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1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453</id><updated>2024-03-14T00:05:34.252-04:00</updated><category term="Writing Advice"/><category term="Publishing News"/><category term="Publishing"/><category term="Submissions"/><category term="Games and Contests"/><category term="Editing"/><category term="Thursday 13"/><category term="Conferences"/><category term="E-books"/><category term="Book Reviews"/><category term="Writing Advice; Erotic Romance Writing"/><category term="Meet the Editors"/><category term="Fun Furniture"/><category term="Writing Research"/><category term="Graph"/><title type='text'>Redlines and Deadlines</title><subtitle type='html'>What happens in the Cave doesn&#39;t always stay there...&#xa;&#xa;Conversations and news from Ellora&#39;s Cave Publishing, &#xa;an erotic romance publisher.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>609</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><blogger:adultContent>true</blogger:adultContent><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-7991793417647308034</id><published>2014-05-20T11:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2014-05-20T11:29:27.673-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Laurann Dohner&#39;s Newest Release: Mating Brand!</title><content type='html'>NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author Laurann Dohner&#39;s newest release his here!&lt;br /&gt;
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4. <b>MATING BRAND</b></h2>
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14. He meets the woman of his dreams in college. She is a half-leopard and half-human shapeshifter who can&#39;t change. He is a werewolf. Their passion runs hot until she is forced to leave to save her family. She returns after nine years to give him a warning of an attack, and he refuses to let her walk out of his life ever again.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/7991793417647308034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=7991793417647308034' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7991793417647308034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7991793417647308034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2014/05/laurann-dohners-newest-release-mating.html' title='Laurann Dohner&#39;s Newest Release: Mating Brand!'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vukGDTS1bOg/U3tyCJloWSI/AAAAAAAAAWM/kRBRrWusxzw/s72-c/matingbrand_msr.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-7323086316490113090</id><published>2014-05-12T11:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2014-05-12T11:11:15.387-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Free Read and Sale Book!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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21. by Clare Murray</div>
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25. A woman who has lost all hope finds herself in a speakeasy in the twenties, running away from danger with a handsome man. She finds love in another century, but everything is on the line when his enemy kidnaps her. </div>
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63. A woman believes nightmares are a symptom of a tumor that's killing her. A dragon shape shifter believes her dreams are actually messages from his twin brother. After the shifter saves her, he has her heart. But can he promise her forever?</div>
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72. by Gail Bridges<br />
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75. A couple gets a pleasant surprise when they go on their honeymoon and get lessons in better sex. Their pleasure ends when they discover the old man who runs the inn is really a sex demon in disguise who has his eyes on the bride.<br />
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93. <a href="http://www.ellorascave.com/come-closer.html" target="_blank">Come Closer </a><br />
94. by Jessica L. Jackson<br />
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100. The owner of the new general store captures her heart, especially because of how much he loves his daughter. He is smitten with her too but wonders why so many people say women from "The Family" are strange and if she will be any different. Can they figure out a way to make their relationship work? Are his daughter's nightmares a mystery she can help solve?<br />
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102. &lt;b style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;50% off for 1 week!&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/2235675975877977168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=2235675975877977168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/2235675975877977168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/2235675975877977168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2014/04/sale-books.html' title='Sale Books'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hpCHffomRj8/U15kut9z-HI/AAAAAAAAAVA/gZRyMLwYfAg/s72-c/innontheedge.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-3669795976812332717</id><published>2014-03-24T11:02:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2014-03-24T11:02:42.699-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Pre-order Books!</title><content type='html'>Grab these books on pre-order today!&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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135. <br />
136. <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago,30806/">http://www.theonion.com/articles/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago,30806/</a><br />
137. <br />
138. 4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence<br />
139. <br />
140. <div class="article-body">
141. <a href="http://www.theonion.com/topics/new-york" target="new">NEW YORK</a>—Law enforcement officials confirmed Friday that four more copy editors were killed this week amid ongoing violence between two rival gangs divided by their loyalties to the <i>The Associated Press Stylebook</i> and <i>The Chicago Manual Of Style</i>. “At this time we have reason to believe the killings were gang-related and carried out by adherents of both the AP and Chicago styles, part of a vicious, bloody feud to establish control over the grammar and usage guidelines governing American English,” said FBI spokesman Paul Holstein, showing reporters graffiti tags in which the word “anti-social” had been corrected to read “antisocial.” “The deadly territory dispute between these two organizations, as well as the notorious <i>MLA Handbook</i> gang, has claimed the lives of more than 63 publishing professionals this year alone.” Officials also stated that an innocent 35-year-old passerby who found himself caught up in a long-winded dispute over use of the serial, or Oxford, comma had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<br />
142. <span class="term bgcontain"></span><br />
143. <span class="term bgcontain"><em>Laughed hysterically.</em></span><br />
144. <span class="term bgcontain"><em>(Err, we do all know the Onion is satire/parody, not real news, right? Apparently China does not know that.)</em></span></div>
145. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/5071241813486939033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=5071241813486939033' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/5071241813486939033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/5071241813486939033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2013/01/style-wars.html' title='Style Wars'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-8077079033091209057</id><published>2012-12-25T15:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-25T15:40:09.478-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays</title><content type='html'>We&#39;re busy playing with our new toys from Santa (don&#39;t ask what erotica editors get!), so we are taking a few days break. See you in the new year!&lt;br /&gt;
146. <br />
147. EC Editors</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/8077079033091209057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=8077079033091209057' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/8077079033091209057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/8077079033091209057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/happy-holidays.html' title='Happy Holidays'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-8667954692504957259</id><published>2012-12-24T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-24T08:00:11.216-05:00</updated><title type='text'>2012 Words of the Year</title><content type='html'>Collins Dictionary (in the UK) publishes an annual list of &quot;fad&quot; words of the year.
148.  
149. <br />
150. <br />
151. "We were looking for words that told the story of the year," said Ian Brookes, the dictionary's consultant editor. "Some words are from events that have been and gone and so are not likely to stick around...but others are probably here to stay."
152.  
153. <br />
154. <br />
155. Twelve words of the year - one for each month - were selected on the basis of the frequency with which they were spoken, how many places they appeared and their longevity in public discourse.
156.  
157. Appearing on the Collins words of the year list is no guarantee of insertion in the next dictionary.<br />
158. <br />
159. So here are the Collins Dictionary's words of 2012.<br />
160. <br />
161. <strong>broga</strong>  (yoga tailored to men)<br />
162. <strong>Eurogeddon</strong>  (the economic situation in the Eurozone)<br />
163. <strong>fiscal cliff</strong><br />
164. <strong>Games makers</strong>  (Olympics volunteers in London)<br />
165. <strong>Gangnam Style</strong><br />
166. <strong>Jubilympics</strong>  (the overlapping British celebrations of the Olympics and the queen's Diamond Jubilee)<br />
167. <strong>legbomb</strong>  (actress Angelina Jolie's pose at the Oscars)<br />
168. <strong>mummy porn</strong><br />
169. <strong>Romneyshambles</strong>  (candidate Romney's visit to London)<br />
170. <strong>superstorm</strong><br />
171. <strong>zuckered</strong>  (if you bought Mark Zuckerman's Facebook IPO and watched your share price plunge)<br />
172. <strong>47 percent</strong>  (reference to Romney's fundraiser speech)<br />
173. <br />
174.  
175. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/8667954692504957259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=8667954692504957259' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/8667954692504957259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/8667954692504957259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012-words-of-year.html' title='2012 Words of the Year'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-6775882265916822848</id><published>2012-12-21T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-21T08:00:00.614-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Publishing News"/><title type='text'>Winner: Bad Sex in Fiction Award</title><content type='html'>Two&amp;nbsp;weeks ago, we listed for you the finalists in the UK Literary Review&#39;s Bad Sex in Fiction contest.&lt;br /&gt;
176. <a href="http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/bad-sex-in-fiction-award.html">http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/bad-sex-in-fiction-award.html</a><br />
177. <br />
178. The bad sex prize was established "to draw attention to the crude and often
179. perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel
180. – and to discourage it". <br /><br />So the winner is...<br />
181. <em>Infrared</em> by Nancy Huston<br />
182. <br />
183. The author has said she hoped the win would "incite thousands of British women to take close-up photos of their lovers' bodies in all states of array and disarray." <br />
184. <br />
185. Congratulations, Nancy, for winning the "most dreaded literary prize".<br />
186. <br />
187. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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189. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/6775882265916822848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=6775882265916822848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/6775882265916822848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/6775882265916822848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/winner-bad-sex-in-fiction-award.html' title='Winner: Bad Sex in Fiction Award'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3iKYfZSilc8/UNMvfucfY7I/AAAAAAAAASw/524Odr3UtVc/s72-c/Infrared.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-7463861824419461224</id><published>2012-12-19T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-19T08:00:02.509-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Writing Advice"/><title type='text'>Wednesday Writing Tips: Naughty and Nice Lists</title><content type='html'>Santa isn&#39;t the only one who keeps lists of the naughty and the nice. Editors do it too (or at least, good editors do). But editor lists are about words, not children. The words or phrases that we most commonly spot as&amp;nbsp;incorrect, so know we need to check for in every book. And each editor&#39;s list is different, has not only generally common errors but those words that the editor knows are her weak points or blind spots. Our copy editors are invaluable in helping with this. (&quot;OMG, the copy editor flagged this same thing twenty-seven times in the last three books from me. I better put this on MY LIST.&quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
190. <br />
191. So here's a present from Santa for all you nice writers, and for you naughty ones who want to be nice--a list of some common errors you should look for in your writing. Do a Find in your document for each of these.<br />
192. <br />
193. "could care less" - Think about it. What you mean is "couldn't care less".<br />
194. <br />
195. "criteria is" - 'Criteria' is plural. If you just have one, say "criterion is"; if there are several, "criteria are".<br />
196. <br />
197. "hone in" - Hone means to sharpen; you hone a blade or hone a skill. If you are pinpointing or locating something, you "home in" on it.<br />
198. <br />
199. irregardless - This is a double negative, and means the opposite of what you want. Regardless means without regard, so irregardless means "without without regard"--in other words, with regard. So say "Regardless of the consequences" if you mean doing something without caring about the consequences.<br />
200. <br />
201. kudo - There's no such word. Kudos means approval or praise; it is singular.<br />
202. <br />
203. lightning/lightening - That bolt of electricity in the sky is 'lightning'. If you are making something lighter (in weight or color), you are 'lightening' it.<br />
204. <br />
205. "off of" - Get rid of the 'of', just use 'off'. Go jump off a bridge.<br />
206. <br />
207. "person that" - (Or substitute any category of people.) People are always 'who'; 'that' refers to a thing. Let's not argue about animals; do it whichever way your editor will allow.<br />
208. <br />
209. "reason is because" - Redundant. Use "reason is", or if introducing a noun clause you may use "reason is that".<br />
210. <br />
211. "road to hoe" - No, please don't dig up the road with a sharp farm instrument. That would be a difficult "row to hoe".<br />
212. <br />
213. "those kind"/"these kind" - 'Those' and 'these' are plural and would modify plural nouns. So say either "those kinds" or "this kind".<br />
214. <br />
215. "try and (action)" - This should be "try to" do whatever. 'And' is a conjunction used to join two actions or things. "Try and call the grammar police" means you are going to do two different actions: you are going to "try" something (what?) and you are going to "call the grammar police". What you mean is that you are going to attempt to call the grammar police - "try to call". Hey, we're right here!<br />
216. <br />
217. undoubtably - No such word. This is a misspelling of 'undoubtedly'.<br />
218. <br />
219. "would of" - This is based on sloppy mispronunciation. The term is "would have".<br />
220. <br />
221. Happy holidays. Hope you enjoyed this gift list.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/7463861824419461224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=7463861824419461224' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7463861824419461224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7463861824419461224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/wednesday-writing-tips-naughty-and-nice.html' title='Wednesday Writing Tips: Naughty and Nice Lists'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-1153906153540599254</id><published>2012-12-17T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-17T08:00:13.612-05:00</updated><title type='text'>House of Books</title><content type='html'>This is what I want--a house custom-built to my specs, everything I want including built-in bookshelves everywhere--walls, staircases, even ceilings.&lt;br /&gt;
222. (Thanks to Diane for sending the link.)<br />
223. <br />
224. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in;">
225. <a href="http://www.flavorwire.com/346427/dream-houses-built-for-books-and-the-nerds-who-love-them/view-all#content_top"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.flavorwire.com/346427/dream-houses-built-for-books-and-the-nerds-who-love-them/view-all#content_top</span></a></div>
226. <em>Dream Homes Built for Books and the Nerds Who Love Them</em><br />
227.  
228.  
229. “amazing houses that take bookcases to the extreme”<br />
230.  
231.  
232. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/1153906153540599254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=1153906153540599254' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1153906153540599254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1153906153540599254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/house-of-books.html' title='House of Books'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-7488765681063669815</id><published>2012-12-14T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-14T08:00:02.860-05:00</updated><title type='text'>History of the PC</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;by Raelene Gorlinsky&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
233. <br />
234. How many of us remember the pre-computer, especially pre-personal computer, days? When we typed on typewriters? Ooh, what about all the way back to manual typewriters (which are no longer even manufactured today)? I'm old enough to have taken typewriter class in high school. Oh yeah, same age as when I replaced my slide rule with a Texas Instruments calculator (basic arithmetic functions, cost over $100).<br />
235. <br />
236. Now we can't live without our PCs, mini-PCs, tablets, mini-tablets. But it's really only been fifty years since the minicomputer revolution began. The November 2012 issue of the <em>AARP Bulletin</em> (an organization for those of us over 50, old enough to remember typewriters) had an article "Evolution of the PC". Here's a summary, with a few annotations from me:<br />
237. <br />
238. 1962: LINC (Laboratory Instrument Computer) took up about 8 square feet, had 1kb of memory, and cost $43,600. MIT got one for its biomedical research lab.<br />
239. <br />
240. 1965:  The first minicomputer success, DEC's PDP-8, debuted; price was $18,000. <em>(So stop bitching about the price of an iPad, which has a zillion times more functionality, memory and capacity at a tiny percent of the price.)</em><br />
241. <br />
242. 1969: U.S. Dept. of Defense established ARPAnet, the first computer network, the forerunner to the internet.<br />
243. <br />
244. 1971: ARPAnet sends the first email.<br />
245. <br />
246. 1972: Atari's Pong released, starting the video game industry.<br />
247. <br />
248. 1975: The MITS Altair 8800 computer kit made the front cover of <em>Popular Electronics</em>. The computer had an impressive 256kb of memory.<br />
249. <br />
250. 1976: Steve Wozniak created the Apple I. Sales income from that enabled the Woz and Steve Jobs to start Apple Computers.<br />
251. <br />
252. 1977: Lots of new computer debuts: Commodore PET, Apple II, Tandy Radio Shack's TRS-80.<br />
253. <br />
254. 1981:  IBM labeled its minicomputer the "PC"; the description became a brand and sales soared.<br />
255. <br />
256. 1982: Instead of Man of the Year, <em>Time</em> named the computer (yes, generic computer) the Machine of the Year. The magazine story was written on a typewriter.<br />
257. <br />
258. 1983: Compac made the first PC clone, compatible with IBM's PC.<br />
259. <br />
260. 1984: A $1.5 million Super Bowl ad launched Apple's Macintosh, the first successful computer to have a mouse and user-friendly interface.<br />
261. <br />
262. 1990: The World Wide Web was invented. <br />
263. 1990: The first successful version of Microsoft Windows 3.0 launched.<br />
264. <br />
265. 1995: Amazon and eBay debuted.<br />
266. <br />
267. 1998: Google and PayPal debuted.<br />
268. 1998: Apple's iMac became the first in its line of iProducts.<br />
269. <br />
270. 2007: Apple launched the iPhone, with 8GB of memory.<br />
271. 2007: (November 17) Amazon debuted the Kindle e-reader. The whole stock sold out in five-and-a-half hours.<br />
272. <br />
273. 2008: Apple launched the iPad. It sold more than 300,000 on its first day.<br />
274. <br />
275. Fascinating how far our information&amp;nbsp;technology has advanced in only fifty years.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/7488765681063669815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=7488765681063669815' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7488765681063669815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7488765681063669815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/history-of-pc.html' title='History of the PC'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-7832935092382345128</id><published>2012-12-12T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-12T08:00:09.092-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Submissions"/><title type='text'>Wednesday Writing Tips: Write For Us</title><content type='html'>Okay, this isn&#39;t a grammar-and-punctuation type of tip. It&#39;s for you authors and aspiring authors--we&#39;ve put out calls for submissions for 2013, here&#39;s your opportunity!&lt;br /&gt;
276. <br />
277. <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Curve Appeal</span>
278. <br />
279. Dangerous curves ahead! Cuddle up to some Big Beautiful Women in this series featuring
280. hot ’n’ heavy heroines who have a little (or a lot!) extra cushion for the
281. pushin’.<br />
282. <br />
283. ~ Length: 20K - 45K<br />
284. ~ Deadline
285. for internal/external submissions: 3/1/13 (earlier is preferred)
286. <br />
287. ~ All Lines and sub-genres welcome<br />
288.  
289. ~ Rubenesque heroines are a must; size must be one of the themes (heroines who
290. are already comfortable in their plus-sized skin are definitely welcome
291. <br />
292. ~ Stories release in September 2013
293. <br />
294. <br />
295. <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Boys Will Do Boys</span><br />
296. Let’s get one thing straight—these heroes are <i>not</i>.
297. Sorry ladies, no heroines allowed in these tales of lust and love between men.
298. Bring on the M/M! (Or M/M/M, or M/M/M/M…)<br />
299. <br />
300. ~ Length: 20K – 70K words
301. <br />
302. ~ Deadline for internal/external submissions: 5/1/13 (earlier is preferred
303. <br />
304. ~ All stories will release under our Spectrum (GLBT) Line, but all sub-genres and themes are welcome
305. <br />
306. ~ Stories release in December 2013/January 2014<br />
307. <br />
308. <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Cotillion Christmas Traditions</span><br />
309. Sweet, Christmas-themed traditional Regencies from our Blush Line of non-erotic romance.<br />
310. <br />
311. ~ Length: 12K – 25K
312. <br />
313. ~ Deadline for internal submissions: June 15
314. <br />
315. ~ Deadline for external submissions: May 15
316. <br />
317. ~ Regency Christmas traditions must be a theme in all stories, with particular dedication to historical accuracy (no Victorian Christmas trees, etc.)
318. <br />
319. ~ Cotillion guidelines: sweet (kisses only); set in Regency-era England; focus on the social
320. setting/mores of the time
321. <br />
322. ~ Ebooks release in October 2013
323. <br />
324. ~ Print anthology releases in November 2013</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/7832935092382345128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=7832935092382345128' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7832935092382345128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7832935092382345128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/wednesday-writing-tips-write-for-us.html' title='Wednesday Writing Tips: Write For Us'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-1816207475867575224</id><published>2012-12-10T08:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-10T08:00:13.618-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gifts for Bookloving Boys and Girls</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;By Kelli Collins&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
325. <br />
326. I've got tons of voracious readers on my Xmas shopping list, and plenty of them just want gift cards for the Kindle or Nook, and okay, fine, if that's what they really want... But between you and me, I'd rather dive into a pool full of barbed wire than buy such impersonal items. There's nothing more special to me than the hunt for that perfect gift. I'm old school like that. This year, I've got just the thing for my book-loving buds. Gifts guaranteed to serve up huge smiles, with a nice side of feel-good to boot:<br />
327. <br />
328. <span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://outofprintclothing.com/" target="_blank">Out of Print Clothing</a></b></span><br />
329. <br />
330. The company's mission statement recognizes the swiftly changing print industry, as well as the popularity of digital, and is concerned for the fate of the beloved book cover (as they should be). Therefore, Out of Print is determined to preserve classic book covers -- in the form of T-shirts, journals, totes, notepads, iPhone cases and more!<br />
331. <br />
332. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
333. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hMivU6tO6rs/ULUm9hQLJbI/AAAAAAAAASU/HLJkjwX0Wfk/s1600/Clockwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hMivU6tO6rs/ULUm9hQLJbI/AAAAAAAAASU/HLJkjwX0Wfk/s320/Clockwork.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>
334. <br />
335. As if that's not cool enough...Out of Print also works with a partner, Books for Africa, to provide one book to a community in need for EVERY product sold. (In case you missed it, this is where the "feel-good" part comes in.)<br />
336. <br />
337. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
338. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uRZKNO6EOEQ/ULUnYYWsCWI/AAAAAAAAASc/XHYKR2FzsyQ/s1600/outsiders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uRZKNO6EOEQ/ULUnYYWsCWI/AAAAAAAAASc/XHYKR2FzsyQ/s320/outsiders.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
339. <br />
340. <br />
341. I'm hardly the warm-fuzzy type, but even I get a certain glow about me when I'm able to share my love or reading. Who wouldn't?<br />
342. <br />
343. No no, don&#39;t thank me. Just log on and share the love. And the books.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/1816207475867575224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=1816207475867575224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1816207475867575224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1816207475867575224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/gifts-for-bookloving-boys-and-girls.html' title='Gifts for Bookloving Boys and Girls'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hMivU6tO6rs/ULUm9hQLJbI/AAAAAAAAASU/HLJkjwX0Wfk/s72-c/Clockwork.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-4192204452399321738</id><published>2012-12-07T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-07T08:00:05.676-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad Sex in Fiction Award</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/20/bad-sex-award-2012-shortlist&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/20/bad-sex-award-2012-shortlist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
344. <br />
345. The Literary Review has announced the finalists for the annual Bad Sex in Fiction award. The bad sex prize was established "to draw attention to
346. the crude and often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description
347. in the modern novel – and to discourage it".<br />
348. <br />
349. The Fifty Shades trilogy by E.L. James is not included; it  does not qualify for the contest
350. "because the prize's rubric explicitly excludes pornographic and erotic
351. literature".<br />
352. <br />
353. The winner will be announced at a lavish ceremony in London
354. in December.<br />
355. <br />
356. The shortlist of nominees, with quotes from the sex scenes. OMG, just cover my eyes.<br />
357. <br />
358. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
359. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">•<b> The Quiddity of Wilf Self, by Sam
360. Mills</b></span></div>
361. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
362. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong>"</strong>Down, down, on to the eschatological bed. Pages chafed me; my blood
363. wept onto them. My cheek nestled against the scratch of paper. My cock was
364. barely a ghost, but I did not suffer panic."</span></div>
365. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
366. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Noughties, by Ben Masters</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
367. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
368. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We got up from the chair and she led
369. me to her elfin grot, getting amongst the pillows and cool sheets. We trawled
370. each other's bodies for every inch of history."</span></div>
371. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
372. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Back to Blood, by Tom Wolfe </span></b></div>
373. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
374. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now his big generative jockey was
375. inside her pelvic saddle, riding, riding, riding, and she was eagerly
376. swallowing it swallowing it swallowing it with the saddle's own lips and maw —
377. all this without a word."</span></div>
378. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
379. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Rare Earth by Paul Mason </span></b></div>
380. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
381. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He began thrusting wildly in the
382. general direction of her chrysanthemum, but missing — his paunchy frame
383. shuddering with the efford of remaining rigid and upside down."</span></div>
384. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
385. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• The Yips by Nicola Barker </span></b></div>
386. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
387. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She smells of almonds, like a plump
388. Bakewell pudding; and he is the spoon, the whipped cream, the helpless dollop
389. of warm custard."</span></div>
390. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
391. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• Infrared by Nancy Huston</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
392. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
393. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This is when I take my picture, from
394. deep inside the loving. The Canon is part of my body. I myself am the
395. ultrasensitive film — capturing invisible reality, capturing heat."</span></div>
396. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
397. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• The Divine Comedy by Craig Raine </span></b></div>
398. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
399. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And he came. Like a wubbering
400. springboard. His ejaculate jumped the length of her arm. Eight diminishing
401. gouts. The first too high for her to lick. Right on the shoulder."</span></div>
402. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
403. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• The Adventuress: The Irresistible
404. Rise of Miss Cath Fox by Nicholas Coleridge </span></b></div>
405. <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
406. <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
407. seconds the duke had lowered his trousers and boxers and positioned himself
408. across a leather steamer trunk, emblazoned with the royal arms of Hohenzollern
409. Castle. 'Give me no quarter,' he commanded. 'Lay it on with all your might.'"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
410. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/4192204452399321738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=4192204452399321738' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/4192204452399321738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/4192204452399321738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/bad-sex-in-fiction-award.html' title='Bad Sex in Fiction Award'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-3427477145647286948</id><published>2012-12-05T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-05T08:00:03.878-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Games and Contests"/><title type='text'>Contest Winners: 12th Anniversary</title><content type='html'>Thank you all for the wonderful comments about EC and about your first books and authors here! So we got a little carried away with selecting winners. Hey, you lucky folks, please email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:redlinesdeadlines@gmail.com&quot;&gt;redlinesdeadlines@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; to claim your free ebook from us--anything currently available, or listed as Coming Soon through end of December.&lt;br /&gt;
411. <br />
412. <strong>Renee Meyer</strong> - an EC fan since 2001<br />
413. <br />
414. <strong>Christine</strong> - "EC popped my ebook cherry"<br />
415. <br />
416. <strong>Debbie S</strong> - another longtimer, since 2002<br />
417. <br />
418. <strong>Diane M</strong> - who knows she bought her first EC books on Nov. 7, 2001: Jaid's The Empress' New Clothes and three others in the series<br />
419. <br />
420. <strong>Carmen Terronez</strong> - a newbie to EC, with a list of series she plans to read<br />
421. <br />
422. <strong>Kini Taicho</strong> - who got hooked on EC's plus-size heroines, and our innovative ways (Kini, you'll love our "Curve Appeal" stories coming out next September.)<br />
423. <br />
424. <strong>Jen</strong> - who's glad we refuse to behave, and is just contracted to publish her first book with us<br />
425. <br />
426. <strong>PamK</strong> - another of many whose first EC book was Empress' New Clothes - the first book EC published<br />
427. <br />
428. <strong>Carrie Hutchison</strong> - she loves our male/male romances (Carrie, watch for the "Boys Will Do Boys" stories in December 2013.)<br />
429. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/3427477145647286948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=3427477145647286948' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/3427477145647286948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/3427477145647286948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/contest-winners-12th-anniversary.html' title='Contest Winners: 12th Anniversary'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-3412627413288668032</id><published>2012-12-03T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-03T08:00:17.671-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="E-books"/><title type='text'>What Do You Read On?</title><content type='html'>According to Bowker Market Research, for second quarter 2012, the devices used to read e-books:&lt;br /&gt;
430. <br />
431. <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Kindle - 37%<br />Kindle Fire - 18%<br />Nook/Nook Color - 14%<br />iPad - 12%</span><br />
432. desktop/laptop PC only - 6%<br />
433. Smart phone - 3%<br />
434. iPhone - 3%<br />
435. iPod/iPod Touch/MP3 device - 2%<br />
436. Sony eReader - 1%<br />
437. Other - 4%<br />
438. These are the same as the figures from first quarter 2012, except that 2% of users switched away from Kindle to Kindle Fire.<br />
439. <br />
440. Hmm, I think this survey was before the Nook HD tablet came out? I wonder what percentage of the tablet market it has now captured.<br />
441. <br />
442. I use a Nook Color and love it. Do any of you read on your PC, rather than an ereader, tablet or cell phone? I wonder what comes under &quot;Other&quot;. Do people still print out an ebook to read it?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/3412627413288668032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=3412627413288668032' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/3412627413288668032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/3412627413288668032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/12/what-do-you-read-on.html' title='What Do You Read On?'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-384284366423996796</id><published>2012-11-30T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-02T12:05:08.617-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And This is Now!</title><content type='html'>We&#39;ve shared some fun memories of EC&#39;s early days. Things are still great and getting even better. How has EC grown in twelve years?&lt;br /&gt;
443. <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></em><br />
444. <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></em><em><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Originally, Tina was the only "employee" and worked from a corner of her apartment. As staff was added, they also worked from home, until we got our first office space in Ohio. Now we have an <span style="color: blue;">office building, a warehouse
445. and a storage building</span> for the RV and trailer. We've got about <span style="color: blue;">sixty staff</span>:
446. employees, freelance editors and artists.</span></em><br />
447. <br />
448. A dozen or so authors published with EC in the first year. We now have <span style="color: blue;">over 750 authors</span> represented on our webstore.<br />
449. <br />
450. In the beginning, we released a few ebooks a month. In 2012, we will <span style="color: blue;">release</span> <span style="color: blue;">500</span><span style="color: blue;"> ebooks</span>! We currently have<span style="color: blue;"> 4400 ebooks and almost 1500 print books</span><span style="color: blue;"> available</span>.<br />
451. <br />
452. In the first few months of the company, a few thousand dollars in sales was a big deal. Where are we in 2012? We sell well over 600,000 books every month! We project <span style="color: blue;">$12 million in net sales income</span> in our 12th year! <br />
453. <br />
454. <span style="color: black;"><strong>We've come a long way, baby.</strong></span><br />
455. <em><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></em><br />
456. <span style="color: black; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="color: black;"><strong><em>So, tell us about your history with us. How long have you been an EC fan? What was the
457. first EC book you read? We’d love to know. Post it comments here, and we&#39;ll do a random drawing next Friday for winners of EC stuff.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/384284366423996796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=384284366423996796' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/384284366423996796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/384284366423996796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/and-this-is-now.html' title='And This is Now!'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-1832946437050961550</id><published>2012-11-28T08:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-28T08:00:04.156-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That was Then...</title><content type='html'>Continuing our reverie on the early days, now that we&#39;re a dozen years old today...&lt;br /&gt;
458. <br />
459. Crystal Giardina has worked in our Accounting department for eight years.<br />
460. <br />
461. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My most fond memory is when I started at EC. I was pregnant with
462. Hayley and two weeks after I started I was put on bed rest for the remainder
463. of my pregnancy. I was so upset because I already loved working at EC
464. and thought it was going to come to an end so soon after starting.
465. But Patty said, just come back after she's born, no big deal! I was very
466. shocked and thought I wouldn't have my place when trying to
467. return... But Hayley is now 8 years old and I'm still working
468. for EC.  Most places would have said, Too bad. Not Patty! This is why the company is so great.</span><br />
469. <br />
470. Martha Punches, Customer Service Specialist, who has now been here TEN
471. years:<br />
472. <br />
473. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Back
474. in the olden days, before the "new-fangled" way of sending ebooks as
475. links, we actually sent ebooks to customers as burned CDs, mailed by USPS. The
476. customer would have to save the book from the disk to their computer and either
477. print out a copy or read it on the computer. This was back when we had very few
478. releases per month, but was still a lot of work. I'm glad technology has
479. advanced to what we are today!</span><br />
480. <br />
481. Raelene Gorlinsky, Publisher--almost ten years at EC if you count the first
482. year as a freelance editor, before being hired as Managing Editor:<br />
483. <br />
484. <span style="color: blue; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">I was
485. a very early customer, before I started to work for the company. When I bought
486. my first EC ebook (<em>The Empress' New Clothes</em> by Jaid Black, of course), a pdf
487. file was emailed to me. I had a problem reading the font and didn't know how to
488. adjust it, so I emailed "Service". I was astounded and impressed when
489. Jaid herself (aka, our founder Tina Engler) sent me a new version of the ebook - one she had specially created
490. in the font size I wanted! EC's reputation for incredible customer service
491. started very early.</span> </span><br />
492. <span style="color: blue; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span><br />
493. &lt;span style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;&quot;&gt;I moved from Oregon to Ohio to work at the first EC non-home-based office when it was still very new. There were about ten of us then in the small offices and warehouse space.&amp;nbsp;There&#39;s even more of a &quot;family&quot; feeling when it is such a small group. Patty was really into decorating the offices. Lots of Egyptian motif. The bathroom knick-knacks were all decorated with palm trees. We had a tiny kitchenette, and I was amazed that the refrigerator was kept full of snacks and lunch foods for all. We still have lots of food-oriented holiday parties at our office!&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/1832946437050961550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=1832946437050961550' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1832946437050961550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1832946437050961550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/that-was-then.html' title='That was Then...'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-7143640887904997236</id><published>2012-11-26T08:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-26T13:11:22.844-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ellora&#39;s Cave is 12!</title><content type='html'>Ellora&#39;s Cave launched on November 28, 2000. We&#39;ve had a dozen wildly successful years! In celebration, we asked our old timers-- those employees who&#39;ve been with us for at least two-thirds of our &quot;life&quot;--for some memories of those early days.&lt;br /&gt;
494. <br />
495. Courtney Thomas, now our CFO, and Patty Marks, our CEO, share their recall of the beginning in our first office space. As Courtney explains:<br />
496. <br />
497. <span style="color: blue;">I remember working with Patty at Commerce Drive with the construction
498. workers building walls around us.  We had one computer with dial-up
499. Internet. One extension cord that reached the length of the building so
500. we would have electricity. We used an old credenza that was left in the
501. building by the previous owners as a desk. Every year on my anniversary  (Nov. 17, 2003) I think
502. back to the good days and feel blessed for every day thereafter :)</span><br />
503. <br />
504. <strong><em>We've come a long way, baby!</em></strong><br />
505. <br />
506. Kendra Rumschlag says her early EC days were smooth. She handled print order and dealt with our printer, LSI.<br />
507. <br />
508. <span style="color: blue;">But stories. My favorites would be when Crystal got her nose ring stuck
509. and we had to help her pull it out. We found a snake in the front office
510. once...and not Patty's snake that later offed himself in his water
511. bowl. My favorite memory was a little after I started when we were
512. separated between two different buildings. [We'd outgrown that original office, so Editorial moved into rented space across the street.] An author had sent
513. Raelene personally a huge basket of chocolates. Well, it came to the main
514. office and we never even looked at the name...just tore into it and ate
515. it. A couple of days later Raelene came over looking for it and we were
516. all so stunned and guilt-ridden that Patty ordered a basket of Godvia
517. for you guys at the other office to apologize.</span><br />
518. <br />
519. Patty has her own favorite memories.<br />
520. <br />
521. <span style="color: blue;">We'd get silly. One day, Kendra started typing naughty words into an online dictionary, with the pronunciation help turned on. The words would come out of the computer speaker, and we laughed hysterically--way back then, they seemed a lot more shocking.</span><br />
522. <span style="color: blue;"></span><br />
523. <span style="color: blue;">I remember when Rich
524. climbed up in the rafters to hide the fart machine above the bathroom.</span> <br />
525. <br />
526. &lt;em&gt;{Continued on Wednesday and Friday.}&lt;/em&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/7143640887904997236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=7143640887904997236' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7143640887904997236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/7143640887904997236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/elloras-cave-is-12.html' title='Ellora&#39;s Cave is 12!'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-1925986103744741259</id><published>2012-11-20T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-20T08:00:13.364-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holiday break</title><content type='html'>No blog posts the rest of this week.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(We know, you are absolutely devastated.)&amp;nbsp; Raelene took today off for her birthday, the company is closed Thursday for the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday, and many of the staff are on vacation for several days.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/1925986103744741259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=1925986103744741259' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1925986103744741259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/1925986103744741259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/holiday-break.html' title='Holiday break'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-39461484563621500</id><published>2012-11-19T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-19T08:00:03.201-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Winners: We&#39;re Five!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;&quot;&gt;by Raelene Gorlinsky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
527. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
528. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">As you know, we've just celebrated our fifth blog birthday.</span><br />
529. <a href="http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/were-five.html"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/were-five.html</span></a><br />
530. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
531. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">All the virtual suggestions were fun, we thank you. And showing that editors are a diverse group, we couldn't come to consensus on what we wanted.</span><br />
532. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
533. <span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Grace and Denise are headed to Jamaica, courtesy of Tracey H. Kitts. (Grace will be wreaking havoc with Arwen's anonymous Twitter account while she's on vacation.) Martha is going to join them after she has a spa day from Diane M.</span><br />
534. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
535. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dahlia says, "I'm Team Frosting, though a Wide Selection of Sex Toys does have its merits." Thanks Kim Hugo and Wynter Daniels.</span><br />
536. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
537. <span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Beverly is taking Kathy Kulig up on that offer of a month in her alternate universe. Denise will join her there when she leaves Jamaica.</span><br />
538. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
539. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
540.  
541. Violet's choice? "<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'm totally
542. voting for the duct tape/cavemen combo. Is that TMI? LOL" </span></span><br />
543. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><br />
544. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Victoria is the practical one. She wants the three meals a day served by Cavemen, followed up by the gift basket delivered by the super spy or superhero. Thanks to Marianne Stephens and Missy Jane.</span></span><br />
545. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><br />
546. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
547.  
548. Bree is also going to take Barbara Elsborg up on her offer of champagne, chocolate and naked men. She has agreed to give me the duct tape if I'll let her pet the pony.</span><br />
549. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
550. <span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really, really wanted the pony in the unicorn get-up from Ju Dimello, but realized I just don't have the space for it. So I'll just have it for a short visit, then give it to the children next door (I haven't told their parents about this yet). But what I really want--so appropriate for an editor--is N.J. Walters' red pen with a diamond set in it. (How did you know I love fancy pens, N.J.?)</span><br />
551. <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
552. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;&quot;&gt;So, as promised - gifts to those who gave us gifts! Since we couldn&#39;t agree on best gift, I did a drawing. &lt;strong&gt;N.J. Walters, Missy Jane and Tracey Kitts!&lt;/strong&gt; I&#39;ll email you about your prize.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/39461484563621500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=39461484563621500' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/39461484563621500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/39461484563621500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/winners-were-five.html' title='Winners: We&#39;re Five!'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-4707240937987186948</id><published>2012-11-16T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-16T08:00:04.375-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fun Furniture"/><title type='text'>Cases and Ends</title><content type='html'>Yet more items for Raelene&#39;s obsession with weird or wonderful bookcases.&lt;br /&gt;
553. <br />
554. <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/5-crazy-bookcases-for-your-kids-179311">http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/5-crazy-bookcases-for-your-kids-179311</a><br />
555. <br />
556. <img alt="2012-10-24-shelf8_rect540" height="189" src="http://g-ec2.apartmenttherapy.com/3698550/2012-10-24-shelf7_rect540.jpg" width="200" />          <img alt="2012-10-24-shelf8_rect540" height="200" src="http://g-ec1.apartmenttherapy.com/3698540/2012-10-24-shelf3_rect540.jpg" width="118" />          <img alt="2012-10-24-shelf8_rect540" height="200" src="http://g-ec1.apartmenttherapy.com/3698560/2012-10-24-shelf8_rect540.jpg" width="153" /><br />
557. <br />
558.  And some great animal bookends:<br />
559. <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/the-end-all-and-be-all-in-kids-bookends-179260">http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/the-end-all-and-be-all-in-kids-bookends-179260</a><br />
560. <br />
561. <br />
562. &lt;img alt=&quot;Bookends1_rect540&quot; height=&quot;142&quot; src=&quot;http://g-ec2.apartmenttherapy.com/3699050/Bookends1_rect540.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img alt=&quot;Bookends1_rect540&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;http://g-ec2.apartmenttherapy.com/3696120/3025924721074390_fi6ODRm5_c_rect540.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img alt=&quot;Bookends1_rect540&quot; height=&quot;182&quot; src=&quot;http://g-ec1.apartmenttherapy.com/3699070/2012Bookends3_rect540.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/feeds/4707240937987186948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8983687699975451453&amp;postID=4707240937987186948' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/4707240937987186948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8983687699975451453/posts/default/4707240937987186948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/2012/11/cases-and-ends.html' title='Cases and Ends'/><author><name>ECPI Editors</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-9187208584524886135</id><published>2012-11-14T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-14T08:00:08.675-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Writing Advice"/><title type='text'>Wednesday Writing Tips: Dialogue Tags</title><content type='html'>
563.  
564. Dialogue tags identify who is saying what in a conversation
565. between characters and keep the reader from getting lost or confused. But some writers generate confusion by using incorrect punctuation or capitalization with their dialogue tags. Here are three dialogue issues to check for in your manuscript.<br />
566. <br />
567. (1)  The dialogue tag is a continuation of the sentence and is
568. separated from the dialogue by a comma, exclamation point or question mark, but
569. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> by a period. Unless the word
570. following the punctuation is a proper name, it is lowercase. Here are examples
571. of dialogue tag punctuation:<br />
572. <br />
573. Incorrect: “Nancy, you are so naughty.” Her friend said. <em>[One of the most common dialogue format errors editors see.]</em><br />
574. Correct: “Nancy, you are so naughty,” her friend said.<br />
575.  
576.  
577. Correct: “Why are you so naughty, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Nancy</st1:city></st1:place>?” her friend asked.<br />
578.  
579.  
580. Correct: “Nancy,” her friend said, “you are so naughty.”<br />
581. <br />
582.  
583.  
584. (2)  If a character talks for more than one paragraph (without interruption of dialogue tags), each
585. paragraph of his or her speech starts with opening quotes, but there are no
586. close quotes until the character is finished speaking.<br />
587. <br />
588. (3)  Do not use two dialogue tags for one continuous piece of
589. dialogue. Either remove one dialogue tag or split the dialogue into two parts.<br />
590. <br />
591. Incorrect:  With a heavy heart, he said, “Had I
592. known, I would never have eaten that last cookie. I didn’t know your blood
593. sugar would drop and you would need a snack,” he whispered sheepishly.<br />
594. <br />
595. Correct:  With a heavy heart, he said, “Had I
596. known, I would never have eaten that last cookie.” He whispered sheepishly, “I
597. didn’t know your blood sugar would drop and you would need a snack.”<br />
598. or<br />
599. Correct: With a heavy heart, he whispered sheepishly, "Had I known, I would never have eaten that last cookie. I didn’t know your blood sugar would drop and you would need a snack."<br />
600. <br />
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