, laying on train tracks, playing on the beach in the sand, riding a water ski, washing a car, walking waist deep in a lake, and completely submerged in water ... http://www.patricemichelle.net/blog/2009/10/07/the-modern-heroinethe-kind-who-trashes-her-wedding-dress/