Archive for September, 2009

Day Four Winners!
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | 4 People Said

The winner of The Handmaid’s Tale is comment #5: Pam K!

The winner of Ann Aguirre’s Doubleblind is comment #11: Samantha

Ladies, please email me your mailing addresses and I’ll get the books your way!… Click to read more…

BBW Day Five
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | 24 People Said

How about a first amendment film festival? The ALA has a nifty page up with some great movies about censorship:

I noted that Fahrenheit 451 was on the list – one of my favorite Bradbury titles (another author who’s … Click to read more…

BBW Day Four (and a contest!)
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 | 24 People Said

When I was growing up, the library was my refuge, it was my theme park, my day at the beach (though I had those too, LOL). My mom would drop me off at the Norwalk Public Library (and for those … Click to read more…

Monday, September 28th, 2009 | 7 People Said

This weekend, as I worked on Insatiable with a box of tissues on one side and my notes on the other, I was thinking on the dedication and acknowledgments.

You see, none of us gets to where we are without … Click to read more…

BBW Day three
Monday, September 28th, 2009 | 6 People Said

(I missed Saturday!)

Top Ten most challenged books of 2008

1. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group

2. His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip … Click to read more…

Banned Books Week
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 | 10 People Said

I’m a day late because of this damned swine flu so please excuse my tardiness! I have celebrated this each year for the last three so I definitely didn’t want to break the tradition and it’s a very important cause … Click to read more…

Snippet Saturday
Saturday, September 26th, 2009 | 9 People Said

Sorry this should have gone up earlier but I am slowly recovering from what I learned this week was H1N1 so I’m a little behind on work.

This week’s theme is first paragraphs! How about the opening of Trinity?

TRINITY … Click to read more…

New Musical Love
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off

I blame Mark Henry for this new musical love (but it’s a good kind of blame)

Julian Plenti Is …Skyscraper

If you recognize the sound – this is the lead singer of Interpol. I’m totally digging this CD

Working on … Click to read more…

A Bit About Insatiable
Monday, September 21st, 2009 | 13 People Said

I’ve been working, pretty much nonstop, on Insatiable and I thought I’d introduce you to the hero – Daniel Haws.

While Roman was soo very Daniel Craig in my head, Daniel is Eric Bana – dark hair, muscles, compact, hard, … Click to read more…

Snippet Saturday
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 | 3 People Said

Today’s theme is Kick Ass Heroines/Protags and so I thought I’d put up the opening to Undercover where readers first meet Sera…

FEDERATION CHRONICLES: UNDERCOVER by LAUREN DANE
Copyright 2008, Lauren Dane
All Rights Reserved, The Berkley Group, Intnl.

People … Click to read more…