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APPEARING AT THE WORLD EROTIC ART MUSEUM IN JULY - Monday, June 16th 2008 12:09 PM
On July 12th I'll be speaking and signing FORTUNE'S KISS at the World Erotic Art Museum in South Beach, Miami, along with fellow Florida Romance Writers Lyn...
REAL LIFE HEROES - Sunday, June 8th 2008 7:41 AM
With Father's Day on the horizon, I started thinking about the traits that constitute a real life hero. In romance novels, the heroes are always tall, broad shouldered,...
CHOCOLATE -- IT'S NO SECRET THAT WOMEN LOVE IT! - Tuesday, April 22nd 2008 6:25 AM
Who loves chocolate? I'm waving both hands in the air -- I'm a chocoholic, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Now, I can't site the scientific evidence, but I've heard that...
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW - Thursday, April 10th 2008 7:54 AM
I have a shocking and difficult confession to make. I'll admit, I thought about never mentioning this to anyone, but then I thought, hey, I might not be alone, and maybe someone...
New Release: ONE REAL MAN by Janette Kenny - Sunday, April 6th 2008 8:53 AM
ONE REAL MAN by Janette Kenny Available April 1st!   Lost And Found… Gil Yancy is a man with a mission: claim his share of Rocky Point Ranch and build a herd of his...
A NEW RELEASE FROM AUTHOR LAURA DREWRY! - Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 8:26 AM
The Devil’s Daughter is on the shelves! Fire and brimstone she can manage;Falling in love’s a whole ‘nother story. . . The Devil’s Daughter will do whatever it...
FIRE!! - Saturday, March 8th 2008 12:18 PM
Here's an interesting tidbit. FORTUNE'S KISS really should have been out by now, but there was a bit of a glitch with the printer. As in...FIRE!!! I don't know if it was actual...
A CONTEST AND FEATURED AUTHOR - Friday, February 29th 2008 8:35 AM
Woohoo! I've been chosen as a featured author on the Medallion Press website for March.  You can check out me and my new release, Fortune's Kiss, at Medallion Press. It...
FORTUNE'S KISS Reviews! - Monday, February 18th 2008 8:52 AM
Hurray! FORTUNE’S KISS will be released in about 3 weeks, on March 6th, and here’s what reviewers have said so far:   “Lisa Manuel is very talented author and she...
P.O. PARIAH - Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 8:16 AM
Dear Customers at my local post office yesterday, I'm sorry!    There. I had to get that out. It isn't fun to be reviled. To suddenly find oneself the object of...
PLAGIARISM SCANDAL - Saturday, January 12th 2008 8:08 AM
I just took a few minutes to catch up on a plagiarism scandal currently rumbling through The Romance Writers of America. Apparently, historical author Cassie Edwards (who...
BRRRRR!!!! - Thursday, January 3rd 2008 8:01 AM
Not to blog about the weather or anything, but it's FREAKIN' FREEZING here in Florida today. We woke up to temps in the 30s -- THE THIRTIES!!! What the--? I mean, the poor...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! - Monday, December 31st 2007 9:54 AM
New Year's Eve Checklist:   Well, I don't actually have a New Year's Eve Checklist. Due to a deathly fear of driving anywhere on this most partying of nights, we'll hang...
WASSAIL -- HUZZAH! - Sunday, December 23rd 2007 8:03 AM
Here's a great recipe for Christmas Eve. Or Christmas Day. Or anytime Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Guaranteed to keep you warm and toasty. We'll be sweating it out...
CHRISTMAS CHECKLIST - Saturday, December 22nd 2007 7:31 AM
PRESENTS -- all bought and accounted for STOCKING STUFFERS -- waiting to be stuffed CHRISTMAS DINNER -- in the fridge and waiting to be cooked, which I'll do tomorrow. I don't...
SEXY PARANORMAL ROMANCE! - Friday, December 21st 2007 7:14 AM
For those of you who love sexy, paranormal, shape-shifting romance, here's a new book by Lori Devoti, just out today! Romantic Times Book Club gives this one 4 1/2 stars,...
STOP THE MADNESS! - Sunday, December 16th 2007 9:03 AM
Just a week and a day till Christmas! Am I ready? So NOT! I've been proofing two sets of galleys (typeset but still unbound version of a book) this week plus trying to...
ONE CUTE LITTLE CHICKEE - Thursday, December 6th 2007 8:45 AM
Lisa's Florida Factoid: Chickee: Seminole word for house, traditionally an open-air cypress log frame with a raised wooden platform and a palmetto thatch roof....
STILL HERE! - Saturday, December 1st 2007 5:21 PM
I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I just haven't been the good and faithful blogger I should be. This time of year -- September until after the New Year -- always...
WHEN WRITING ISN'T WRITING - Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 6:16 AM
Writing is writing, typing away at the computer to develop a story and characters, draw out emotions, explore human nature. Seems a simple enough concept, right? But...
POST M&M CONFERENCE - Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 10:13 AM
I must be losing my mind. In my last entry, I blogged about getting ready to go to Moonlight and Magnolias in Georgia and how my friend and critique partner, Cindy Thomason, was...
M&M in Atlanta - Sunday, September 23rd 2007 7:08 AM
Getting ready for the Moonlight & Magnolias conference, better known as M&M, hosted by the Georgia Romance Writers in Atlanta next week. I leave Thursday with friend and...
ADIEU, MADELEINE L'ENGLE - Tuesday, September 18th 2007 12:09 PM
Over the weekend, I reread my absolute favorite book from when I was a kid -- A WRINKLE IN TIME. Sadly, the author, Madeleine L'Engle, passed away last week, which is what...
GOOD DEED FOR SELF - Thursday, September 13th 2007 9:31 AM
Sometimes good deeds are things we'd really rather not do, but we do them anyway because someone has to and it's the right thing to do. And in the end, you feel good for...
A WRITING TIP - Tuesday, September 4th 2007 2:22 PM
As I say in my bio on my website, I've wanted to be a writer for as long as I could put a few words together on a page. Right from the first grade, I started pumping out little...