Blather, Rinse, Reboot

Posted by on Aug 10, 2010 in dish | 0 comments One of the great things about attending an RWA National Conference in your own back yard is that you can get right down to work on the energy surge. That’s a good thing, too; I got my marching orders from Dream Agent. The short version: polish and send Little League, two chapters and a treatment for both the Hell’s Belles and Arden Grove series, and one completely new idea. Oh, and nuke The Five...
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Biscuit Worthy

Posted by on Aug 6, 2010 in dish | 0 comments I can’t remember where I picked it up, but the Bed/Dinner List game always provides some interesting conversation in that lull between clearing the plates and dishing up the pie. Here’s how you play: Name a well-known man, then say whether he’d be named to the Bed List (i.e., you’d go to bed with him and not kick him out, crackers be damned) or the Dinner List...
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Identity Crisis

Posted by on Jun 29, 2010 in dish | 0 comments *sigh*If you’re a semi-regular reader of the dish, you can probably tell that mimi has been going through a funk. An existential crisis. A “who am I, and remind me why I’m writing this blog?” moment. Or moments. Or months, if you want to be candid about it.All mimi can claim is an insane work schedule and, indeed, a bit of an identity crisis. For the blog, that is. mimi...
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Brontë Sisters Power Dolls

Posted by on May 19, 2010 in dish | 0 comments As one YouTube comment stated, “this is brilliant wrapped in bacon.” Love. Hilarity. Thanks to JoAnn Ross for the tipoff!
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I Write Romance

Posted by on May 11, 2010 in dish | 0 comments mimi is always amused by the looks she gets when a well-meaning questioner finds out that she reads and writes romance. There’s never a way to explain it that suits folks. You see, it’s hard to think clearly when you’re working around a bundle of stereotypes.Luckily, mimi has Eileen Dreyer–who writes romance as Kathleen Korbel–to explain on her behalf. Check out her...
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