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My personal blog: Jessa Slade
My group blog: Silk And Shadows: For Lovers of Romance on the Darker Side
Meet more romance writers at rosecityromancewriters.blogspot
I blog on the 29th of every month, so please stop by.

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My Blog

A hero by any other name...

(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)The Bard was sooo wrong.  I know, I know, where to start with all the places Shakespeare went wrong.  Like making teen suicide sexy.  Like forcing high school studen...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:41:00 GMT

The Muse Whisperer

On my evening walks around the park, people sometimes stop to tell me what a good dog I have. I smile and say thank you. But the truth is, I don't have a good dog. I have a bad dog who is well trained...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:13:00 GMT

The made-up mentor

(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)In Ye Olde Days, a young boy destined to become a blacksmith would be set to the bellows, standing beside the grizzled smith, sweating and watching and learning.  Ev...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Power corrupts; superpowers corrupt& superly?

(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)Currently working on: Redesigning websiteMood: BaffledI shouldnt have a superpower.  I say this because I am fairly certain I would abuse my superpower.  My XY trie...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:36:00 GMT

Anatomy: Even squishier than you'd think

(Crossposted from Rose City Romance Writers group blog where the month's topic was Anatomy of a Book) Posted by: Jessa Slade Currently working on: Revising Book 2 Mood: Working on revising that ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 23:35:00 GMT

Fantasies, dreams and "real life"

I had the weirdest dream last night& Hey, wait, dont walk away.  I know people telling you about their dreams is boring, but I had a epiphany (arent dreams like that?) and I have to share (arent ep...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 21:47:00 GMT

Playing the professional writer

(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)Currently working on: More freakin revisions!!!Mood: DangerousThis weeks topic here at Silk And Shadows is Working with editors and agents. Im technically a pro...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 20:33:00 GMT

I return bearing gifts

I was out of town last weekend for a wedding in North Carolina where the weather was 78 degrees and perfectly partly sunny and the strawberries were already full and ripe.  Not to be compared with Por...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 20:22:00 GMT

Taking a moment... or a trillion

NPR did a story recently to try to help people grasp the numbers being discussed when it comes to the economy these days.  Ive loved whimsical comparisons of apples to oranges ever since my grade sch...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:04:00 GMT

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Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:35:00 GMT