Blogging At Borders

Yep, two guest blogging stints in one week.

Today finds me over at the Borders TrueRomance blog blathering on about one of my favorite topics: Romance Heroines. Love 'em! Can't get enough of 'em!

Yeah, yeah - I know most romance readers fell in love with the genre thanks to the mullet-wearing (business up front, party in the back!) hunky heroes who wax their chest hair, but me? I'm all about the heroine.

Ahem, anywho - head on over, check out my post, leave a comment, and reminisce about your favorite romance heroines. Go on now. You know you want to.....

A Thousand Deaths

First things first, I'm over at Romancing The Blog today talking about Great Moments In Romance Genre History. OK, maybe it's not quite that involved. Still, I spent a fair amount of time banging my tiny pea brain against the proverbial wall trying to come up with a topic for this post - so why not go on over and check it out? Maybe leave a comment? C'mon, you know you want to.

In other news, for those of you insane enough to watch last night's tie-breaker between the Tigers and the Twins, now you know what the hell I've been going through all year long. Everyone is now talking this morning about what a great game it was, and how it's an instant "classic."

Horse hooey.

By my count, the Tigers stranded 349 base runners last night. You cannot win games when you strand base runners, and you sure as hell don't win games against the Twins doing that crap. You cannot leave the door open on the Twins. They will, sooner or later, waltz right on through it. Which is what they did last night. So once again I get to watch the Tigers do a late season swoon, while the Twins, once again, kick on the afterburners and finish strong.

Sigh.

Oh well.

Not that it matters much.

In theory it doesn't really matter who won the American League Central because on paper the Yankees should mop the floor starting today. Of course the playoffs are kind of funny. So often it's not about the best team, the all-star players, or who even had the better record during the regular season. Nope. It's all about who gets "hot" at the right time. And the Twins could, in theory, get hot after last night's emotionally draining win. We'll see though. My money is still on the Yanks (damn their black, merciless souls) although my heart is now rooting for the Angels.

As for the National League? Watch out for the Cardinals. As for that other southern California team? Joe Torre or no Joe Torre coaching them, I don't believe in the Dodgers. Sorry L.A.

Pimpin' Harlequins. Again.

Harlequin Spice author, Victoria Janssen, has been showing off her love for category romance this week with a series of guest posts on her blog.

Which naturally means that yours truly, Librarian Harlequin Ho #1, just about fell all over herself when Victoria asked me if I wanted to participate.

That's where I am today. Hanging out with Victoria and pimpin' out some of my favorite Harlequins that are buried in the Bat Cave Keeper Stash. Book pimpage and a chance to add to your used bookstore treasure hunt list? It's win-win people!

Head on over and show me some love.

Dr. Romance, PhD

Once again, it's my turn over at Romancing The Blog. Today's column is all about romance finding respectability by the media dressing it up in academic robes.

And what I think about it. Naturally.

Go on over and have a read.

Taking Care Of Business

I have a couple of odds and ends to post about, so bare with me. First, I have an opinion piece up over at TGTBTU entitled Can A Blogger Make A Book? This post actually addresses a couple of issues that I've been tossing around in my head, but that I hadn't articulated until now because I wasn't sure how to not sound like a raving bitch. So go on over and read my take on KristieJ's quest to promote the hell out of Broken Wing, if reader bloggers can truly "make" books, and why reader bloggers should never lose sight of why they started blogging in the first place. I don't care how important we "think" we are - none of us started blogging for the "traffic." Well, at least I didn't.

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In other news, one of my favorite people, Lisa(bea) slapped me with the Kreativ Blogger award.

The Kreativ rules state that: Once you receive this award you are to list seven of your favorite things and then nominate seven other blogs.

1) Tea. God, how I love tea.

2) A great historical western romance. Seriously, nothing better.

3) A long good hunting trip at a massive used bookstore.

4) Hooking up and chatting books with the So. Cal. Bloggers

5) Lazy Sunday afternoons.

6) Blogging. After six years I'm still not bored. Batten down the hatches everybody!

7) My family. Awwwww.....

My nominations are:

1) The gals over at Book Binge

2) Renee from Renee's Book Addiction

3) Lusty Reader

4) Tracy from Tracy's Place

5) Miss Barbara from Happily Forever After

6) Sula - lovin' the details on the upcoming wedding!

7) Tara Marie from Romancing Reading Mom - because I hope she'll see this and start blogging again. God, how I miss her!

Sayin' What Y'all Are Thinking

I'm over at Romancing The Blog today shooting my mouth off on why I don't think ebooks are going to be taking over the world anytime soon. In other words: don't start singing any funeral dirges for Dead Tree Books just yet.

Yeah, yeah trolls....I'm an ignorant slut. But c'mon - some of y'all are thinking the exact same things!

Also, a reminder that you have one more day to enter the Old School Romance Lurve contest for a chance to win my beat-up copy of Lightning That Lingers by Laura London. Winner will be announced tomorrow! Good luck!