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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the cover of Hello! in the window of a hairdresser in Kinsale. That was some crazy amount of money to buy the rights to the first pictures of their twins, Knox and Vivienne. At least it’s going to charity, but as soon as Hello! published them the same shots were everywhere online.

This is a new series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author.

I will dispense with the “graphic novel” feature for now and just spend time discussing one of my favorite genres: romance. So, without further ado - I feel like I have to re-introduce this author to some of you “new” romance readers out there.

The Blue Haven Bar, Kinsale, Pearse Street, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland On our recent trip to Cork we headed to Kinsale for a walk around and dinner.   As it was a bit of an impromptu trip, we had neither a reservation nor the wardrobe for somewhere fancy, so after walking around we settled on

Midsummer Moon Author: Laura Kinsale Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Synopsis There's a war going on and Merlin Lambourne, a zany and absentminded inventor... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Laura Vivanco Eric's written an end-of-term report on his romance fiction class. Whatever the life-skills they learned or missed, students came away with more respect for the genre, and most had at least one author, sub-genre, or series they planned to read after graduation.

One of the questions I am asked most often about painting is what process I use to arrive at the final painted image, whether I uses studies or photographs, or whether I paint from scratch, etc. The truth is that I don’t have any consistent method.

Copied from Free Lance Star SOME SAID they got into the winery business after carefully researching the business of growing grapes, making wine and struggling to make a profit. Others at a special reception launching a video on "The Vineyards and Wineries of the Northern Neck" said their businesses grew out of hobbies.

Recently, I honestly forgot why, we were chatting about the greatness of Laura Kinsale. Or lack of greatness? Or it might have been Shannon C’s lack of knowledge of Laura Kinsale’s greatness. I don’t recall much more than going on and on and on about my lurve of Seize the Fire, Shadowheart, and The Hidden Heart.

Fitness Coach Warns Golfers AGAINT Yoga and Pilates The resurgence of the so called mind/body exercise regimens such as Yoga and Pilates have filtered their way into many athletes’ training program in the hopes of improving their athletic performance.