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NOTE: We're doing some Spring Cleaning, so the number of blogs listed on here will diminish as we kill the entries that have quit blogging for more than six weeks or have changed their focus away from writing about writing. -- Feb 11, 2008 -- Ed.

The five most recent additions

     
J. Q. Starmer   UnSeen
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I write horror and suspense fiction for young adults.
DCS   The Mind of DCS
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The strange chaotic thoughts and opinions of the author, DCS
Claire Cameron   The Line Painter
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The website & blog of Claire Cameron, author of THE LINE PAINTER
Julianne Douglas   Writing the Renaissance
A
WF
Bringing Sixteenth Century France to Life through Historical Fiction
Mirella Patzer   Author Cookies
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HR
Your favourite authors! Their favourite cookies

CATEGORIES
CR = Contemp Romance
HR = Historical Romance
PR = Paranormal Romance
IR = Inspirational Romance

CL = Chick Lit
WF = Women's Fiction
M = Mystery
ST = Suspense/Thriller
SF = Science Fiction

F = Fantasy
H = Horror
O = Other
NF = Non Fiction

P denotes Published
A denotes Aspiring
Ridley   Manuscript Mavens Group Blog
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HR
Writing life, craft tips, interviews, critiques, CPs, etc.
Christiana Reuling   Penciled Whimsies
A
WF
An aspiring writer's thoughts on life, love and the faith that gets me through the day.
4 Romance Authors   WriteMinded
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O
Four writers' journey to publication
7 Romance Writers   Word Flirts
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O
The adventure of 7 romance writers
8 authors 1 car   Riding With the Top Down
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WF
Authors Eagle, Krahn, Frasier, Hauf, Greiman, Law, Schuler, Brenna.
A. Writer   A. Writer's Blog
A
CL
An Aspiring Chick-Lit Author's journey to publication...
A. M. Burns   The Conceit
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O
The perspective of working class writers and readers.
A.P. Fuchs   Coscomment
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F
Commentary blog of Canadian author A.P. Fuchs - thoughts on publishing, writing, politics, religion and more...
Adrian Swift   Chronicling the Novel....
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O
Gay writer currently working on a gay epic fantasy novel.
Airs Whittier   Aris Whittier
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Aris Whittier Romance Author
Alan Elliott   The Writers Blog
P
NF
Making the complex simple.
Alessia Brio   Fine Flickering Hungers
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WF
Random musings and other flotsam from the mind of Phaze author & poet, Alessia Brio.
Alex Andronov   Gamboling
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O
Short Stories and trying to get them published
Alexander Georgiakakis   SCREENWRITING BLOG (ATHENS - GREECE)
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O
A weblog (in the Greek language) regarding the world of screenwriting
Alexandra Wolfe   The Whole Story
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O
Almost daily blog of erotic, lesbian and SF author Alexandra Wolfe
Alexandra Wolfe   Kissed By Venus
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SF
blog of erotic, lesbian and SF author Alexandra Wolfe
Alison Kent   Alison Kent's Blah Blog
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CR
Where Chick Lit Heroines Get Their Happily Ever After
Alison Gresik   gresik.ca
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O
Read Alison's first-hand account of working with a writing coach.
Allaina Arkins   Reading, Writing and stuff that drives me crazy!
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CR
The adventures of an aspiring romance writer and voracious reader
Allie Boniface   Allie's Musings
A
CR
The ranting and raving of as aspiring author
Allison Knight   Allison's Musings
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HR
My thoughts on life, living and loving as I write.
Allison Brennan   Allison Brennan
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S/T
Official Blog of Romantic Suspense Author Allison Brennan
Allure Authors   Allure Authors Blog
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O
Collective blog of erotic authors
Allyson James   Allyson James
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PR
Allyson's journey from e-publication to NY publisher
Alvaro Zinos-Amaro   Waiting For My Aineko
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SF
My Life In Between Writing
Alyice Edrich   The Dabbling Mum Writes
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NF
The life of a writing mum
Alyssa Goodnight   On The Writer's Road Less Traveled
A
CL
A journal on self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing, and life
Amanda Young   Romance Without Inhibition
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PR
Blog of erotic romance author, Amanda Young
Amanda Morin   Aspiring to Ordinary
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O
I haven't even come close to doing something of famous proportions. I'm just an ordinary person with a relatively ordinary life. But I never agreed to be destined to an ordinary life. The problem is I
Amanda Cook   amanda writes
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a bit of blah blah blah with a bit of truth thrown in for good measure.
Ami McKay   Incidental Pieces
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WF
A writer's life, including: hysteria, fortune cookie writing tips, writerly musings and more
Ami Hendrickson   Muse Ink
P
NF
Topical information, project updates, and musings
Amy Knupp   Amy Knupp's Journal
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CR
A peek at the writing life of a newly published author
Amy Nathan   Barncatting Around
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WF
Looking at what what writers say about writing - and how we feel about it!
Amy Garvey   Reading, Writing, and Absolutely No Arithmetic
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CR
Reading, writing, romance, and other rambling thoughts.
Amy Ruttan   Amy Ruttan Ramblings of a Historical Romance Writer
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HR
Rants and Ramblings of an aspiring Historical Romance writer. Things I learn, and write on my quest to be published.
Andrea Allison   Southern Expressions
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O
A blog about a southern writer in the beginning stages of her career.
Andrea Blythe   Joyful Girl
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O
divine play in life, reading, writing, film, etc.
Andrew Rosenberg   Dawn's Rise-A Novel
A
SF
This blog chronicles my first attempt to publish a novel.
Andrew Gardner   Chumf
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O
Chumf is a superhero everyone can relate to, he lives in a parallel universe, it is an extraordinary world he lives in .
Andy Rivers   Fasthands-The Geordie Author
A
O
The opinions, half truths and stories of an exiled geordie and future Booker prize winner.
Angela Henry   The Crime Sistahs
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M
Blog of crime writers Angela Henry, Gammy Singer, Pamela Samuels-Young
Angela Benson   AngelaBenson.com
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WF
Angela Benson, the author
Angelle Trieste   Angelle's Blog
A
PR
An ex-pat writer's struggle with her doubts and road to publication
Angie Michaelis   Angie's Write
A
O
Angie details her life as a writer struggling through her first novel.
Angie Pedersen   Angie Pedersen's The Blog of Me
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NF
The official blog of best-selling scrapbooking author, Angie Pedersen
Ann Douglas   The Mother of All Blogs
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NF
The official blog of pregnancy and parenting book author Ann Douglas
Anna Lucia   Anna Lucia
A
CR
Oh no, not another writer's blog...
Anna Claire Vollers   AC's Notebook
A
M
Ups and downs of an aspiring Southern mystery author
Annalee Blysse   Annalee Blysse
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PR
Author or sensual and erotic romance.
Anne Frasier   Anne Frasier
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S/T
Suspense author Anne Frasier
Anne Douglas   In My Imagination
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CR
Not that long ago I was an aspiring Erotic Romance Author, now I am published, join me in the journey
Anne Douglas   Authors of Erotic Romance
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O
A group of new authors wanting to help other new authors
Anne Whitfield   Anne Whitfield
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HR
My thoughts about the journey of becoming a published writer.
annella xssa   sexy blathering
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PR
erotica, sci-fi, fantasy. it's all good. add humor, and it's great.
Annie Anderson   The Write Point
P
NF
ramblings musings and writing
Anon Anon   Iracible Writer
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O
Irritable author delivers irreverent advice to aspiring writers
Anthony Beal   Horror Erotica Writer Anthony Beal's Mental Menagerie
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H
Horror Erotica Writer Anthony Beal wants you to taste him...
April Alsup   April's Space
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CR
A space for the lunacy and ramblings of a would-be romance writer.
April Star   Author April Star: The Write Perspective
P
S/T
Forced by my own muse into the wonder, frustration, pain, and joy of this magnificent art form
Ashley Shaffier   Ink On Paper
A
O
A writer's struggle to publish her first novel and to break into the world of writing comic books.
Ava Rose Johnson   Ava Rose Johnson
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CR
Join Ava Rose Johnson on her writing journey for chat, writing tips and contests.
B. A. Barnett   Writerly Wackiness
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F
Speculative fiction author B. A. Barnett blogs about writing. Wackiness ensues.
B.E. Sanderson   Musings about Life
A
S/T
The musings of one writer about her craft and life in general.
B.K. Birch   B.K. Birch Author Blog
P
O
My name is BK Birch and I am an published author and poet
Barb Ferrer   Abriendo Puertas
P
WF
Pubbed in YA (As Caridad) and working REAL hard to be pubbed in Women's Fic
Barbara Burnham   Mission Publication
A
CR
Following the trials of an unpublished fiction writer
Barbara Klaser   Mystery of a Shrinking Violet
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M
musings, reviews, and writings of Barbara W. Klaser
Barrie Summy   Barrie Summy
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O
I just signed my first contract. So, I'll blog about my journey toward publication of middle-grade mysteries, writing in general, writing tween, middle-grade topics.
Becca Furrow   Writing with Background Noise
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PR
My home is NEVER quiet. Neither is my brain.
Ben Leto   The Boy Who Could But Didn't
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H
The literary struggle of Highgate's foremost B++ lazy genius.
Ben Fogelberg   Ben Fogelberg: An Author's Soapbox
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O
Published nonfiction writer jumps into historical fiction
Benjamin Solah   Benjamin Solah's blog
A
H
Thoughts, rants and musings from a writer and political activist from Sydney, AU
Bernadette Gardner   Two Voices
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PR
One writer, two names, multiple genres
Bernice McFadden   Naki
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WF
My life, working my sexy author alter ego and the serious one too as well as family genealogy
Bernita Harris   An Innocent A-Blog
A
O
Journal of a barely post-Luddite Miranda.
Beth Revis   writing it out
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O
YA Fantasy aspiring author on writing and the writing industry.
Beth Bernobich   through the looking glass
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F
Rants, Essays, and Observations
Beth Morrissey   Hell Or High Water
P
NF
Dedicated to the Freelance Life
Bev Walton-Porter   Elemental Musings
P
NF
Savoring the writing life -- one word at a time!
Biff Mitchell   biffmitchell.blog
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SF
These are the pointless ramblings that would take too long to post at www.biffmitchell.com.
Bill Liversidge   View From The Pundy House
A
S/T
Chronicles of an aspiring novelist
bill blais   one more draft...
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F
write something new every day; read something new every day
Bonnie McDaniel   Reading, Writing and Ranting
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F
Wherein I spout off about writing, politics, religion, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
Bonnie Vanak   Being Bonnie Vanak
P
HR
A journey inside the mind of an author who travels in the Third World
Brandi Zorn   Love makes the ride worthwhile
A
CR
Aspiring writer and the struggles of juggling everything else
Brava Authors   Brava Authors
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O
The Kensington Brava Authors chat about books and life.
Brenda Bradshaw   Brenda Bradshaw
A
S/T
The Life & Times of going from unpubbed to pubbed.
Brenda Coulter   No rules. Just write.
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IR
Inspirational romance author Brenda Coulter discusses writing, life, and the writing life.
Brian Keaney   Dreaming In Text
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F
The blog of UK YA/fantasy author Brian Keaney
Bridget Locke   Diary of a Writer to Be
A
CR
Follow me on my journey to becoming a published author
Bronmin Shumway   Dear Reader
P
NF
This blog details the ups and downs of life as a poet.
Bronwyn Jameson   Today
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CR
Romance author, Bronwyn Jameson.
Bryan Catherman   The Hopeless Writer
P
O
A running commentary, confession, and rant.
Bryce Beattie   Story Hack
A
SF
Home of the SF serial novel Oasis. Also has tips on writing.
C.C. Yager   Anatomy of Perceval
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S/T
professional blog to share experience of research, writing and marketing of Perceval novels.
Camy Tang   Camy's Loft
P
CL
The loud Asian chick who writes loud Asian chick-lit
Cara North   Sirens And Muses
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CR
Cara North's Adventures in Writing!
Caridad Pineiro   Caridad Pineiro, Satisfying no matter what mood you are in . . .
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PR
Tips on Writing and General Musings from a multi-published Author
Carissa Reid   In the Trenches
A
PR
Only a daily barrage of word count keeps my muse from retreating.
Carla Kilpatrick   Sappy Chick's Ramblings
A
WF
Hopelessly unconnected thoughts from a sometimes medicated, struggling writer
Caro Kinkead   The Mess in Progress
A
PR
Tales of the Writing Life
Carol Burnside   Carol Burnside's Road To Publication
A
CR
my journey from first submission to publication in the romance fiction genre.
Carol Stephenson   Trials & Tribulations
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S/T
Author-attorney Carol Stephenson juggles writing, law & life
Carol Berg   Text Crumbs
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F
Bits and pieces from a writer's brain: fantasy, writing, politics, books, films et al
Carol Burge   Romance Writer Woes
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HR
Romance Writer Woes, the trials and tribulations of a romance writer
Carol Spradling   Carol A. Spradling
A
HR
This blog is a journal of my road traveled as an aspiring author.
Caroline Barnard-Smith   Screaming into the Virtual Wind
A
F
The joys and agonies of a would-be dark fantasy author.
Carolyn Jewel   Romance Novel Weblog by Carolyn Jewel
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HR
Carolyn Jewel Romance Author
Carter Nipper   Noise in the Attic
A
H
Misadventures along the way.
Caryn   The Book Lady
A
WF
An aspiring author's blog about her writing and her views on life.
Cassidy Kent   Cassidy Kent
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CR
Fierce women, sensual scenarios & a whole lot of sexitude!
Cat Rambo   The World Remains Mysterious
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F
Blog of Cat Rambo, writer of speculative fiction
Cat Dubie   Saga of a Romantic Saga
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HR
A continuing saga of one writer's quest to reach an audience.
Catherine Lyons   By The Emperor's Hand
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F
My Life, Rants, And Writing
Catherine Delors   Writing with a foreign accent
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WF
The joys and travails of novelist Catherine Delors
Cathy Richard Dodson   Cathy's Walks of Life
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WF
Walks of life says it all! Come share yours with me!
Cathy Walter   My New Notebook
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The musings of an aspiring author and struggling parent
Celia Stuart   Cece's Big Mouth
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WF
My big mouthed observations on life, writing and cowboys--in no particular order.
Celina Summers   Elf Killing And Other Hobbies
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F
Elf Killing and Other Hobbies is a blog that deals specifically with the turmoil of balancing writing with everyday life. It is directed at writers, like myself, who are having to balance two full-ti
Charity Tahmaseb   Writing Wrongs
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O
Writing Wrongs: one sentence at a time
Charlotte Dillon   Life as a Writer, Or Something Close to It
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PR
Blog of romance writer Charlotte Dillon
Cherie Burbach   The Difference Now
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O
Thoughts on books, writing, poetry, editors, and anything in between
Cheryl Davies   Woodnotes
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O
One person's long and arduous quest after Truth
Cheryl Snell   Shiva's Arms
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O
poetry and poetics, fiction and process,South Indian culture.
Chris Orcutt   Chris Orcutt, Writer
P
M
Scenes from the Writing Life
Chris Howard   The0phrastus - Chris Howard's Writing Blog
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F
Blogging about my F & SF writing, and podcasting stories
Chris Blanc   Bolg
A
O
Writing, fiction, literature, information technology, technical writing
christa allan   ~christa~
A
WF
Random rants and musings of a writer, mother, teacher and not necessarily in that order
Christa Miller   A Vocational Duality: Motherhood and Freelancing
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NF
Follow my ongoing balancing act between my career and my son.
Christian Lyons   Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?
A
H
Journaling from an award-winning writer
Christina Arbini   The (Mis)Adventures of a Single City Chick
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CL
One Chick Lit writer's musings of life in the "single" world.
Christine Olinger   Christine Olinger: One Writer's Journey
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O
chronciles of a writer's move from snobby non-fiction to trashy romance
Christine Stefanitsis   Chicken-Scratch
A
NF
A writing blog, corresponds to my work in progress: Saints & Cigarettes
Christine d'Abo   Christine d'Abo
A
PR
I'm an aspiring erotic romance author who loves to write paranormal and sci fi stroies.
Christopher Reynolds   September Police
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NF
A creative non-fiction blog about Seoul City.
Chrys Buckley   Prying Open My Third Eye
A
NF
About writing, music and life
Chrystal Kincaid   Chrystal Kincaid
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CR
Life is a Blurb of random events and epiphanies.
Cindy Harrison   A Writer's Diary
A
WF
Almost daily reports on the trials and triumphs of writing a novel. Also occasional forays into my life as a book critic for RT.
Cindy Procter-King   Trials & Triumphs
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CR
My Journey from Small Press to (Please!) Big Dog Publication
Claire Gregory   Stones, Bones and Artillery Shells
A
O
Archaeologist and aspiring author blogging on writing and travels
Claire Cameron   The Line Painter
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The website & blog of Claire Cameron, author of THE LINE PAINTER
Claire Legendre   Claire Legendre website and diary
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WF
French author Claire Legendre
Claire Connolly   Bebo Author
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I share my writing tips with fellow aspiring authors and plan to share my stories of rejection and hopefully publication
Clay Morgan   E.C. Morgan
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M
A few thoughts on writing in general and mysteries in particular.
Cliff Burns   Beautiful Desolation
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O
A site devoted to my fabulist writings and musings on the writing life.
Clive Allen   Gone Away
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F
Creative writing and thoughts on cultural differences between the States and England
Coleen Andrews   Notes of a not-so-ordinary writer
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Writing, thinking, giving and receiving
Colin Galbraith   Freedom From The Mundane - A Writer's Blog
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M
Thoughts, fears, feelings and emotions on my journey to full-time writing.
Colleen Thompson   Boxing the Octopus
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Bestseller battles this many-tentacled beast we call writing
Cora Zane   The Intimate Thoughts Of Cora Zane
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PR
My thoughts as I journey into writing for publication.
Cozy Chicks   Cozy Chicks
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M
Five chick lit/cozy mystery authors give their take on the writing life.
Crissa Chappell   happiness of the garden variety
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O
chronicling my journey as a first time novelist
Crystal Inman   Chrys' World
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CR
My world. The good, the bad, the ugly. Musings on life and writing. Welcome
Crystal Jordan   Crystal Jordan: Diary of a Wannabe Romance Writer
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Daily meanderings of a librarian and unpublished romance novelist.
Cynthia Owens   Cynthia Owens Romance Writer
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A blog about the exciting life ob a newly-published romance author
Cynthia Valero   Starting Over with Cynthia Valero
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PR
A Writer's Journey Between Genres
Cynthia Eden   Cynthia Eden's Romance Blog
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PR
writing, paranormal romance, publishing trends and contests.
Cynthia Owens   Cynthia Owens Romance Writer
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HR
Smart thoughtful historical romances to heal your heart and satisfy your soul
Daisy Dexter Dobbs   Daisy Dexter Dobbs
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CR
Romantic Comedy--EROTIC, sassy, SEXY, scintillating & Rubenesque!
Damian Rucci   D.F. Rucci's Blog on Writing
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A blog on all sorts of my writing, and writing tips, also, about the general writing world.
Dan Harmon   Daniel Elton Harmon
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Christian. Historical mystery author. Folk musician. Stodgy.
Dana Sieben   Southern Gal Goes North
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CR
Alabama girl marries a Yankee from Illinois.
Dana Biscotti Myskowski   Poetry in Motion Pictures
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All things regarding short screenwriting
Dana Pollard   Diary Of An Aspiring Romance Writer
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CR
Day to day musings of an aspiring romance writer on the road to publication.
Danica aka Dream   Danica's Web Journal
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CR
Learning the art of chaos management: writing in her insane world
Daniel Ausema   Twigs and Brambles
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F
Speculative fiction writer and stay-at-home dad Daniel Ausema writes about writing, publications, inspirations.
Dara Girard   The Writer Behind the Words
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Tips for beginning and experienced writers by an award winning author
Darrell Lindsey   Darrell Lindsey Haiku, Tanka, And Other Poetry
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This blog contains a large sampling of Pushcart Prize nominated poet Darrell Lindsey's haiku, tanka, and other poetry.
Dave Zeltserman   A Hardluck Writer
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Trials of a hardluck writer who likes to write dark crime fiction
Dave Clapper   Dave Clapper
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Occasional musing on life as a writer and editor of a literary magazine.
David Bontumasi   witnessing am i
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Aspiring author working through his first novel, writing short stories and poems.5b55c
David Dvorkin   A Blister to My Eye
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My thoughts about my current novel in progress as I write it.
David Levine   The Days Are Just Packed
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SF
The ongoing saga of David D. Levine's writing and other adventures
DCS   The Mind of DCS
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The strange chaotic thoughts and opinions of the author, DCS
DD Blackman   Diane's Writing Journey
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My writing journey through publication
Deb Moore   Mundane Jane
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A busy and important craft publishing professional who would really rather be writing it all down.
Debbie Ohi   Debbie's Blatherings
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Toronto-based freelance writer and illustrator.
Deborah O'Toole   Irish Eyes
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WF
Much ado about writing and all else unrelated...
Dee Rimbaud   Stealing Heaven From The Lips Of God
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The Acid Angel trip-toes amongst the tulips in Ecstasy
Deirdre Day-MacLeod   My Life As A Rabid Blog
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the trials and travails of a writer of almost anything
Deirdre Savoy   Deirdre Savoy Says
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CR
Musings on the romance and romantic suspense genre's by author Dee Savoy
Dena Dyer   Amazing Grace-land
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NF
writings about God's indelible fingerprints on my life
Denise Belinda McDonald   In Denise's Head!
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CR
random musings and events of a published author
Denyse Kirkby   Exquisite Dreams
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WF
Random ramblings from my anxious mind about what I am writing, submitting or receiving rejections for (as well as other things on my mind)
Desiree Erotique   Expressly Desiree
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Author of Romantic Dom/sub erotica and paranormal
Diana Bocco   Ink Woes
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NF
the ups and downs of making a living as a full-time writer
Diana Pharaoh Francis   Mad Libs
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F
Diana Castilleja   Diana's Meeting Place
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CR
A running documentary on my current endeavors to be published, the pitfalls, and trial and errors, and successes.
Diana Eichner   Writer's Block
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A writer finally trying write seriously blogs about her struggles and challenges.
Diana Louise Kwok   The Kowloon Diaries
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Diana Louise Kwok is a Scottish writer living in Hong Kong.
Dineen Miller   Kittens Come From Eggs
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Everything to do with writing, books and faith.
Dionna Sanchez   Using My Voice
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A chance to get to know the author on a more personal level
Donna Grant   Donna Grant's Blog
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A writer's journey to publication
Donna Grant   Surrender To The Passion
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Author Donna Grant's blog where she talks about writing, upcoming books and interviews her characters
Donna Hill   Donna Hill Online
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Topical blog primarily about African American Lit issues
Doreen Ciappa