Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Year: 2009
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Desire is #1
Jenna something, and ex-porn star, apparently very popular, was on Oprah the other day. I kept making disparaging comments while my husband sat in rapt attention, not something he usually does when Oprah is on. But Jenna did say one thing that resonated with me: the biggest turn-on for women is feeling that they are desired. I rushed upstairs…
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Ten Romantic Writing Ideas
Darby Saxbe wrote an article called “10 Ways to Perk Up Your Relationship.” Reading, I realized my husband Al and I already do a lot of those things. (We have 25 years of practice.) After I got done patting myself on the back for having a groovy relationship, I realized I could adapt Saxbe’s 10 Things for the…
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Melissa Jeglinski
That thingy on the sidebar is my NaNo progress. Word count as of this morning: 37,708. Heard the fabulous Melissa Jeglinski speak at our GDRWA meeting Tuesday. Melissa is an agent with the Knight agency and before that she worked as an editor with Harlequin for Silhouette Desire and other imprints for many years. Melissa’s talk…
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Love, Love, Love
My husband Al is the Gemini, but I have often felt split between two worlds. Even in my writing life. This past week, I’ve spent some time introducting my Romance Writer to my Literary Writer. The truth is my writing has never been either of these labels. They say you should write what you read,…
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Back On
I had ideas for writing yesterday, which I got in the bookstore Tuesday where I had gone to pick up Mary Karr’s Lit –an amazing memoir. (I have already devoured it.) Anyway, back at the bookstore on Tuesday, I hurriedly wrote ideas into a tiny notebook I keep in my purse, intending to write scenes from them yesterday, but then I…