(I’m swamped by a few things I have to get done today, so here’s a rerun from the archives. Original airdate for this entry: 11/9/07) One thing I love about romance heroes is how they manage to find their heroines’ annoying little character flaws quirks endearing. So I started a Thursday Thirteen listing random character [...]
Retro Shan: The overuse of TSTL
by Shannon on March 27, 2010 in Retro Shan
Today HelenKay Dimon is guestblogging at Genreality on retiring the term TSTL (Too Stupid To Live). While pondering my thoughts on the subject, I realized I’d already shared my thoughts on TSTL here on my blog, so I dug them out to share them again. (This blog entry was originally posted on January 28, 2005. [...]
Retro Shan: My ornaments, let me show you some
by Shannon on December 4, 2009 in Retro Shan
(We decorated the tree last night and I wanted to share some of my favorite ornaments, but I’m a little busy this weekend. This is a post from the Christmas 2007 season, but it’s all still true, so I’ll start with this and then share a few more ornaments over the coming weeks.) So, in [...]
Retro Shan: Negative Reviews
by Shannon on November 3, 2009 in Retro Shan, Writing--biz
(I’m still crazy busy, so here’s a repeat from 3/29/07—a Thursday Thirteen list I did on dealing with rejection. Number five was, and still is, just a joke.) Thirteen things you can do with a printed copy of a negative review: 1. Set it on fire in the driveway. (An obvious one, yes, but a [...]
Retro Shan: Secret babies
by Shannon on October 26, 2009 in Retro Shan, Writing--craft
(I’m grinding along under a self-imposed deadline and the project happens to be a reunion/secret baby—because I love me some secret babies—so here’s a post I originally wrote in April of ’08.) My unabashed adoration for secret baby romances isn’t something I keep buried behind the bassinet. I’ve even written two of them myself. As [...]








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