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to have hosted Lee--and delighted to  have given everyone the chance to "meet" her and celbrate her contributions.

As for my plans, post college I asked myself: what do you like doing, that you think you do well, that someone might conceivably pay you to do?  Read romances, of course!

Unfortunately Diana doesn't have the time to respond, but I forwarded your wonderful comments.

 Sam: now I have revised my opinion on HG post the LA incident when he stood by his ex-gf Elizabeth Hurley when she was pregnant (not with his child)

 Tammy: you are so kind to offer Norma Jean!  Thank you!  I am going to have to check it out in my local B&N as it wasn't part of my childhood reading. 

 Bren:  I'm afraid I don't know how to connect you to the Desire critique contest, but if it's an eH thing, I think there's a section in the writing part with contest info, or ask one of the hostys.  I'm not so familiar with the navigation on the new site.  And can't even share my opinion on The Handmaid, as I haven't read it, sorry!

 Thank you all for stopping by.

Angel:

Great question--due to the popularity of connecting storylines and the challenge of having readers wait months for an author to write connecting stories Harlequin and Silhouette devised a "Continuities" program many years ago.  

 Continuities vary--some are just a number of titles--often twelve--usually written by several authors, tied together by a common theme.  Sometimes our Direct mail readers will want an extra shipment, and an additional four 'spin off' titles will get created.

Some are more complex, with a broad concept developed with story arcs that get resolved throughout the individual books--each of which needs to stand on its own. 

 These Continuity Series are listed under Harlequin or Silhouette Special releases.  It says the address will turn into a link automatically, but I'm not so sure!  I've included the URL. Whatever, right now, if you look under Silhouette Special Releases: you should see Athena Force: http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html?cid=348

And under Harlequin Special Releases:  you'll find Mediterranean Nights: http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html?cid=687    

In the past, successful Continuities have been Tyler, De Wilde's, Montana Mavericks, Fortune's Children--some have even become miniseries in series as well as anthology collections as well.  Whole worlds have been build and populated!

Christa R and Fake Frenchie--thanks for stopping by & for your support.  Some of us may appear youthful, but we are filled with wisdom from the books we read!

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Fake Frenchie--Copyright laws are not indefinite, though the limits have varied, from lifetime + 50 or +75 or 100 years from creation before a work goes into public domain.

There are choices people make in terms of remuneration, responsibility and risk taking. Salary & benefits Vs entrepreneur. A few succeed--but it doesn't seem right to build the laws or policies around the exceptions.

In fairness, one challenge the copyright owners and managers--like publishers--are in the process of addressing is how to make 'doing the right thing' easy and reasonable.  There is a lot of work to be done to build an infrastructure so people know who holds the rights, how much they are, who to pay and how to pay.  

There are also still giant question marks with the new generation in terms of how to develop a business model that works when kids are being taught by their peers--and often condoned by their parents and teachers if it means free text books--that anything digital should be free. 

But as we see with stock bubbles that burst, even if things seem off-kilter for a while, there always is a 'market correction,' and true values endure. Thanks for sharing them.