Joanna Bourne

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On my blog, from time to time, I talk about the technical part of writing. These posts are tagged 'technical topics.'

 

 

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Technical Topics

And some of the topics are listed below.

 

QuillMy 'Technical Topics'

> Adverbs of Merit> Best of the Worst 100 Writing Mistakes, Part I> Best of the Worst 100 Writing Mistakes, Part II> Best of the Worst 100 Writing Mistakes, Part III> Buffer Words> Building Secondary Characters> Comments on Word Usage #1, The Spymaster's Lady> Comments on Word Usage #2, The Spymaster's Lady> Comments on Word Usage #3, The Spymaster's Lady> The Dreaded -ing> Drafts> The First Big Edits> Hearing Voices> Pitching Your Manuscript> Prologues> Openings> Show Don't Tell> Strong Verbs> Synopsis> Tagging with Action

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> Books and Writer's Forum - The oldest writers forum on the web > Evil Editor - Why you don't get published > Pocketful of Words - Holly Lisle's good advice > Justine Larbalestier - Writing advice and industry insight > Miss Snark - Gone, alas, but archived > Orson Scott Card - Learn from a master stylist > Poynter  - Practical tips from a practical journalist  > Victoria Strauss - A publishing insider talks about writing  > Word Wenches - Jo Beverley, Edith Layton, Mary Jo Putney, Anne Gracie et wonderfully al

 

Open BookAnd a Few More            References for Writers

> French-English Translation > Internet Public Library - Ask a question > Library of Congress - An annotated list of reference websites > Library of Congress - Ask a librarian > New York Public Library Reference - Ask another librarian > Publishers Marketplace - Where agents and editors get their information > Purdue University - OWL English grammar > SFA Writer Beware - check up on the bad guys

 

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Best Romances Ever Ever Ever

These are Romance books of enduring quality.

Some are not strictly genre Romance, but I'm not being graded on this, after all.

I've picked only one book per author, being fair, and spreading it out.

>Annie's Song, by Catherine Anderson > Valley of Horses, Jean Auel > Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen > Simply Love, Mary Balogh >An Unwilling Bride, Jo Beverley > Tregaron's Daughter, Peter O'Donnell (Madeleine Brent)> Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte> Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte>A Woman of Virtue, Liz Carlyle > Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta Chase > Night Song, Catherine Coulter > Welcome to Temptation, Jennifer Crusie > The Proposition, Judy Cuevas (Judith Ivory) > Windflower, Tom and Sharon Curtis (Laura London)> Rebecca, Daphne DeMaurier > Knight in Shining Armor, Jude Devereaux > Thigh High, Christine Dodd > Outlander, Diana Gabaldon > Alinor, Roberta Gellis > Angelique in Love, Serge and Anne Golon (Sergeanne Golon) > The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer> House of a Thousand Lanterns, Eleanor Hibbert (Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr)> Dream Man, Linda Howard> The Sheik, Edith M. Hull > By Arrangement, Madeline Hunter > The Ugly Duckling, Iris Johansen > Flowers from the Storm, Laura Kinsale > Wildest Hearts, Jane Ann Krentz (Amanda Quick, Jane Castle) > Pearl Cove, Ann Maxwell (Elizabeth Lowell) > Paradise, Judith McNaught > Charming the Prince, Teresa Medeiros > Curse of the Pharaohs, Barbara Mertz (Elizabeth Peters, Barbara Michaels)> Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell> The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emma Orczy > Nobody's Baby But Mine, Susan Elizabeth Phillips > The Rake, Mary Jo Putney > The Viscount Who Loved Me, Julia Quinn > Hunter's Moon, Karen Robards > Naked in Death, Nora Roberts (J.D. Robb) >Tokaido Road, Lucia St. Clair Robson > Surrender to Love, Rosemary Rogers > Night of Sin, Julia Ross (Julia Ross Ewing) > Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers> Katherine, Anya Seton> My Brother Michael, Mary Stewart > Whisper His Name, Elizabeth Thornton > The Lightkeeper, Susan Wiggs > Forever Amber, Kathleen Windsor > The Gamble, Joan Wolf > Shanna, Kathleen Woodiwiss

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