tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:26:33 +0000detective fictiontony blairpearls of widsomfrancecranky sick malesThirty-Nine Againeggsauctionprizesself-promotionthings I'm thankful forlove capri stylebreast cancerpopculturedivaswhite room syndromeswine fluJeri Westersonblogswriting to the marketchangeswhat i did this summersexy vampiresdiabetesharry potterhalloweenchoiceTVreviewstransitionserpent in the thornsmichael jacksonmarianne arkinsChristmasfarewellvera bradleycatsnetworkingboarding schoolwriting plans gone awryprioritiesholidayspanicgift basketsacrificecharlie brownpearls of wisdomholiday romancethe big bang theorymedievallynn reynoldscandyconferencesbaltimore book festivalmedieval noirdark romancenoirsnookiholiday moviesChristmas Ridesusan beth pfefferbook signingsThanksgivingNathan Fillionsexy hubbiescancer statisticsbook coverssurgerysleepbrenda novakbirthdayssexwriting tipsmysteriesdialoguealice laplantefavorite booksflusettingcostumesasperger's syndromeRT Book ReviewsTazfinding time to writepromotionthe Tasmanian Devil BoyYA booksl'occitaneebookscontest winnerblogthingsdrunkguest blognew editionsTasmanian Devil Boyquizkindlerecuperationself-publishingavoiding real workfoodThe Romance StudiogardeningThe Wild Rose PresshiatusDaniel CraigwritingsnowChristmas CarolsA sporadic attempt to make sense out of life, literature and love. Not necessarily in that order.http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)Blogger65125blogspot/lynnreynoldshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-5992595982764657965Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:26:00 +00002012-01-26T12:26:33.954-05:00self-publishingnew editionschangesJust a quick line to let everyone know some big changes will be coming soon. I've regained the rights to my two novels and will be self-publishing new editions of them later this year, along with some other new material. The website and blog will also be drastically redesigned, and you'll be able to buy books or ebooks directly from my site. Right now, there are still some print copies of http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2012/01/ch-ch-ch-changes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-6251811352072565374Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:59:00 +00002011-08-15T16:59:40.410-04:00reviewsfavorite booksalice laplanteTurn of Mind by Alice LaPlante My rating: 4 of 5 stars Excellent! Marvelous glimpse into the mind of a woman with Alzheimer's, coupled with an intriguing murder mystery. I might've given it five stars, but there's a disorienting shift in POV about two-thirds of the way through the book that kind of bothered me. The story itself is very cleverly told. I was deeply moved by the plight of this http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-im-reading-turn-of-mind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-814528505998588239Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:55:00 +00002011-04-23T05:55:00.923-04:00This blog originally appeared at The PopCultureDivas on April 21, 2011. It's almost my birthday. That used to be exciting news. I remember one party when I was about six and everyone had to wear animal masks. I was a Persian cat. I can't remember anything else about that party. But a few years later, I remember my preteen "girlfriends" playing a whisper game that got out of hand and reduced me http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2011/04/birthday-greetings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-3686332926623770779Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:44:00 +00002011-02-17T10:44:27.863-05:00popculturedivascatssnookiebookswritingOkay, not really an attack at all. But I posted my first blog at the Pop Culture Divas website and I wanted you to pay attention. Stop by and gain some insight into the future of literature as we know it, cats who can act, and the mysterious phenomenon of Snooki's tan. Visit me at thepopculturedivas.com. But don't wake Tiger! http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2011/02/attack-of-pop-culture-divas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-8250741551429961678Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:55:00 +00002010-12-14T09:20:44.099-05:00lynn reynoldsholiday moviesholiday romanceholidaysNote: This post originally appeared at The Romance Studio on December 10, 2010. I was going to try to be more creative with my topic, but why fight it? Christmas is only two weeks away, so why not do a Christmas theme post? I was trying to think of romantic Christmas-themed novels, but I had a lot of trouble with that. I guess it's because we think of family more often at Christmas, and we save http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/12/note-this-post-originally-appeared-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-7575153434011863914Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:55:00 +00002011-02-17T10:51:41.428-05:00This blog originally appeared at The Romance Studio on November 12, 2010. Every month - or most every month - I've tried to post some pointers here for aspiring novelists. Most of those tips have revolved around writing techniques and self-promotion. But there's one big middle step I left out: signing with a publisher. Now, many authors today are skipping the publisher entirely and self-pubbinghttp://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/11/before-you-sign-on-that-dotted-line.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-6969362343772190142Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-10-21T16:56:40.378-04:00Thirty-Nine Againself-promotionlove capri stylepearls of widsom  This blog originally appeared at The Romance Studio on October 8, 2010. What is BSP? Simple. It's short for Blatant Self-Promotion, a term that every author becomes painfully familiar with as soon as they sign their first book contract. Here's an example ;-) My second novel, Love, Capri Style will be released next week by The Wild Rose Press. This one is quite a switch from my first book. http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/10/pearls-of-wisdom-bsp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-3651214286653569280Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:53:00 +00002010-09-15T16:56:25.190-04:00baltimore book festivalbook signingsJust an update to say that due to some family obligations, I won't be able to make it to the Baltimore Book Festival on September 25th. Those of you who were planning you're weekend around it are now free to do as you wish. No other appearances scheduled at this time, since I'm pretty much done promoting Thirty-Nine Again. Enjoy the post below about the pros and cons of book signings!http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/09/book-festival-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-7171016530353914074Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-09-13T05:55:00.813-04:00Thirty-Nine Againlynn reynoldslove capri styletony blairbook signingscharlie brownThis post originally appeared at The Romance Studio Blog.I'll be appearing at The Baltimore Book Festival on September 25th at 6:30 p.m. and I admit, I'm a bit excited. Appearing at a book festival makes me sound like such a serious, heavy-weight AUTHOR with a capital A, not just a part-time novelist. But I'm also kind of nervous. I'll be appearing with other members of the Maryland Romance http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/09/pearls-of-wisdom-how-to-do-book-signing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-2067700122067641091Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:17:00 +00002010-08-11T18:19:20.191-04:00Thirty-Nine Againlove capri styleThe Wild Rose Pressbook coversThis post originally appeared at The Romance Studio way back in July. I'm excited to report that although I still don't have a release date for my next book, Love, Capri Style, I do at least have a cover. And here it is!I like this cover. You've got the sexy but mysterious headless couple, the fun pink background and the lighthouse at Capri. It's a nice touch that the artist, Rae Monet, went to http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/08/pearls-of-wisdom-pictures-worth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-6508430592858277292Fri, 21 May 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-05-22T10:28:02.829-04:00pearls of wisdomwriting tipsdialogueThis post originally appeared at The Romance Studio on May 14, 2010.Can we talk? I mean, can we talk about talking???One of the most important parts of your story is the dialogue. How do your characters speak? If you're writing a historical, they should sound very different from the characters in a contemporary novel. The shy English governess should not introduce herself by saying, "Hi there, Edhttp://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-post-originally-appeared-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-4804236798068145270Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:42:00 +00002010-04-19T13:42:00.200-04:00auctionbrenda novakvera bradleyl'occitanediabetesHey, everyone. Once again, I'm participating in Brenda Novak's auction to raise money for diabetes research. There are lots of great items to choose -- agent or editor critiques for you writers, chances to meet your favorite authors, vacation getaways and items both fun and frivolous. I've donated a cute Vera Bradley bag filled with yummy L'Occitane creams and lotions. Hope you'll check out all http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/04/shop-for-cause_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-3734501548521685703Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-04-14T13:48:55.287-04:00writing to the marketpearls of wisdomwriting tipsconferencesThis post originally appeared at The Romance Studio blog on April 9, 2010.When you first get serious about writing, you might start attending writers' conferences. A very popular feature at all these conferences is the Agent and/or Editor Panel. This is a great opportunity to hear what agents and editors are looking for in manuscripts, or at least what they think they're looking for. These panel http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/04/pearls-of-wisdom-writing-to-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-4985461208897553055Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-03-19T05:55:00.892-04:00pearls of wisdomThe Romance Studiowriting tipsnetworkingThe following post originally appeared at The Romance Studio on March 12, 2010.This month's writing tip is short, because I'm editing a manuscript and getting ready to go off to a writers' conference. Appropriately enough, my March tip to aspiring writers out there is this: network. Yes, I know it's hateful. The sort of person who likes to sit alone in a room and make up conversations about http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/03/pearls-of-wisdom-networking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-4457481782028302814Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:55:00 +00002010-02-26T05:55:00.393-05:00pearls of wisdomsettingThe Romance Studiowriting tipssnowwhite room syndromeThis blog originally appeared at The Romance Studio on February 12, 2010.Like everyone and everything else in my corner of the globe, I'm going to take time out from the daily writing routine for a snow day. But in doing so, I'm still giving you would-be novelists out there an extremely important tip: don't neglect your setting in writing your story. More than anyone I know, I am guilty of this http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/02/pearls-of-wisdom-snow-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-7123722832567341089Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:31:00 +00002010-02-21T16:38:39.412-05:00The Romance Studiowriting tipspearls of widsomprioritiesThe following blog originally appeared at The Romance Studio on January 8, 2010.Welcome to the new year! I hope you're having a good one so far. I'm excited to be blogging monthly at The Romance Studio. I'll be posting the second Friday of just about every month this year. It's part of my resolution to manage my time better - I was really struggling to keep up my own individual blog and I http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2010/02/following-blog-originally-appeared-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-7940055552525438508Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:14:00 +00002009-11-23T14:38:11.090-05:00farewellThe Romance StudioThe Wild Rose Pressfinding time to writeWell, the holidays are fast approaching and life is also coming at me full-speed (not unlike it does to those folks in those insurance commercials). It's looking like if I want to manage an extremely high-maintenance teenager while also continuing to freelance and to write fiction - something has to go. Guess what's going? That's right - this blog is going, going, gone.I tend to think that most http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/11/moving-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-8933709938192004179Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:55:00 +00002009-10-30T05:55:00.581-04:00halloweenmichael jacksonharry pottercostumescandyWell, it's Halloween, a day I loathed and dreaded as a child. This is weird because many people will tell you that I have spent my life in a fantasy world and I'm pretty darned theatrical to boot. But all that dressing up on Halloween never appealed to me.Why?Well, you get to put on the costume, but you don't really get to live the part. You don't get to spend days or weeks or months as a pirate http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween-like-it-or-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-7143019628780175583Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:21:00 +00002009-10-16T17:29:25.283-04:00I switched my newsletter service from Yahoo to Vertical Response. I might actually remember to send the newsletter out more often now, since it's got all kinds of cool whiz-bang graphics and formatting I can play with. Anyway, to celebrate the arrival of the new newsletter, I'm holding a contest for subscribers. If you subscribe to my newsletter, I'll enter you in a contest to win a $10 Barnes & http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/10/newsletter-and-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-1657594467442567898Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:38:00 +00002009-10-16T17:21:03.488-04:00serpent in the thornsmedieval noirJeri WestersonmysteriesDid I mention I read a lot this summer? I also watched a lot of DVDs and Hulu, but we'll talk about that some other time.Jeri Westerson was nice enough to let me have an advance copy of her wonderful new novel, Serpent in the Thorn, featuring her wonderfully tortured sleuth, Crispin Guest. Crispin is a medieval Sam Spade, although he looks more like Orlando Bloom on the cover, don't ya think? ;-)http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/09/medieval-noir-returns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-6087856965959122128Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:31:00 +00002009-10-02T10:31:00.837-04:00Hey everyone, just a reminder that October is breast cancer awareness month. Remember to do your self-exams every month and get an annual mammogram.Promotion for Thirty-Nine Again is at last slowing down, and I'm hoping to get back to writing some new material soon. Mostly I'm still trying to catch up on things that fell behind while I was recuperating. The Man was a big help (the Teen Tasmanian http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-is-breast-cancer-awareness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-470809072243654137Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:24:00 +00002009-09-18T14:05:55.047-04:00recuperationwhat i did this summerYA bookssurgerysusan beth pfefferWell, I've gotten through the initial phase of recovering from surgery. Now comes the "how the hell did they let the house get this filthy?" phase of the recovery. It should be noted that the phase which immediately follows is "I'm sure I'm well enough to mop these bathroom floors." And then comes the "Wow, that kind of hurt, I think I need to lay down" phase. The concluding phase is "Think I'll http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/09/alive-and-kicking-and-reading-too.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-4903160120493618075Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:26:00 +00002009-08-12T08:23:51.212-04:00Roused myself long enough to do a guest blog for The Romance Studio. Here's the link:http://theromancestudio.blogspot.com/See you there!Lynnhttp://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/08/guest-blog-at-trs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-7762431187824192605Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:00 +00002009-08-11T09:25:58.903-04:00reviewsThirty-Nine AgainRT Book ReviewsTaking a brief break from the exciting business of recuperating from surgery to announce that Thirty-Nine Again received a four-star review from RT Book Reviews (formerly Romantic Times Book Reviews)!!!Now back to my main schedule of events: rest, drink a lot of water, take a short walk. Rest, drink more water, take walk. You get the idea.http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-reviews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475260998117726814.post-3301578608594863440Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-07-10T07:00:08.206-04:00As you read this, I'm having surgery (or I just had it). Not a fun way to spend a summer day. I'll be out of commission for a few weeks while I'm recovering, so the blog is going on hiatus for the remainder of July. See you in August!http://lynnreynolds.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-hiatus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lynn Reynolds)0