Tag: publishing
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How Bad Habits Are Formed
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Passion to the Third Degree. I have a new habit and it’s a bad one. I have to break this new “Friday Night Habit.” Like most habits, it started simply and like most bad habits, it solidified way too quickly. My day job has been grueling recently, but…
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What I Couldn’t Say Before
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. Since the Big Announcement yesterday, the publishing industry has been a-twitter about the decision to halt Silhouette’s action-adventure single-title-crammed-into- category line, Bombshell, as of the release of the January 2007 books. I’m very sad to see this happen—because I loved the concepts and both Natashya…
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Living the Dream
The best thing about having your world shattered around you is rebuilding, even though it doesn’t seem like it at the time. But when you’re forced to rebuild, you have a chance to create the life you want. Not that it’s easy and not that it’s done overnight. The structures of our lives may be…
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The First to Call
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. “Get off the phone—now!” I’m yelling to my 12-year-old as I hang up the cell phone and reach for the land line. “I have to talk to Miss Vicki!” My daughter has heard that phrase thousands of times in her life, since she…
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Following Your Bliss…into Debt…and Recovering with a Muse
Photo from Summer 2007 when Spilled Candy Books had 30+ books in print, 15+ authors, before downsizing through a difficult family crisis immediately followed by hurtful allegations that were proven untrue. There’s a saying—a wonderful ideal—that if you follow your bliss, you can make a ton of money. There’s truth in that, but…not always. It…
