{"id":194,"date":"2012-09-16T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T06:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2012\/09\/16\/the-love-differently-blog-hop-coming-this-november\/"},"modified":"2012-09-16T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T06:39:00","slug":"the-love-differently-blog-hop-coming-this-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2012\/09\/16\/the-love-differently-blog-hop-coming-this-november\/","title":{"rendered":"The LOVE, DIFFERENTLY BLOG HOP Coming this November!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EsBSmH9rmqI\/UFVWnLr80SI\/AAAAAAAAA8I\/0m-K62OLKjk\/s1600\/lovedifferentlybloghop.png\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EsBSmH9rmqI\/UFVWnLr80SI\/AAAAAAAAA8I\/0m-K62OLKjk\/s1600\/lovedifferentlybloghop.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s my great pleasure to announce the <b>LOVE, DIFFERENTLY Blog Hop <\/b>coming this November! With the help of writing and real-life friend <a href=\"http:\/\/qolpress.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Bauman<\/a>, we&#8217;re putting on a four-week long (that&#8217;s right, the whole month!) blog hop centered around ROMANCE, ROMANCE, AND LOTS OF ROMANCE!<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;With a twist, of course! (And prizes!)<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the blog hop is to get writers out of their &#8220;romance comfort zones&#8221;, so to speak. Most authors of romance (and this includes those who have novels where romance is a background characteristic, not necessarily the main genre) tend to stay with what they know or like best:&nbsp; men and women, two men, or even two women, if your name is Hildred. This blog hop challenges you to write romance between all three possibilities!<\/p>\n<p><b>The Basics of the Blog Hop<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each week will present a type of pairing, alongside a couple other small requirements (example: a certain word that must be used, to help prevent people from writing way ahead of time.) The characters must be shown in a &#8220;romance&#8221; scene. These can range from dramatic, to comedic, to sexy (but if you get on the erotic side of things, please label so ahead of time!) to even adventurous! Your choice! <\/li>\n<li>No more than 500 word scenes \/ flash fiction, originally written for the blog hop.<\/li>\n<li>Must follow ALL the prompts listed for the week of participation.<\/li>\n<li>Participants may, well, participate on any week they choose, including all four.<b>&nbsp;<\/b> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the planned structure for the blog hop, including the judge\/prize for the winner:<\/p>\n<p><b>Week 1:&nbsp;<\/b> M\/W pairing. Judged by Hildred. Prize is a three chapter\/20 page (winner&#8217;s choice) critique of any WIP by the winning author.<\/p>\n<p><b>Week 2: <\/b>M\/M pairing. Judged by Morgan. Prize is twenty pages of intense, detailed line-editing, or general feedback and  overall reactions to a whole manuscript (if it&#8217;s under three hundred  pages).<\/p>\n<p><b>Week 3: <\/b>W\/W pairing. Judged by Hildred. Prize is a copy of the erotic lesbian romance &#8220;DAISUKI.&#8221; in any formats available of the winner&#8217;s choosing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Week 4: <\/b>WRITER&#8217;S CHOICE! Pick any of the previous three pairings! Judged by Morgan. Prize is a copy of the YA fantasy &#8220;REWRITTEN 1: FALLACY&#8221; in a variety of formats (minus audiobook).<\/p>\n<p><b>RULES for Joining the Blog Hop<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You MUST sign up for the link list below. This way not only can the judges find your entries easily, but everyone else can see, too!<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to participate every week, but at least once would be great! \ud83d\ude1b<\/li>\n<li>If you intend \/ end up writing a scene that&#8217;s more of the 18+ variety, you are expected to put a note at the top of your entry as a courtesy.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>On that note, we will leave it to the participant&#8217;s judgment when it comes to showing &#8220;sexier&#8221; romance and underage characters. When it doubt, it&#8217;s probably best to err on the side of caution, whatever your caution may be. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Please post your entries on the designated dates (to be announced in the coming weeks.) If you foresee any reason you will not be able to schedule a post for that day (such as an emergency), please contact me\/us so we can work something out. (Entries will be judged as soon as possible following each week, so it&#8217;s important to get them up in time.)<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Help us spread the word about the blog hop by:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Putting the Blog Hop badge somewhere on your site! <\/li>\n<li>Tweeting!<\/li>\n<li>Blogging about it!<\/li>\n<li>Facebook!<\/li>\n<li>Tumblr!<\/li>\n<li>All those other social media doohickes beyond our radars! The more participants, the merrier! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re VERY excited about this blog hop we just had to announce it a little earlier than usual! So start planning your scenes and get ready to expand your romance writing horizons! Can&#8217;t wait to read everyone&#8217;s entries! (Including my own. This will seriously be my first time writing M\/M that&#8217;s not off-camera, so to speak!)<\/p>\n<p>**<b>PLEASE NOTE: <\/b>The terms &#8220;male&#8221;, &#8220;female&#8221;, &#8220;man&#8221;, and &#8220;woman&#8221; are used very loosely. Males can identify as women and vice versa. Essentially, as long as your characters&#8217; identities fit the pairings, it should be just fine. This obviously includes trans* characters. For those who do not identify as either, that&#8217;s one of the reasons we have &#8220;Writer&#8217;s Choice&#8221; in week 4. If you have any questions about this (or anything re: the blog hop) PLEASE ask! You&#8217;re probably not the only one!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EsBSmH9rmqI\/UFVWnLr80SI\/AAAAAAAAA8I\/0m-K62OLKjk\/s1600\/lovedifferentlybloghop.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EsBSmH9rmqI\/UFVWnLr80SI\/AAAAAAAAA8I\/0m-K62OLKjk\/s1600\/lovedifferentlybloghop.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">POSTPONED UNTIL 2013<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my great pleasure to announce the LOVE, DIFFERENTLY Blog Hop coming this November! With the help of writing and real-life friend Morgan Bauman, we&#8217;re putting on a four-week long (that&#8217;s right, the whole month!) blog hop centered around ROMANCE, ROMANCE, AND LOTS OF ROMANCE! &#8230;With a twist, of course! (And prizes!) 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