Romance Author Stuff and Things

Just a quick dash around the blogosphere this morning. :)

Diana Hunter on chilling real life perversions of the BDSM dynamic and how they make her think about her own BDSM themed books.

Patrice Michelle revisits old loves, or rather, the WIP under the bed.

Two posts by Diana Peterfreund that caught my eye are one asking if readers notices who publishes what they're reading and another with 13 of her favorite plots (mostly romance).

A promsing new industry blog, Miss Read, reminds writers that yes, the industry folk have the internet too and are listening, and suggests you refrain from badmouthing your editors/agents/etc if you don't want to get blacklisted. Good advice.

The internet is forever, and don't you forget it.

I found the above post via Bernita Harris's blog, in this post. She's got a number of thought-provoking posts worth checking out, though, including this one on ultimate writer burnout.

And over at Magical Musings we've got the question of the fine line between bastard and irredeemable, unsympathetic asshole, found via Milady Insanity's response Sociopaths are not redeemable.

That should do you for a while.

Smart Bitches were mentioned obliquely in the New York Times.