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Do you sometimes spend a lot of time finding JUST the right word when you’re writing? I mean A LOT OF TIME? :hide: I sometimes just let myself get lost in the world of synonyms and phrases. I’ve been known to wake up in the morning with just the word I was looking for the day before. My favorite source for synonyms is the Rodale book The Synonym Finder. There is just something comforting about looking through a book for the right word. I find Word’s thesaurus too limiting. I’ve been known to look through this online thesaurus when I’m in a hurry. Doesn’t give me the same love of the hunt though.

So what’s your just-the-right-word-finder of choice?

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No, not taking a vacation to write…though that sounds really, really nice I mean taking a break from writing. I often take the month of December off from doing much serious writing. The holidays are crazy busy, my kids all come home and I like to just hang out with them.

I’m going to take Thanksgiving week off this year, but still plan on writing until the weekend before Christmas. Then I’ll probably not do any serious writing until after the new year. I always hit the new year off with a running start.

Do you take time off from writing during the holidays?

Writing by Kacey
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from RWA National 2007 Harlequin Silhouette Spotlight

Blaze
60,000 words
6 books a month
3 new authors in last 6 months
sexiest series, racier now (Blaze Extreme-sensuality as high as it gets)
next year doing a Blaze historical
can use secondary POV
sexy hook, classic romantic hooks
characterization is the key, identify with heroine, reader fall in love with hero
1 Hero, 1 heroine, committed relationship at end

Harlequin Historical
75,000
6 books a month
12 new authors in last 2 years
richly textured, wide range of settings
one western, one regency a month, plus others
bring period to life, believable for your time period
historical detail add color, not take over
variety of sexuality
Hero-strong, dependable
Heroine- spirited, willful, sympathetic

Writing by Kacey
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