I've finished INSUFFICIENT MATING MATERIAL, which is the story of what happens to Djetthro-Jason after he loses the duel and has his face smashed by...
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Mar 28, 2006 5:55 pm
That was a tough header to punctuate, not that I mean to bore you with discussions about punctuation. If there are any grammarians out there, I'd like you to...
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Apr 2, 2006 11:30 pm
Can you believe it? Apparently, the IRS considers authors to be "personalities" which means that the clothes they wear for promotional events are not ...
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Apr 8, 2006 12:13 pm
I don't check my yahoo mailbox very often. I didn't know I had one until recently when it exploded from sheer fullness! One member of this group writes to me...
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Apr 16, 2006 7:36 pm
Happy Easter Sunday, to everyone who celebrates it. My mother just called me from hospital in the UK, where she is confined on "barrier care" as a result of...
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May 4, 2006 10:31 am
Is anyone going? I am, and the preparations seem endless. There is so much promo material to commission, assemble, buy, and otherwise put together. I am even...
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May 10, 2006 12:57 am
My bi-monthly newsletter is now up at www.rowenacherry.com/newsletter which I am sure most of you already know... But there may be some readers on this list...
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May 27, 2006 2:30 pm
As I drove through the Smokey mountains, taking in the scenery, and also the aquarium at Gatlinburg, I thought of alien heroes, and also about a shark's sex...
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Jun 6, 2006 9:03 pm
I say that because --as a rule of thumb-- it is only appropriate for about 10 percent of my background research to show up in my books. The other 90 percent...
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Jun 11, 2006 6:22 pm
Somewhere, apparently not here, I pledged to blog on Sundays, so here I am, but I must confess that I almost forgot! I'm in the middle of an editing exercise...
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Jun 18, 2006 3:13 pm
Does that Subject line smack of gratuitous sensationalism? If so, I apologize. Swords, secret underwear, and biting insects seem more in keeping with my sense...
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Jun 26, 2006 2:23 pm
"Do all good stories revolve around a journey of some kind?" a friend asked me. "If so, do both the hero and heroine have to grow along the way?" So that was...
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Jun 29, 2006 5:22 pm
Alien Romances -- Rowena Cherry is happy to announce the formation of a group blog at http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com Alien romances...
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Jul 9, 2006 3:21 pm
Would I want to see Mr Spock vacuuming up my dustbunnies? No. I don't think the spectacle would be either romantic or funny. Not for me, anyway. I'd be most...
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Aug 6, 2006 1:51 pm
Maybe I'm peculiar, but when I read a book, I expect to come across the scene on the cover, and I feel vaguely cheated if it is not there. I'm not so bothered...
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Aug 7, 2006 10:32 pm
In case anyone is interested in reading more of my thoughts (or the same ones rehashed) tonight--unexpectedly... because the scheduled guest dropped her...
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Aug 20, 2006 10:40 pm
"Rowena, do you like writing sex scenes?" I was asked recently. It's the sort of question that makes me want to straddle the fence. Well, I do. And I...
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Sep 9, 2006 3:28 pm
Men with knives... will they always be necessary? I'm not thinking about alien assassins, aliens with table manners, or futuristic barbaric warriors. I'm...
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Sep 9, 2006 3:48 pm
At www.rowenacherry.com/newsletter Occasionally it happens that even with two months between my newsletters, I get a last minute hold-up. Either a cover...
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Sep 17, 2006 7:05 pm
My editor--Alicia Condon-- does not work on Fridays, so last Thursday (eleven days ago) was my deadline for finishing revisions on INSUFFICIENT MATING...
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Sep 18, 2006 10:22 am
I'd love some input on your ideas of what a fascinating alien might be like, and I've changed this into a proper Yahoo group (at least, I think I have!). Which...
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Sep 28, 2006 12:57 pm
Good Thursday morning! I'm hoping to "do" a Book In A Quarter marathon in October, OK, October is not a "quarter" but if I can only get a draft done in 31...
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Oct 4, 2006 10:14 pm
Do you ever read authors' interviews on various blogs or review sites? If so, I'd love to know what you think of this one. I'm told that some readers pay...
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Oct 15, 2006 10:13 pm
Have I told you how much fun I have with researching my alien romances? Possibly the high point of my week this week was a visit to a sword master's lair. My...
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Oct 22, 2006 6:20 pm
Actually, the real issue is why I chose Sundays for the day I blog, and the truth is pretty self-serving. Last March I was at the EPIC conference in San...
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Oct 29, 2006 2:32 pm
Everyone has a leaning tower of To Be Read books, right? I certainly have. Right now, I have five dangerous books about men who think it is jolly good sport...
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Nov 4, 2006 10:53 am
I've just checked back and find that my original messages seems to have gone missing. If you go to www.rowenacherry.com/newsletter you will find my newsletter,...
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Nov 4, 2006 1:25 pm
For those who like prizes, and don't mind working for them!!! Romance Junkies is having a scavenger hunt. The Hunt is live on the Romance Junkies website, ...
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Nov 5, 2006 5:35 pm
Has anyone visited the group blog at http://www.aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com otherwise known as alien romances ? I often feel like I'm the intellectual...
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Nov 16, 2006 8:33 pm
Do you watch your horoscope? I confess, I do (and I hope I haven't blogged about this before. If I have, I apologize.) Sometimes, I wonder whether I am...