1. Sybil pointed this little nugget out to me. I laughed all day. According to the Books-A-Million website – my new favorite website, by the way – the authors of When Good Things Happen To Bad Boys are: “New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster is joined by USA Today bestselling author Erin McCarthy and top romance writer Helenkay Dimon for this sexy collection of romantic stories. ”
Forgetting for a second the fact my name is spelled wrong, let’s examine this “top romance writer” title. While I love it – and I really, really do – I can only assume “top” in this context actually means “we have no idea who she is and hope she knows the difference between a verb and a noun.” Whatever. I’m sticking with “top romance writer” and think I should use the title in all of my upcoming promo…or not.
2. I saw this book deal announcement:
FICTION: WOMEN’S/ROMANCE
Maureen Child’s untitled paranormal romance, about a demon who was Jack the Ripper in a former life, to Melissa Jeglinski at Harlequin, in a nice deal, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency.
Intrigued, I then went to Maureen Child’s website . In her news section, she says: “Also just signed a contract with Silhouette to do a paranormal story for their new line, Nocturne. I’m really looking forward to it and the book should be out this November.”
I’m thinking these are the same book. I still don’t get what it’s about. You don’t often see Jack The ripper at Silhouette. Paranormal isn’t usually my first choice, but I want to check this one out.
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Oh thanks for posting about that HelenKay! I love paranormals.
by May February 16th, 2006 at 7:45 am[...] In my morning rounds, I found the following news report over on HelenKay Dimon’s blog: FICTION: WOMEN’S/ROMANCE Maureen Child’s untitled paranormal romance, about a demon who was Jack the Ripper in a former life, to Melissa Jeglinski at Harlequin, in a nice deal, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. [...]
by The Mess in Progress » The Guidelines Aren’t Up… February 16th, 2006 at 10:19 amI must have had too much caffeine today because I am confused. Is Jack the Ripper the hero?
by Sandy L February 16th, 2006 at 5:00 pmI’m thinking Jack The Ripper is the bad guy, but I really can’t tell. See why this one caught my attention?
by HelenKay February 16th, 2006 at 9:16 pmHey you have to start somewhere, might as well be the top
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by sybil February 17th, 2006 at 4:26 am