Madison Chase - Romance Author

95 Words on a New Story

Madison — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:42:44 +0000

Hi folks, long time no talk. Hope everyone is having a fantastic, peach filled summer. I’m doing my best to stay cool. I’m happy to report that I’m “breaking ground” on a fabulous new paranormal story. Can’t tell you any more than that yet. But it’s awesome. I’m excited. Let’s hope the fingers fly and this puppy gets finished soon. Real soon.

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Talking about Date Nights

Madison — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:11:45 +0000

I’m talking about date nights over at Sensual. Come tell me about your ideal date night.

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Too much s-e-x?

Madison — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:59:13 +0000

I’m slowly catchin’ up on my blog reading and I came across this post talking about sex in our industry. How much is too much? Is it harder to write sexy or to add sexy or to take it out?

I’m of the mind that the story should be as sexy as the premise and the characters. I don’t write my books with a set number of sex scenes in mind. There could be zero if the story doesn’t warrant one.

There are always things you can do to “up” the tension. And you can always add sex scenes. But does it matter? Does “more sex” make a book better?

Believe it or not, I’ve been told before that I don’t write sexy enough. Yeah, I shook my head at that too. What I guess they meant was that I don’t include love scene after love scene.

Oh well. That doesn’t bother me so long as people keep reading and enjoying my books.

I did like this part though: a paranormal romance author should be able to do solid world-building.

Let’s just hope I can keep doing that.

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Happy Labor Day!

Madison — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:30:25 +0000

Wishing everyone a happy and safe labor day!

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Old Favorites

Madison — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:52:11 +0000

Along the same lines as last week…

Old favorites, books from our childhood. Do you remember yours? I have traditional favorites I suppose. Dr. Suess, Cat in the Hat and all that. There was also The Giving Tree, any book about animals that I could find (hey, I still have my battered copy of a Mammals field guild, LOL), Nancy Drew, I even had a few of The Baby Sitters club.

There comes a time when every parent starts cleaning out their kids “stuff.” You know, years after the “kid” becomes and adult and moves out. I secretly think parents just want all of their space back. Which they should, but I digress. This has been a pattern for a few years. Every so often my old “stuff” finds its way to my house.

Am I the only one who enjoys looking through all that old junk? I talked about memory lane last week. I think your “kid junk” is the holy grail of memory lane.

And I’ll admit that sometimes I’m happy to look at my old junk and quickly get rid of it. I’m only a book packrat, remember?

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Who knew?

Madison — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:35:53 +0000

Who knew Bloomingdales has such cute flip flops. While I’m not traditionally fan of gold (unless it’s adorning my fingers or ears) I think I like this pattern enough for go for it.

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Books, books, books

Madison — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:13:00 +0000

Like Angela, I’m a book packrat. And as ya’ll can guess, I’m proud of that fact…except when I can’t find a favorite. I’ve got closets full of books you know. And while I don’t have any of the wonderous collections that Angela talks about in her post, I like to think of all my books as one wonderful collection. Mine. Books that have brought me hours (and if you tally them up, I’m sure it’s a few years worth.) of joy and bliss.

One of my “summer projects” (you have those, right?) was to organize one of my closets. Yeah…that went well. I sat down in the middle of a book crowded floor and had myself a nice read. To me, there is no better trip down memory lane that sitting amongst my book collection.

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Ready for e?

Madison — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:18:17 +0000

This post from Raelene over on Redlines and Deadlines really cracked me up. I know several epublished authors who fit into the “I write ebooks but I don’t have an ebook reader” camp. It’s probably more common than I’d imagine.

And after years of complaints about the lack of a descent e-book reader we now find ourselves with several options.

The Kindle. The Sony. Iphone. And a slew of other “smart phones.”

And with Barnes and Noble buying Fictionwise, I’d say this is definitely an exciting time for E.

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Cute flops

Madison — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:59:38 +0000

I was talking to friend and fellow flop addict Amie Stuart the other day and she said she spotted some red, white and blue flops that made her think of me. Isn’t that sweet!?!

I of course have been searching for a new pair. I found these cuties on Zappos… they don’t call ladies flops flip flops they call them thongs. I think flops sounds cuter.

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Flip Flop Season

Madison — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:54:17 +0000

Hi Darlings!

As those of you who’ve known me for a while will remember, I love, love, love flip flops. And guess what?! It’s flip flop season! While I’m on the hunt for gorgeous new flops, I’m also trying to decide what color to paint my toenails. At the moment there’s a tie between Speed Dating and Hot Gossip.

Stay cool,

Madison

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