What We’ve Been Thinking About

Essays & Musings

Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.

Author Jennifer Wilck talks about writing atypical characters (plus a giveaway!)

November 28, 2018

Adam and Dina, the hero and heroine of Learning to Love, were not my typical characters, and presented challenges when I was writing them. Don’t get me wrong, I loved…

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Dabney explains romance to Survivor fan favorite Erik Reichenbach

November 14, 2018

Confession: I’ve never watched an episode of Survivor which is uncool because my nephew by marriage Erik Reichenbach has been on the show twice.

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Burning Books–AAR Looks at the Hottest Books We’ve Reviewed

November 12, 2018

Whatever else has changed in romance, one thing is clear. Books are more explicit than they used to be. Over the years, AAR has given a Burning designation to 361…

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Lori Leachman Talks about Family and Football. (Plus, there’s a Giveaway!)

September 8, 2018

I have been friends with author Lori Leachman for over twenty years. In that time, I’ve heard many stories about Lamar Leachman, her storied father, and his great love affair with…

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The Problems of Persuasion: A Guest Post and a Giveaway by Jenny Holiday

September 4, 2018

Once upon a time there was a romance novelist who blithely signed up to retell Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Once upon a time there was a romance novelist who was an…

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The Ojibway Circle: A Guest Post by Maggie Blackbird

August 17, 2018

I find when I’m too familiar with something, I forget to see the beauty in familiarity. Growing up on the rez, the huge, beautiful lake surrounding the community where I…

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Talking with Loreth Anne White at #RWA18

August 4, 2018

I caught up with Loreth Anne White at RWA and was, honestly, kinda thrilled. I’ve been a fan of her books for almost as long as I’ve been reviewing. (If…

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Chatting with Teri Wilson at #RWA18

August 2, 2018

It’s always a joy to meet new authors at RWA. We’d chatted with Teri Wilson whose first trade paperback with Gallery Books, The Accidental Beauty Queen, will come out this…

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Chatting with Rachel Grant at #RWA2018

August 1, 2018

The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for me, getting to talk with authors I love. I’ve been lucky enough to have lunch with Rachel Grant the past few…

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Chatting with Elizabeth Kingston at #RWA18

July 30, 2018

The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for us, getting to talk with authors we love. Elizabeth Kingston’s books get high marks from us so we were excited to…

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PROMISE ME A DREAM: The Struggle Continues by Wayne Jordan

July 27, 2018

For me, 2018 was going to be an exciting year. Back in 2016, I pitched an idea to a few of my author friends. The concept was not original. Harlequin…

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Chatting with Kelly Bowen at #RWA18

July 26, 2018

The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for us, getting to talk with authors we love so natch we enjoyed catching up with Kelly Bowen. (Ms. Bowen has received…

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