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Books Read in 2007
- Abby Gaines -- Married By Mistake
- Alexandra Benedict -- Too Great a Temptation
- Annette Curtis Klause -- Blood and Chocolate
- Annie Dean -- The Average Girls Guide to Getting Laid
- Barbara Dunlop -- The Billionaire's Bidding
- Barbara Kingsolver -- Pigs in Heaven
- Barbara Phinney -- Necessary Secrets
- C. L. Wilson -- Lady of Light and Shadow
- C. L. Wilson -- Lord of the Fading Lands
- Christie Ridgway -- His Forbidden Fiancee
- Christina Dodd -- The Barefoot Princess
- Colleen Faulkner -- Barefoot and Pregnant?
- Colleen Gleason -- The Rest Falls Away
- Collette Gale -- Unmasqued
- Diana Peterfreund -- Under The Rose
- Donald Maass -- Writing the Breakout Novel
- Dwight Swain -- Techniques of the Selling Writer
- Edith Layton -- For the Love of a Pirate
- Elizabeth Bevarly -- Society Bride
- Elizabeth Boyle -- His Mistress by Morning
- Elizabeth Hoyt -- The Leopard Prince
- Elizabeth Hoyt -- The Raven Prince
- Elizabeth Hoyt -- The Serpent Prince
- Gayle Callen -- The Duke in Disguise
- Gene Wilder -- My French Whore
- Holly Black -- Tithe, A Modern Faerie Tale
- Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason -- The Rule of Four
- J. K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- J. K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- Jaci Burton -- Wild, Wicked, & Wanton
- Jamie Sobrato -- Any Way You Want Me
- Jane Austen -- Emma
- Janelle Denison, Isabel Sharpe, Jennifer Labrecque -- Secret Santa
- Janet Evanovich -- How I Write
- Janet Mullany -- Dedication
- Jenna Petersen -- Desire Never Dies
- Jenna Petersen -- From London With Love
- Jennifer Ashley -- Immortals: The Calling
- Jennifer Crusie, Lori Foster, Carly Phillips -- Santa Baby
- Jo Leigh -- Closer
- Joey W. Hill -- Natural Law
- Judith Ivory -- Angel in a Red Dress
- Judy Fitzwater -- No Safe Place
- Julia London -- The Hazards of Hunting a Duke
- Julia Quinn -- The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
- Julie Anne Long -- To Love a Thief
- Julie Elizabeth Leto -- The Domino Effect
- Julie Elizabeth Leto, Kimberly Raye, Leslie Kelly -- Boys Of Summer
- Julie Leto -- Dirty Little Lies
- Karen Hawkins -- Her Officer and Gentleman
- Karen Ranney -- An Unlikely Governess
- Karen Rose -- Die For Me
- Kathleen Creighton -- Undercover Mistress
- Kresley Cole -- A Hunger Like No Other
- Kristina Lloyd -- Darker Than Love
- Leslie Kelly -- Asking For Trouble
- Lisa Kleypas -- Devil in Winter
- Lisa Kleypas -- Mine Till Midnight
- Lori Foster -- Jude's Law
- Lori Wilde -- Racing against the Clock
- Mary Balogh -- Simply Unforgettable
- Mary Janice Davidson -- Undead and Unwed
- Michael Crichton -- Prey
- Michael Hauge -- Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read
- Michelle Martin -- Pembroke Park
- Neil Gaiman -- Neverwhere
- Rachel Vincent -- Stray
- Rhonda Byrne -- The Secret
- Rhonda Nelson -- The Specialist
- Richelle Mead -- Succubus Blues
- Robert McKee -- Story
- Robin T. Popp -- Immortals: The Darkening
- Roxanne St. Claire -- The Intern Affair
- Sahara Kelly -- Madam Charlie
- Samantha James -- The Secret Passion of Simon Blackwell
- Sarah Waters -- Tipping the Velvet
- Sari Robins -- One Wicked Night
- Scott Westerfeld -- Pretties
- Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies
- Sharon Cullars -- Again
- Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Fantasy Lover (Dark Hunter series Book 1)
- Sherry Thomas -- Private Arrangements
- Shirley Karr -- Confessions of a Viscount
- Stephanie Rowe -- Date Me Baby One More Time
- Stephanie Rowe -- He Loves Me He Loves Me Hot
- Stephanie Rowe -- Must Love Dragons
- Stephanie Rowe -- Sex & the Immortal Bad Boy
- Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- Susan Johnson -- A Touch of Sin
- Susan Mallery -- The Sheik & The Bride Who Said No
- Suzanne Enoch -- Sins of a Duke
- Suzanne Enoch -- Something Sinful
- Teresa Southwick -- Flirting With The Boss
- Tessa Radley -- Black Widow Bride
- Wendelin Van Draanen -- Flipped
- Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
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Manuscript Mavens:
* Manuscript Mavens blog* Carrie Ryan
* Darcy Burke
* Erica Ridley
* Lacey Kaye
* Jackie Barbosa
2008: Writer Events
- * Retreat: Debra Dixon
- * Retreat: Manuscript Mavens
- * Retreat: Michael Hauge
- * STAR Meeting (02/08)
- * STAR Meeting (04/08)
- * TARA Meeting (01/08)
- * TARA Meeting (03/08)
- * TARA Meeting (05/08)
- * Workshop: Donald Maass
2008: Books Read
- * Alice Orr -- No More Rejections: 50 Secrets to Writing a Manuscript That Sells
- * Anna Campbell - Claiming the Courtesan
- * Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- * Betina Krahn - The Book of True Desires
- * Betina Krahn -- The Book of the Seven Delights
- * Betina Krahn -- The Husband Test
- * Betina Krahn -- The Wife Test
- * Christopher Vogler -- The Writer's Journey
- * Colleen Gleason -- Rises the Night
- * Donald Maass -- Writing the Breakout Novel (Workbook)
- * Dushan Zaric, Jason Kosmas -- You didn't hear it from us
- * Evan Marc Katz -- Linda Holmes
- * Gregory Maguire -- What-the-Dickens
- * Joanna Bourne -- The Spymaster's Lady
- * Karen Rose -- Scream for Me
- * Pamela Aidan -- An Assembly Such as This
- * Pamela Aidan -- Duty and Desire
- * Pamela Aidan -- These Three Remain
- * S.M. Peters -- Whitechapel Gods
- * Scott Westerfeld -- Specials
- * Steve Santagati -- The Manual
- * Susan Elizabeth Phillips -- Ain't She Sweet?
- * Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
2008: Movies Seen
- * Atonement
- * Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- * Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- * Ironman
- * Leatherheads
- * Semi-Pro
- * Sex & the City
- * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008: Places Been
- * Las Vegas (Aug)
- * Baltimore, MD (May)
- * San Francisco (July-Aug)
- * Washington DC (May)
- * NYC (April)
- * Seattle, WA (Jan, Apr)
- * Portland, OR (Jan)
- * FL (too many to list)
2008: Concerts
- * Alejandro Sanz
- * Aventura
- * Enrique Iglesias
- * Juanes
- * Wisin y Yandel